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Jonas Ahlskog is Postdoctoral Researcher in Minority Studies and holds the title of Associate Professor of Philosophy (Docent) from Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU). He is also Principal Investigator of the Kone Foundation research project Doing Justice to Experience: Relations to the Difficult Past in History and Memory. Ahlskog has experience of academic teaching in both history and philosophy as University Teacher (universitetslärare) at ÅAU. Ahlskog has held visiting research fellowships at Harvard University and Södertörn University.
Ahlskog is doing research in both philosophy and history. His philosophical research is focused on conceptual questions concerning historical knowledge, action, understanding, explanation, testimony, memory, and cultural theory. In history, Ahlskog is primarily doing research about conceptions of nation, class, language and identity in political and ideological movements during the 20th century in Finland.
Besides his academic research, Ahlskog is concurrently working within non-formal adult education. He was managing director (verksamhetsledare) of the organisation Folkets Bildningsförbund r.f., 2010-2020, an association organizing public discussion about philosophical, social and cultural issues. At present, Ahlskog is adviser (sakkunnig) for Svenska folkskolans vänner r.f., within a project about contemporary challenges for non-formal adult education.
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Doing Justice to Experience: Relations to the Difficult Past in History and Memory
01/01/22 → 01/01/27
Project: Foundation
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[Book Review] Thomas A. Kohut: Empathy and the Historical Understanding of the Human Past (London and New York: Routledge, 2020), 166 pp., ISBN 978-0-367-42578-4
Ahlskog, J., 4 Feb 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of the Philosophy of History.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Scientific
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Därför borde vi bry oss om bildningens frihet
Ahlskog, J., 1 Feb 2022, In: Finsk Tidskrift.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
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Peter Winch and the Autonomy of the Social Sciences
Ahlskog, J., 1 Mar 2022, In: Philosophy of the Social Sciences.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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The Leopard does not Change its Spots: Naturalism and the Argument Against Methodological Pluralism in the Sciences
Ahlskog, J. & D'Oro, G., 10 Feb 2022, (Accepted/In press) The History of Understanding in Analytic Philosophy: Around Logical Empiricism. Bloomsbury academicResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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”Världen har nått det skede, då alla vägar leder till socialismen”: Atos Wirtanens socialdemokratiska visioner för arbetarrörelsens enighet
Ahlskog, J., 1 Feb 2022, Klasskamp på svenska: Aktörer, idéer och erfarenheter i 1900-talets finlandssvenska arbetarrörelse. Kaihovirta, M. & Holm, C. (eds.). Työväen historian ja perinteen tutkimuksen seura, p. 207-237 (Papers on Labour History; vol. 10).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Åbo Akademi University (Journal)
Jonas Ahlskog (Reviewer)
2017 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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Philosophy of the Social Sciences (Journal)
Jonas Ahlskog (Reviewer)
2017 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work