Lia Bahizi Universitetslektor
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Namn och titel: Lia BahiziUniversitetslektor
Arbetsplats: Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen Länk till annan webbplats.
Besöksadress Rum 456Svante Arrhenius väg 21A
Postadress Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen106 91 Stockholm
Om mig
My research interests lie in normative ethics within the field of Philosophy of Education. In my dissertation, Dancing with Dignity in Education (2024), I explore different philosophical perspectives on the concept of dignity or equal moral worth, such as for example those of Aristotle, Immanuel Kant and Martha Nussbaum, and discuss their potential relevance for education. I focus particularly on the relevance dignity can have on learning relationships between children and adults in compulsory educational settings, using both fictional and non-fictional narratives (film, literature, poetry and secondary empirical material) as access points into philosophical reflection and argument. The thesis offers a critique of educational practices that are overly focused on attributed values, such as for instance employability, offering dignity as a regulative ideal to counter-balance such tendencies, and as a way to imagine other meanings for education.
I currently teach at the Department of Child- and Youth studies in Fritidslärarprogrammet and Förskollärarprogrammet as well as the courses in Sociala Relationer i Skolan, which are part of the core curriculum (utbildningsvetenskaplig kärna) of all teaching programmes.
Before joining Stockholm University, I earned my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Human Rights at Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm and Uppsala University respectively. During my studies, I focused on children’s right to culture and to education. I conducted field-studies and did internships at organizations in Rwanda and Uganda that work with complementing the formal education system for children and youth through for example vocational training and the Arts.
Apart from my studies in Human Rights, I have also studied Opera. I love singing, dancing, acting and meditating.

