Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Research mainly in environmental and sustainability education, transdisciplinary and phenomenon based learning, and education in the Anhropocene.
Teacher educator with courses in science education and sustainability education.
Curriculum vitae
Lili-Ann Wolff is Doctor of Education and Asssociate Professor in environmental education. She works as a lecturer in science education. Besides a master and doctorate in education, she has also graduated in science and philosophy.
Since the 1980s she has been involved in sustainability education and since the millennium shift in sustainability education research. Her training and work experience include educational leadership, planning, production of teaching materials and programs, and practical teaching (of all age groups). Likewise, she has written numerous and diverse articles, made evaluations, participated in policy work and performed research both alone and in several national and international project groups.
She has a long experience of international cooperation and networking as a member of many strategic working groups, and she has been engaged in politics on many levels. Her research interest is sustainability education from transdisciplinary and critical views combining education, philosophy, and history of science, natural sciences and arts.
Her doctoral thesis Nature and sustainability: An educational study with Rousseau and Foucault (2011) deals with the ethics of sustainability from a philosophical/historical view. It was awarded with the highest grade (laudatur/A). The topics of her forthcoming articles (2020-2021) are for example We have all been monkeys; Scientific literacy and social sustainability, Nature as aesthetic experience: How to engage small children, Learning in the Anthropocene, and Sustainable leadership: Non-affirmative education as a norm critical approach?
Education/Academic qualification
Education, Philosophy, Science
Fields of Science
- 516 Educational sciences
- Sustainability education
- Science education
- transdisciplinary teaching and learning
- Education policy
- Environmental education
- 611 Philosophy
- Philosophy of education
- Philosophy of science
- Sustainability ethics
- Environmental aesthetics
- 1172 Environmental sciences
- Sustainability
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications
An Issue of Scale: The Challenge of Time, Space and Multitude in Sustainability and Geography Education
Skarstein, F. & Wolff, L-A., 23 Jan 2020, In : Education Sciences. 10, 2, 18 p., 28.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
Social sustainability and transformation in higher educational settings: A utopia or possibility?
Wolff, L-A. & Ehrström, P., 20 May 2020, In : Sustainability. 12, 10, 21 p., 4176.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
Species Learning and Biodiversity in Early Childhood Teacher Education
Wolff, L-A. & Skarstein, T. H., 3 May 2020, In : Sustainability. 12, 9, 20 p., 3698.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
The Mission of Early Childhood Education in the Anthropocene
Wolff, L-A., Skarstein, T. & Skarstein, F., Feb 2020, In : Education Sciences. 10, 2, 21 p., 27.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
Ilmiöoppiminen yhteistyönä Suomenlinnassa
Wolff, L-A., Kaihovirta, H., Schaffar-Kronqvist, B., Savijärvi, M., Wallinheimo, K., Mikander, P. & Slotte, A., Jun 2019, Maailmanperintö ja kulttuurikasvatus = World heritage and cultural education. Metsärinne, M., Heino, T., Korhonen, R. & Esko, M. (eds.). Rauma: Rauman Normaalikoulu Teacher Training School, p. 148-159 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Professional
Projects
Education for Sustainable Development in the Nordic Countries
Wolff, L., Jónsson, Ó. P., Bengtsson, S., Lyysgaard, J. A., Øyehaug, A. B. Ø., Didham, R. J. & Guðmundsson, B.
01/05/2019 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research project
EduAnt: Education in the Anthropocene
Wolff, L., Skarstein, T. & Skarstein, F.
15/01/2019 → …
Project: Research project
SUSTE: Sustainable Stories in Early Childhood Education and Care
Furu, A., Wolff, L. & Kaihovirta, H.
01/08/2018 → …
Project: Research project
Sustainability in the Curricula
Wolff, L., Hofman-Bergholm, M. & Furu, A.
01/01/2018 → …
Project: Research project
LISMUS: Literacy and Science in multicultural schools
Vuorenpää, S. & Wolff, L.
01/10/2017 → …
Project: Research project
Activities
Education Inquiry (Journal)
Lili-Ann Wolff (Reviewer)May 2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
NERA 2020 Rethinking the futures of education in the Nordic countries
Ólafur Jónsson (Speaker: Presenter), Bragi Guðmundsson (Speaker: Presenter), Anne Bergliot Øyehaug Øyehaug (Speaker: Presenter), Robert James Didham (Speaker: Presenter), Lili-Ann Wolff (Speaker: Presenter), Stefan Bengtsson (Speaker: Presenter), Jonas Andreasen Lysgaard (Speaker: Presenter)6 Mar 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Karlstad University (External organisation)
Lili-Ann Wolff (Board member)Mar 2020 → Apr 2020
Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in review committee
Reviewer of three abstracts for the TEPE 2020 Conference (Teacher Education Policy in Europe)
Lili-Ann Wolff (Participant)Feb 2020 → Mar 2020
Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - Other
Publishing sustainability research – what’s up?
Lili-Ann Wolff (Speaker: Presenter)6 May 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Press / Media
Kestävän kehityksen pedagogiikka - teoriaa ja käytäntöjä
Anna Uitto, Lili-Ann Wolff, Seppo Saloranta & Anna Lehtonen
31/05/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Ope osaa: Kestävän kehityksen pedagogiikka, teoria ja käytännöt
12/04/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Miksi kestävän kehityksen opetusta tutkimaan tarvitaan monialainen verkosto?
22/01/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media