
Oma esittely
Antti Saari is a professor of education in the Faculty of Education and Culture. His primary research interests include the sociology and history of expert knowledge in education, as well as educational philosophy and theory. Saari is the leader of the research group Political Philosophies and Sociologies of Education (POISED).
Saari’s research focuses on two main themes:
- The intersection of expert knowledge and educational governance, including how psychological and sociological discourses are translated into practices of evaluation, classroom management, and instructional technology. In particular, he has studied psychological discourses on subjective well-being, particularly in the context of positive education and mindfulness, as well as the role of psychological theories and learning concepts in shaping educational governance.
The application of psychoanalytic theories to examine truth, power, and subjection in education.
Uusimmat julkaisut
Intergenerational climate conversations: a Foucauldian analysis on the potentials of reversing pedagogical relations among youth
Mansikka-aho, A., Saari, A. & Portus, R., 14 helmik. 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) julkaisussa: Environmental Education Research.Tutkimustuotos: Artikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu
Introduction: Critical times? Conditions, constraints, and cooptions in contemporary educational critique
Saari, A., Piattoeva, N. & Brøgger, K., 11 tammik. 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) julkaisussa: Educational Philosophy and Theory.Tutkimustuotos: Pääkirjoitus › Tieteellinen
Ghosts of data futures past: revolution as repetition in datafied education research and governance
Saari, A., 2025, julkaisussa: Critical Studies in Education. 66, 2, s. 233-249 17 SivumääräTutkimustuotos: Artikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu
Koulujen tilasuunnittelun politiikka kaipaa tuekseen yhteiskuntatieteellistä tutkimusta
From, T., Saari, A. & Kokko, A. K., 6 elok. 2025, julkaisussa: Politiikasta.fi.Tutkimustuotos: Artikkeli › General public
Signature of Attention: Historical Ambiguities and Elisions in Contemporary Psychological Framings of Attending
Saari, A. & Baker, B. M., 9 kesäk. 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) julkaisussa: Educational Theory.Tutkimustuotos: Artikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu
The ambiguities of autonomy in youth training programmes
Vainio, S., Mertanen, K., Brunila, K. & Saari, A., 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) julkaisussa: Power and education.Tutkimustuotos: Artikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu
An Apprenticeship in Failure: Self-Cultivation and the Question of What to Do With Our Desires
Saari, A. & Varpanen, J., 10 kesäk. 2024, julkaisussa: Philosophical Inquiry in Education. 31, 1, s. 58-68 11 SivumääräTutkimustuotos: Artikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu
Attunements of Care – The Art of Existence in the Anthropocene
Varpanen, J., Kallio, J., Saari, A., Helkala, S. & Holmberg, L., 19 kesäk. 2024, julkaisussa: Research in Arts and Education. 2024, 2, s. 55-63Tutkimustuotos: Artikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu
Governing by prototype and proto-practice: topological configurations of future classroom labs
Saari, A. & Decuypere, M., 2024, julkaisussa: Journal of Education Policy. 39, 5, s. 683-701Tutkimustuotos: Artikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu
Kadonneet paratiisit: Itsekasvatus antroposeenin raunioilla
Saari, A. & Varpanen, J., 30 lokak. 2024, julkaisussa: Kasvatus & Aika. 18, 3, s. 5-23Tutkimustuotos: Artikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu