Kristian Niemi

Religion is a fascinating subject, partly because it is approached so differently in various places. This is one of the themes I have researched; international religious education, and the peculiarities that emerge regarding the Swedish context when reflected through other perspectives. I have a particular focus on religion in India and the Indian school system.

I lecture in the history of religions, not least on Hinduism and Buddhism, as well as on religious education.

I participate in the CSD and ROSE at Karlstad University.

I am a member of the National Forum for Research in Religious Education/Pedagogy (NFR), the Swedish Society for the History of Religions (SSRF), and I am active in the International Seminar for Religion and Values (ISREV) and the Nordic Conference on Religion and Education (NCRE).

For my undergraduate education, I am trained and certified as an upper secondary school teacher, qualified in the subjects of religion and philosophy.

Finnish citizen, residing in Sweden since 2005. Wife and two children.

Jägerskog, A.-S., & Niemi, K. (2023). Utmaningar och angreppssätt i processen att skriva sammanläggningsavhandling inom samhällsvetenskap och humaniora : [Challenges and approaches in the process of writing an article-based thesis in social sciences and humanities]. Högre Utbildning, 13(3), 46–62. https://doi.org/10.23865/hu.v13.5745

Niemi, K. (2020). Religion in Indian Schools: Exploring National Systems of Religious Education Through ’Mirroring’. Department of Humanities an Social Sciences Education, Stockholm university. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-186334.

Niemi, K. (2018). “Religionsvetenskapliga tröskelbegrepp: stötestenar och språngbrädor vid utvecklingen av ett ämnesperspektiv” Nordidactica: Journal of Humanities and Social Science Education, no. 2. CSD Karlstad: 1–22. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-67774.