Based on my professional experience in the fields of literacies, education and culture, I’m confident that we are able to make sense and find sustainable solutions to complex questions through respectful dialogue and cooperation, open-minded and critical thinking, and multidisciplinary and research-based practices.

Professional experience

Post doctoral researcher (9/2023 >Current)

• Data literacy and datafication in the formal education
• Data collection, analysis and communication
• Co-chair of the Digital technology and media in learning and teaching -Special Interest Group of the Finnish Educational Research Association
• Co-chair of divisions in academic conferences
  • Media education and literacies division in NordMedia 2025
  • Media education, diverse literacy and participatory culture in Finnish Media and Communication Conference 2024

Chairperson (3/2024 > currently), Finnish Society on Media Education (FSME)

• National media literacy and media education development
• Research-based practice development

Senior adviser (9/2019 > 8/2023), National audiovisual institute

• National policy development, policy implementation, policy research
• Project funding and leadership
• Team leadership (substition 10/2019 > 11/2020, 2/2021 > 4/2021, 10/2021 > 3/2023)

Researcher (3/2018 > 8/2019), National audiovisual institute

• Research-based education development
• Lecturing, education and trainings

Project manager (10/2016 > 3/2018), National audiovisual institute

• Consoritum project management / European networking
• Education development

Project researcher (1/2015 > 9/2016), National audiovisual institute

• Research
• Education development, trainings, resources

Further details and full professional expertise, you can find in Linkedin.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Education), 2021

I gratuated as PhD from the University of Lapland.

In my doctroral dissertation I explored Competence-based education (CBE) and transversal competence from a conceptual perspective. Based on the analyses I developed a theory of conceptual contextualisation.

In my studies I developed my expertise particularly in:

• Transversal competence, competence-based education
• Multiliteracy, literacy studies
• Curricular contextualisation, international and national educational policy
• Qualitative research and analysis

Master of Arts (Education), 2014

I graduated as Master of Arts (Education) from the University of Lapland. In my master studies I focused on:

• Educational research and media education
• Philosophy and politics
• Interdisciplinarity / Science studies

In my master’s thesis (In Finnish: Tieteenalat mediakasvatuksen kentällä) I explored the disciplinary background of media education, especially from the perspectives of interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity.

Bachelor of Arts (Education), 2013

I gratuated as Bachelor of Arts (Education) from the University of Lapland. During my studies I developed my knowledge in

• Education and media education
• Management
• Discourse analysis

Skills and competence

Professional competence

• Participatory policy development and implementation
• Education, teaching, trainings, lecturing
• Educational development, course and resource development
• Project funding, management, team leadership
• International cooperation and networking
• Research-based development

Scientific competence

• Literature reviews
• Qualitative research and analysis
• Science communication

Thematic expertise

• Literacy education and studies, multiliteracies, media literacy, data literacy
• Media education and critical thinking
• Curriculum studies
• Competence-based education, transversal competence