This website is run by Dr Christoph Teschers from the Faculty of Education, University of Canterbury, New Zealand on behalf of a group of international researchers. On this page, we bring together updates, resources, findings and articles that come out of our active research in relation to the art of living and education.
Dr Christoph Teschers is Senior Lecturer above the bar at the Faculty of Education, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His research focuses on problems of equity and social justice in and through education, exploring how the development of people’s own art of living supports personal and societal well-being, cohesion and equity. Christoph is interested in the relationship between education and society. His research, which formulates an innovative approach to education and schooling based on Wilhelm Schmid’s concept of the art of living, is leading in the English-speaking academy. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on education, philosophy and psychology, Christoph presents and publishes regularly at international conferences and journals.
His current research projects include two international collaborative studies to develop practical tools to support teachers with inclusive practices and a re-imagination of education systems, policies and practices to strengthen equal educational opportunities for all students in society.
Dr Maria Nieto is Lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Philosophy, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia and researcher at the Faculty of Education, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She is a lawyer and political scientist and she has been an education consultant for governments, international organizations and NGOs in peace education in Latin America. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, her current research and publications focus on critical pedagogies, the work of Paulo Freire, ethics of care, Indigenous knowledge and learning, and holistic approaches to education.
Maria Nieto has led the data gathering and analysis of participant data and the exploration of the indigenous cultural concept of buen vivir in Colombia and the Americas.
Dr Laura D’Olimpio is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education at the University of Birmingham, UK. Prior to taking up this position in 2019, Laura was Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at The University of Notre Dame Australia. Laura completed her PhD ‘The Moral Possibilities of Mass Art’ at The University of Western Australia. She is co-founder and co-editor of the open access Journal of Philosophy in Schools. She is also a regular contributor to The Conversation, Philosophy Now magazine, The Ethics Centre, and ABC Radio National’s Philosopher’s Zone and The Minefield. Laura’s first book, Media and Moral Education: a philosophy of critical engagement (London, Routledge, 2018) won the 2018 PESA (Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia) Annual Book Award. Laura’s second book, The Necessity of Aesthetic Education: The Place of the Arts on the Curriculum, will be published with Bloomsbury in 2023.
Till Neuhaus works and researches at Bielefeld University (Germany), Faculty of Education. In his current position as research assistant, he is primarily occupied with questions regarding the history of education. More specifically, Till investigates how special needs assessment procedures have changed in different geographies over time, which is also his Ph.D. project. As a second field of interest, his work takes a closer look at the twists and turns the German concept of ‘Bildung’ has taken over time. ‘Bildung’ serves as a projection place upon different – temporally, spatially, and culturally specific – ideas and the ideals that are projected onto it. At its core, ‘Bildung’ can be read as one approach towards a good, meaningful, or beautiful life. Prior to his current position, Till has obtained separate master degrees in Political Communcation (M.A.), Interamerican Studies (M.A.) as well as Education (M.Ed.). He has also worked in different educational settings, such as universities of applied sciences, adult education, and language schools.
Dr Michaela Vogt is Professor at the Department of Educational Sciences at Bielefeld University, Germany. She completed her PhD in Education in 2014 at Würzburg University. Michaela works extensively in the area of theory and history of inclusion and inclusive schooling from a national and international-comparative perspectives. Of particular note is her development of an inclusionary school concept in Bavaria, the “BIG – Bildungs- und Generationenzentrum”, including a set of bespoke inclusive teaching materials. From a methodological perspective, she has extensive experience in qualitative Methodologies and Methods, especially regarding content analysis combined with contextual and cultural setting evaluation.
Michaela Vogt and her team work closely with Christoph Teschers on gathering and analysing data regarding our education and the art of living participatory study in the German context.
Dr Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke is Associate Professor at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. He is of Te Arawa and Ngāi Tahu descent. He has Tūhourangi/ Ngāti Wāhiao, Ngāti Whakaue and Ngāti Pikiao whakapapa through his mother. On his father’s side, he has Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Waitaha and Ngāi Tahu whakapapa.
Te Hurinui has been involved in Kaupapa Māori research for more than 14 years, primarily in the field of education. Of particular note is his research into maintaining student engagement in senior te reo Māori programmes in secondary schools, culturally responsive pedagogies, social and emotional pedagogies and maintaining effective online teaching and learning practices. His current research interests are the integration of mātauranga Māori into school and classroom curricular and Māori perspectives on assisted dying.
Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke and Christoph Teschers are co-leading a UC funded research project exploring indigenous Māori approaches to an art of living.
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