About me
I am a higher education researcher currently working on my PhD research related to internationalisation in higher education. As a PhD candidate in the Doctoral Programme of Education and Society (Faculty of Education and Culture, Tampere University), I research cultures and discourses in transnational higher education. My PhD research focuses on discursively constructed teaching and learning cultures in the context of pedagogical development programmes in Palestinian, Brazilian, and Thai universities; the programmes were organised through transnational collaboration with a Finnish university. I conduct the PhD research with the support of Kone Foundation's grant.
My research interests include a variety of higher education topics such as internationalisation, organisational cultures, teaching and learning, pedagogical development, academic communities, digitalisation and online education.
In spring 2024 I was co-teaching the introductory course on university pedagogy ‘Teaching and Learning in Higher Education’ (KAS.PEY.010) for university teachers at Tampere University. Previously I taught 'Academic supervision and guidance' (KAS.PEY.030) and several courses related to educational sciences.
In my research and teaching activities, I work closely with my research group Higher Education in Transition (HET) as well as the Research Centre on Transnationalism and Transformation TRANSIT. Between February and June 2022, I was a visiting researcher at the Educational Research department at Lancaster University, UK.
I graduated from the Erasmus Mundus Master’s in Research and Innovation in Higher Education (MARIHE) programme and obtained a joint degree M.Sc. (Admin) from University of Tampere in Finland and Danube University Krems in Austria. I have been involved with multiple student and professional associations and worked with non-governmental organisations.
Publications and research activities (link to TUNICRIS research portal)
Main positions of trust
- Board member of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers in Finland CHERIF (2024–current)
- Co-coordinator of the Network of early-career higher education researchers in Finland
(2023–current). - Communication coordinator in the Higher Education in Transition (HET) research group (2020–current)
- Member of the Faculty Council in the Faculty of Education and Culture (1.8.2021–31.12.2022)
- Board member of the Tampere University Association of Researchers and Teachers TATTE (1.1.2021–31.12.2022)
- Member of the Education Steering Group in the Faculty of Education and Culture; representing PhD researchers (20.2.2019–31.7.2020)
Research topics
Higher education research related topics:
- Internationalisation
- Pedagogical development & Teaching and learning in higher education
- Communities in academic spaces
- Teaching and learning cultures & Organisational cultures
- Digitalisation and online education
- Poststructuralist discourse analysis
- Qualitative research approaches
Latest publications
Invitation to an Online Coffee! Exploring How Informal Academic Communities Support Early Career Researchers' Professional Growth and Well-Being
Holubek, V. & Juusola, H., 2024, Building Communities in Academia. Aarnikoivu, M. & Le, A. T. (eds.). Emerald, p. 73-87 15 p. (Surviving and Thriving in Academia).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Student engagement and concerns on studies and future professions: exploratory research in a Palestinian higher education context
Korhonen, V., Aldahdouh, T., Holubek, V., Abou-dagga, S. & Al-Masri, N., 23 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Educational Management.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Preparing university teachers for times of uncertainty: the role of a transnational pedagogical-development training in Palestinian higher education
Al Dahdouh, T., Holubek, V., Korhonen, V., Abou-dagga, S. & Al-Masri, N., 2023, In: Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. 15, 4, p. 1011-1028Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Construction of Teaching and Learning Cultures in Transnational Pedagogical Development: Discourses Among Palestinian University Instructors
Holubek, V., Alenius, P., Korhonen, V. & Al-Masri, N., 2022, In: International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 16, 2, 9.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Examining Teaching Approaches, Academic Culture, and Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Instructors at a Palestinian University
Alenius, P., Al Dahdouh, T., Holubek, V., Al-Masri, N., El-Holy, A., Lindén, J. & Korhonen, V., 2019, In: International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. 31, 3, p. 390-401Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Internationalisation and education hubs : The case of Singapore
Holubek, V., 2018, Internationalisation and Transnationalisation in Higher Education. Korhonen, V. & Alenius, P. (eds.). Bern: Peter Lang, p. 125-151 (Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education; no. 17).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
The changing idea of higher education
Holubek, V., 2017, In: The Modern Higher Education Review. 2, p. 47-57 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review