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Senior Researcher, Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
- Co-manager of one of the main research areas "Education and Social Change" in the Finnish Institute for Educational Research (FIER), 2006-2010
- Leader and Principal Investigator of the research team on "Opening-up the pathways for immigrants to education and work"
- Leader of the research team and project "Foreign professionals’ access to Finnish labour market”, funded by the Academy of Finland, 2009-2010
- National leader of the EU project "Intercultural competence of professionals in immigration jobs", 2006-2008
UNESCO Chair / Professor in Intercultural Education, 2001- 2006
Since 2000 – Adjunct Professor, Department of Education, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
2009 (October-December). Visiting Scholar. School of Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA (Program on Education Evaluation and Research)
2008 (July). Visiting Professor. Finno-Ugric Open University and Udmurt State University, Department of Psychology and Pedagogical Technology, Udmurtia, Izhevsk, Russia. (Expert Area: International Education)
2005 - Visiting Professor in Intercultural Education at the University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran. (Expert area: International Dialogue and Comparative Secondary Education)
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2005 – Senior Researcher, Finnish Institute for Educational Research (FIER), University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
1990 - Supervising graduate students’ thesis and dissertations.
2005 - Visiting Professor in Intercultural Education at the University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran. (Expert area: Comparative Youth Education)
2005 (June-July) Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Centre on Education and Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. (Expert Area: European Youth Education and Training)
2003 - Senior Researcher, Team Leader. University of Jyväskylä, FIER. Managing and coordinating the research programme on Internationalisation and Development in Education and Training. Funding from the Academy of Finland for six projects (554.290 euros) and from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (90.000 euros).
2001 – 2005 March. UNESCO Professor in Intercultural Education. University of Jyväskylä, FIER. Developing new multidisciplinary and international research initiatives for intercultural education and methodology.
2000 - . Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Jyväskylä (Expert area: Comparative research on youth education in TVET).
1999 – 2008. Managing and working for several European collaborative projects, such as SPES-NET Project, FINNBASE, Post16-Net, INT.COMP.
1999 – 2000. President of International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA). Managing and leading the global multi-professional non-governmental association including executive secretariat, vice presidents in global regions, newsletter, refereed journal, world conferences and annual conferences.
1993- 2008. Member of Editorial Boards and Reviewer for refereed journals, refereed professional conferences and books, as well as a referee for assessing professorships.
1998 - 2002. Senior Researcher. University of Jyväskylä, FIER. Managing the research programme on Work-based learning. Monitoring and working for several European collaborative projects. Developing the policy for workforce preparation and work-based learning in Europe and in Finland. Funding from the Academy of Finland and the Finnish Ministry of Education.
1995 - 1998. Project Manager, University of Jyväskylä, FIER, Finland. Coordinating and managing the European Commission's research project titled 'Finding New Strategies for Post-16 Education by Networking Vocational and Academic/General Education and Working Life to Improve the Parity of Esteem for Initial Vocational Training'. The partners came from eight European countries.
1990 - 1995. University of Jyväskylä, Senior Researcher and Assistant Director of the Department of Research on Vocational Education and Training. Preparing research proposals, applying funding and designing research plans for junior researchers. Leading and conducting research projects and writing research reports.
1987 – 1990. Research Fellow. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, College of Education, VA, USA.
1977 - 1990. Vocational Senior Lecturer in Pedagogic and Psychology. Teachers' Training College, Jyväskylä, Finland.
1983- 1985. Director of the Department of Comprehensive Occupational Teachers' Training. Teachers' Training College, Jyväskylä, Finland.
1981 - 1982. The First Planner of Vocational Teachers’ In-Service Education. Teachers' Training College, Jyväskylä, Finland.
1980 – 1987. Coordinator of International Education in Vocational Teacher Education. Teachers' Training College, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Evaluations of the Education Programmes and Projects of the Finnish International Development Agency, European Commission and the others:
*University of Khartoum, Sudan 1986 (July);
*Windhoek and Owambo, Namibia 1991 (January);
*University of Ankara, Turkey 1994 (World Bank and CORD) (July);
*Kajaani Polytechnic, Finland 1995 (City of Kajaani) (January-September);
*Brussels, Belgium (Leonardo da Vinci Programme I) 1998 (April);
*Brussels, Belgium (European Structural Funds programmes) 1999 (May);
*Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar and Gonder, Ethiopia 2001-2002;
*Sarajevo, Serbia (European Training Foundation, ETF) 2002 (October);
*Evaluation of the Norwegian Education Trust Fund (NETF) in the World Bank (financing the education projects in 30 African countries) (January-March) ; and
*Turin, Italy (European Training Foundation, ETF’s Midterm Strategy) 2003 (September)
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Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Technical Education and Training, 1.11.2008-31.10.2010.
EERA (European Educational Research Association) Conference Papers Reviewer, 1995 –
Editorial Board Member for Journal of Vocations and Learning, 2006 -
Editor for European Education Research Journal (EERJ), 2003
Editorial Board Member for International Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2001-
Editorial Board Member for Journal of Vocational and Technical Education , 1994-
1996 and 1997-1999.
Regional editor for International Journal of Vocational Education and Training,
1993-2000
Reviewer for Kasvatus, Lifelong Learning Journal, Scandinavian Journal of Education, Ammattikasvatus etc.
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Award from the City of Jyväskylä, Kannusteraha, December 2003.
Dag Hammarskjöd Medal, United Nations, 24.10.2002.
The Silvius – Wolansky Award, for Outstanding International Leadership in Technical Vocational Education and Training by Department of Industrial Education and Technology, Iowa State University and International Vocational Education and Training Association in recognition of Significant Contributions to the Advancement of Technical Vocational Education and Training at the Local, National and International Levels, 2001.
Exceptional Service Award, International Vocational Education and Training Association, 1997.
Outstanding Professional Award, Omicron Tau Theta (Professional Society in Vocational Education), 1996.
Leader, Achiever and Outstanding Alumna Recognition, Virginia Polytechinic Institute and State University, 1996.
American National Dissertation Award, Omicron Tau Theta, 1991
Virginia State Dissertation Award, Iota Chapter, 1991.
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