PRESENTATIONS
2023-2026
Stop Hatred Now Festival 12-16.5.2026, Helsinki, Finland Invited panelist: On the relations of art education, equity and diversity together with panelists Dimitri Paile and Jade Lönnqvist. Moderator: Julian Owusu. UrbanApa platform.
Nordic Network for Research in Music Education (NNRME) including PhD
preconference 7-10.4.2026, Hurdalsjøen, Norway
Paper: Adolescent Students Challenging the Salvation Stories of Music Education: Towards Critical Responsibility in Music Schools
Siba Research Days 24-25.3.2026, Helsinki, Finland: Ethics in Research and Artistic Practice
Paper: Critical Responsibility in Music Schools: Towards an Ecological Understanding of Adolescents’ Musical Lives. Sibelius Academy/University of the Arts Helsinki.
International Society for Music Education (ISME) World conference
28 July-3 August in Helsinki (submitted)
University of the Arts Helsinki.
Siba Research Day’s 14-15 March 2024: Society and Research in Dialogue
Pitch: Student voices in dialogue? Adolescents’ experiences from a social innovation in the music school field. Sibelius Academy/University of the Arts Helsinki.
The Association of Finnish Music schools (SML) syyspäivät 15 November 2023 in Rovaniemi, Finland
Paper: Oppilasnäkökulmat musiikkikasvatuksen perspektiivien haastajana?
3rd European Music School Symposium 6-7 October 2023 in Vienna, Austria
Paper: Student voices challenging “salvation stories” of music education.
University of Music and Performing Arts.
European Student Forum for Music School Research 5 October 2023 in Vienna, Austria
Paper: The paradox of social innovations within music schools: Taking critical responsibility as a lens. University of Music and Performing Arts.
European Music School pre-symposium 14-15 October 2022 (online): Sustainability. Music Schools and their Ecosystems. Participating and summarizing the discussion in the group about social sustainability. University of Music and Performing Arts.
European Student Forum for Music School Research 13 October 2022 (online)
Pitch: Visions for Social Justice in Music Schools? Experiences of Adolescents and Families within Floora in Finland. University of Music and Performing Arts.
International Society for Music Education (ISME) World conference 17 July 2022 (online) Video presentation for roundtable: Responsibility in music education and the Floora project in Finland.
Backer Johnsen, H. 2022. Responsibility and illusio in social innovations in music education – The case of Floora in Finland. NNRME PhD-day (online). University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
Backer Johnsen, H. 2021. The Floora project – experiences of the participating children, young people and families. Presentation in the symposium Efforts to improve accessibility of music education in Finnish music schools with Prof. Marja-Leena Juntunen and Sanna Kivijärvi. ESA-Arts 11th midterm conference – The Social Effects of Art, Helsinki, Finland.
Backer Johnsen, H. 2021. An overview of the Finnish and Nordic extracurricular school system. Online lecture as part of a course for master students in music education. University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Austria.
2021-2022
2018-2020
Backer Johnsen, H. 2020. Sociala grupper utanför vår verksamhet – möjligheter och utmaningar. Presentation as part of the study program Music Education in Change
at Novia University of Applied Sciences. Music Centre, Helsinki, Finland.
Backer Johnsen, H. 2019. Research on art and music schools in Nordic countries. Who is doing research about what, about whom, and who really cares? Roundtable Session with Anders Rønningen, Adriana Di Lorenzo Tillborg and Cecilia Jeppsson. 2nd European Music School Symposium at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Austria.
Backer Johnsen, H. 2019. Experiences of children and their parents participating in the Floora project. Poster and pitch in the 2nd European Music School Symposium at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Austria.
Backer Johnsen, H. 2019. Enhancing the fullfillment of children’s cultural rights in Finnish Basic Education in the Arts. Paper presentation with Hanna Kamensky. International Children’s Culture Forum, Tampere, Finland.
Backer Johnsen, H. 2019. Nordisk kunskapsöversikt – kulturskolerelaterad forskning i Finland. The Norwegian Council for Music Schools of Music and Performing Arts. Kulturskoledagene Øst, Oslo, Norway.
Backer Johnsen, H. 2018. Music schools and social responsibility – The Floora project. Paper presentation at the First European Student Forum for Music School Research. University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Austria
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