The Faculty is constantly running around about one hundred smaller or larger research and development projects that increase our awareness of human growth, development, teaching and learning. In addition to continuous themes, the Faculty has a large number of research projects with external funding.
All active research projects are in the University of Helsinki research portal.
Addressing Attractiveness of Science Career Awareness (SciCar)
Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
Jari Lavonen
COhort cOmmunity Research and Development Infrastructure Network for Access Throughout Europe (COORDINATE)
Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
Katariina Salmela-Aro
Future-oriented Science EDucation to enhance Responsibility and engagement in the society of Acceleration and uncertainty (FEDORA)
Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
Antti Laherto
G-VERSITY – Achieving Gender Diversity – European Training Network (ETN)
Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
Katariina Salmela-Aro
Improving collaborative working between correctional and mental health services (COLAB)
Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
Anu Kajamaa
Pioneering Policies and Practices Tackling Educational Inequalities in Europe (PIONEERED)
Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
Auli Toom
Widening and diversifying citizen engagement in science (ALLINTERACT)
Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
Kristiina Kumpulainen
Youth Skills (ySKILLS)
Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
Katariina Salmela-Aro
Educational transformations for facilitating sustainable personal, social, and institutional renewal in the digital age (Growing Mind)
Kai Hakkarainen
Bio-based Dyes and Pigments for Colour Palette (BioColour)
Riikka Räisänen
Learning to be digital consumers (DigiConsumers)
Kirsti Lonka
Affective, cognitive, and social consequences of digital revolution for youth development and education (Bridging the Gaps)
Katariina Salmela-Aro & Kirsti Lonka
Constituting Cultures of Compassion in Early Childhood Education (CoCuCo)
Lasse Lipponen
Crafting Optimal Learning in Science Environments (PIRE)
Katariina Salmela-Aro
Digital support for training and assessing second language speaking (DigiTala)
Raili Hilden
Discipline-based teaching, learning, and assessment (HisLit)
Jukka Rantala
Growing Up Radical? The role of educational institutions in guiding young people's worldview construction
Arniika Kuusisto
In search for significance: Fostering movement across the five worlds of adolescents
Yrjö Engeström
Interrupting youth support systems in the ethos of vulnerability (CoSupport)
Kristiina Brunila
Local Educational Ethos: a study on well-performing comprehensive schools in disadvantaged neighbourhoods (LEE)
Sonja Kosunen
Mobile gaze-tracking for the study of attention and emotion in collaborative mathematical problem solving (MathTrack)
Markku Hannula
The cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes of inclusive versus special education placement: a quasi-experimental follow-up study (INCLUSIVE)
Markku Jahnukainen
Young People's Agency in Social Media (#Agents)
Katariina Salmela-Aro
Active Early Numeracy
Pirjo Aunio
Funded by the Ministry of Education and the Finnish Cultural Foundation (National Sports Council)
AI in Learning
Hannele Niemi & Päivi Kousa
Funded by the Business Finland
Multilingual Didactics and Dialogs (DIDIA)
Anna Slotte
Funded by the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland
Privatisation and Access to Higher Education (PAHE)
Sonja Kosunen
Funded by the Kone Foundation
Supporting social and emotional development in Early Childhood Education and Care (SAGA)
Mirjam Kalland & Kristiina Kumpulainen
Funded by the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland