Dr Jukka Mikkonen
About me
I am a researcher in philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä and hold the title of Docent in philosophy at Tampere University. I have previously worked as a researcher at the Universities of Tampere and Helsinki, and as a visiting scholar at the Universities of Warwick, York (UK), Harvard, and Parma.
My research focuses on environmental aesthetics, particularly the aesthetics of nature. Currently, I study the aesthetic dimensions of environmentalism.
Recent publications
‘Living with the Land: Nature Appreciation, Indigenous Aesthetics, and Niillas Holmberg’s Halla Helle’. Forthcoming in Uses of Art, Literature, and Philosophy: Aesthetics, Knowledge, and The Dance of Human Passions, ed. by Rafael Azize. Cham: Springer.
‘Myötätuntoinen luonnonsuojelu – uusi uhka luonnon monimuotoisuudelle?’ (w/ Jari Lyytimäki). niin & näin 1/26.
‘Art as a Companion in a Changing Climate’. Syzetesis – Rivista di Filosofia XII (2025).
‘Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature: Lessons from Gilbbesjávri and Guovdageaidnu’. Environmental Values, Vol. 34, No. 4–5.
‘Aesthetics in Biodiversity Conservation’ (w/ Kaisa J. Raatikainen). The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Vol. 82, No. 2, 174–190.
Key publications
‘Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature and the Global Environmental Crisis’. Environmental Values, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 47–66.
Philosophy, Literature, and Understanding: On Reading and Cognition. Bloomsbury, 2021.
‘Analytic Philosophy of Literature’. In The Cambridge Handbook of Philosophy of Language, ed. by Piotr Stalmaszczyk. Cambridge University Press, 2016, pp. 659–674.
‘On Studying the Cognitive Value of Literature’. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 273–282.
The Cognitive Value of Philosophical Fiction. Bloomsbury, 2013.
Article & book proposal refereeing
- Acta Analytica
- Apparatus
- Bloomsbury
- Contemporary Aesthetics
- Dialogue: The Canadian Philosophical Review
- Environmental Values
- Estetika: The European Journal of Aesthetics
- European Journal of Forest Research
- Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research
- International Journal of Philosophical Studies
- Mind
- Mind & Language
- Nature and Culture
- Open Book Publishers
- People and Nature
- Phenomenology and Cognitive Science
- Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
- Poetics Today
- Polish Journal of Aesthetics
- Res Philosophica
- Routledge
- Teorema
- The British Journal of Aesthetics
- The Cambridge Journal of Education
- The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
- The Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology
- The Journal of Literary Theory
- The Journal of the American Philosophical Association
- The Philosophical Quarterly
- The Southern Journal of Philosophy
- Theory, Culture & Society
- Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy
Other
Page last updated: 8 August 2026.