About me
Researcher of higher education and teaching and learning in higher education. Research experience also from the professional growth of teachers, study counselors and academic leaders and from the meaning of collegiality for professional communities. Adjunct professor (docent) in University of Helsinki (teaching and learning in higher education) as well as in University of Jyväskylä (education, especially guidance and counselling in higher education).
Responsibilities
Higher Education in Transition (HET) research group leader (https://research.tuni.fi/het/) together with Johanna Annala. I have worked in several research and development projects as a research director. Most recently in the international eTraining FinPal project at 2017-2020. In the project, we implemented a university pedagogical trainging program for the Palestinian Territories as distance and online education.
Teaching and supervision of intermediate and advanced studies in faculty and in doctoral education. Supervision of Master's theses and dissertation research.
Main positions of trust
Member of the Editorial Board in University Pedagogy journal. As a representative of Tampere University in the international higher education UNIMED sub-network of "eLearning and Open Educational Resources" (https://www.uni-med.net/en/subnetwork-elearning-and-open-education/)
Research topics
student engagement and well-being, pathways and access to higher education, students’ self-regulation skills and epistemological beliefs, educational exclusion and drop-out risks, digital learning environments, professional and pedagogical challenges in teaching work and in guidance and counseling work, academic and pedagogical leadership, mentoring for professional growth, transnational and international development co-operation in higher education field