About me
My research interests include critical analysis of ed-tech, platform capitalism, child assessment and sociomaterial theories. I have worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Tampere University from 2021, leading a project on ed-tech and the privatization of public education. I have also worked in VADA that investigates new assessment practices in early childhood education. Currently I work together with Maiju Paananen, Anna Siippainen and Hanna Toivonen in the Datachild project that investigates the social justice implications of data produced in childhood institutions.
Latest publications
Paradoxes of assessment: the constitutive effects of assessment and evaluation in datafied early childhood education
Paananen, M., Siippainen, A. & Paakkari, A., 28 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Screen recording: a qualitative method for making visible digital activities in educational practices
Lunde, I. M., Beiler, I. R., Sahlström, F., Paakkari, A. & Valasmo, V., 10 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Learning, Media and Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Sticky, slippery, and smooth access–exploring the affective potentials of access to writing technology in lower secondary classrooms
Högström, J., Paakkari, A., Nilsberth, M. & Slotte, A., 2026, In: Learning, Media and Technology. 51, 1, p. 90-102 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Arvioinnin uudet teknologiat ja muuttuvat ympäristöt
Paakkari, A., 2025, Mitattu lapsuus: Varhaiskasvatuksen arviointi Suomessa. Siippainen, A. & Paananen, M. (eds.). Gaudeamus, p. 193-214Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Assembling desire. Analyzing the rollout of self-tracking devices in early childhood education
Paakkari, A. & Siippainen, A., 10 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Learning, Media and Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Kohti arvioinnin vaihtoehtoisia tulevaisuuksia ja utopioita
Teräs, M. & Paakkari, A., 2025, Mitattu lapsuus: Varhaiskasvatuksen arviointi Suomessa. Siippainen, A. & Paananen, M. (eds.). Gaudeamus, p. 217-232Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Review of Luci Pangrazio and Neil Selwyn (2023). Critical Data Literacies: Rethinking Data and Everyday Life
Paakkari, A., 2024, In: Postdigital Science and Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › Scientific
Activity-tracking assemblages in Finnish early childhood education and care
Paakkari, A., Paananen, M. & Grieshaber, S., 2023, In: Childhood. 30, 3, p. 301-316Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Cracks in the Sidewalk: Looking Behind the Seamless Surfaces of Digital Schooling
Paakkari, A. & Valasmo, V., 2023, Flashpoint Epistemology Volume 2: Aporias of Complexity in Power, Politics and Methods in Education. Baker, B., Saari, A., Wang, L. & Tavares, H. (eds.). London: Routledge, Vol. 2. p. 168-181 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Imaginaries of ECEC: A comparison of policies of access in early childhood education in Brazil, Finland, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, and Serbia
Paananen, M., Centeno, V. G., Fjällström, S., Bhattarai, D. P., Jovanović, G., Madureira Ferreira, J., Millei, Z., Rosa Ribeiro, C., Paakkari, A., Sadat Sajjadieh, N., Tholchah, M. & Varpanen, J., 15 Oct 2023, In: Journal of Early Childhood Education Research. 12, 3, p. 145-180 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review