Tomas Stølen

Tomas Stølen is an Associate Professor of Teacher Education and Pedagogy at NLA Kalfaret University College in Bergen, specializing in Ethics, Educational Philosophy, and Theory of Science. His work bridges critical theory with educational practice, focusing on themes like evil, citizenship, and Enlightenment philosophy.

• Education: PhD (2014, The New School for Social Research), MA in Philology (2003, University of Bergen), MA in Education (2001, University of Bergen).
• Research Projects: Investigating evil in education (building on Kant, Hegel, Arendt, Adorno) and contributing to the history of Nordic philosophy (1800s) as a co-author.
• Publications: Monograph on Schelling and Adorno (2014), book chapters exploring ecological thinking in Norwegian teacher education (2024), and critical theory applications in pedagogy (2024).
• Dissemination: Lectures on Hegel's relevance to modern politics (2020), Bildung in knowledge societies (2019), and Marx's concept of alienation (2018).