Kettunen Jaana, Vice-director, Research Professor

Research Professor in Guidance, Vice-director of the Finnish Institute for Educational Research,

Email:: jaana.h.kettunen@jyu.fi
Phone:: +358 40 805 4255

Room:: RUU A322

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9285-9693
Converis: https://converis.jyu.fi/converis/portal/Person/4632174
Skype: jaanakettunen

Vice-director, Human resources development
Research professor in Guidance

Jaana Kettunen is a Researcher Professor at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Her research that has a strong international orientation revolves around career guidance practice and public policy development with a special interest on the design and use of information and communication technology in career guidance. Her work is both theoretical and practical. It focuses on empowering practitioners to be more effective in supporting the career development of individuals and groups by contributing to practitioners’ knowledge, skills, and standards of practice.

Areas of interest

Selected publications

Design and use of information and communications technology (ICT) in career services
Social Media in guidance - Guidance in Social Media
Ethical issues associated with ICT in
guidance and counseling
The role of ICT in relation to national lifelong guidance policies
Lifelong guidance policy development

Appointments (e.g.)

President, International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG)
Research Associate, Florida State University's Center for the Study of Technology in Counseling and Career Development, USA
Co-chair of the Technology Committee of the National Career Development Association NCDA, USA
Chair of ICT Strategy working group of the IAEVG
Board member of The International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy

Kettunen, J. (2024). Finnish lower secondary career education through a systems lens. Nordic Journal of Transitions, Careers and Guidance, 5(1), pp. 73–85. https://doi.org/10.16993/njtcg.85 Open access.
Kettunen, J., Barnes, S-A., Bimrose, J., Brown, A. & Vuorinen, R. (2023). Career experts´ conceptions of systems development in lifelong guidance. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance. Online first. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-023-09595-x Open access
Kettunen, J. (2023). Career experts’ conceptions of innovation in career development. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 23(2), 465–480. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-021-09509-9 Open access
Kettunen, J. & Tynjälä, P. (2022). Bridging the gap between research and practice: Using phenomenographic findings to develop training for career practitioners. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 22, 247–262. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-021-09483-2 Open access
Kettunen, J, & Felt, T. (2020). One-stop guidance centers in Finland. In E. Haug, T. Hooley, J. Kettunen & R. Thomsen (Eds.), Career and career guidance in the Nordic countries (pp. 293-306). Rotterdam, Netherland: Brill | Sense. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004428096_020 Open access
Kettunen, J., Lindberg, M., Nygaard, E. & Kardal, J. (2020). Enhancing career practitioners understanding and use of ICT in guidance and counselling. In E. Haug.. T. Hooley, J. Kettunen & R. Thomsen (Eds.), Career and career guidance in the Nordic countries (pp. 163-175). Rotterdam, Netherland: Brill | Sense. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004428096_011 Open access
Sampson, J.P., Jr., Kettunen, J., & Vuorinen, R. (2020). The role of practitioners in helping persons make effective use of ICT in career interventions. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 20, 91–208. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10775-019-09399-y
Kettunen, J. & Makela, J.P. (2019). Practitioners´ conceptions of ethical practice in social networking in career services. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 19, 345-362. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10775-018-9383-4 Open access
Kettunen, J. & Sampson, J.P., Jr. (2019). Challenges in implementing ICT in career services: Perspectives from Career Development Experts. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 19, 1-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10775-018-9365-6 Open access
Kettunen, J., & Tynjälä, P. (2018). Applying phenomenography in guidance and counselling research. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 46, 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2017.1285006 Open access
Sampson, J.P., Jr., Osborn, D.S., Kettunen, J., Hou, P-C., Miller, A.K., & Makela, J. (2018) The Validity of Social Media-Based Career Information. The Career Development Quarterly, 66, 121-134. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12127 Open access
Kettunen, J. (2017). Career practitioners´ conceptions of social media and competency for social media in career services. Jyväskylä, Finland: University of Jyväskylä, Finnish Institute for Educational Research. Studies, 32. Dissertation. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-7160-1
Kettunen, J., Vuorinen, R., & Ruusuvirta, O. (2016). European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network representatives´ conceptions of the role of information and communication technologies related to national guidance policies. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 16, 327-342. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10775-015-9313-7 Open access
Kettunen, J., Vuorinen, R., & Sampson, J. P., Jr. (2015). Practitioners’ Experiences of Social Media in Career Services. The Career Development Quarterly, 63, 268-282. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12018 Open access
Kettunen, J., Sampson, J. P., Jr., & Vuorinen, R. (2015). Career practitioners´ conceptions of competency for social media in career services. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 43, 43-56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2014.939945 Open access
Bimrose, J., Kettunen, J. & Goddard, T. (2015). ICT – the new frontier? Pushing the boundaries of careers practice. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 43, 8-23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2014.975677 Open access
Kettunen, J., Vuorinen, R., & Sampson, J. P. (2013). Career practitioners' conceptions of social media in career services. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 41, 302-317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2013.781572 Open access