Siekkinen Taru, postdoctoral researcher, docent
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7853-9979
Converis: https://converis.jyu.fi/converis/portal/Person/4479187
Taru Siekkinen has been working in FIER since 2012. Siekkinen is a M.Sc (sociology) and had a doctoral degree in 2019 (adult education, higher education). She was awarded a docentship from the Tampere university in 2024 (administration and management in higher education).
She belongs to the research team "Higher Education Studies". Her research interests are related to academic profession, academic careers, academic recruitment and work, HRM in universities, academic management and managers, gender, collaboration between universities and other sectors, and university policy.
She is currently working on a research project to evaluate the National Doctoral Pilot Programme and on the Horizon-funded METEOR project, which also aims to develop doctoral education.
Siekkinen is a chair of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers in Finland (CHERIF). She is also a board member in the Consortium of Higher Education Reserachers in Europe (CHER), as well as in the ESA - European Sociological Association's research network's Sociology of Professions RN19 board. In addition, she is an external member in the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences (JYU).