Pietari Hannikainen

Pietari Hannikainen

Doctor of Theology

  • PL 3 (Fabianinkatu 33)

    00014

    Finland

  • Finland

20172025

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Personal profile

Description of research and teaching

I work as University Lecturer in Practical theology in the Faculty of Theology in University of Helsinki.

My expertice is on questions of Religious Education in different contexts and phases of human life. I supervise bachelor's, master's and doctoral theses in my faculty and teach quantiative methods. My research has focused on growing Christian communitites and their members; young adults, youth, religious literacy, values and wellbeing.   

Currently I'm involved in projects that study religiously active men, religious value polarisation and Confirmation school.

Fields of Science

  • 614 Theology