Research at the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Helsinki focuses on human growth, development, behaviour and learning. Researchers examine their topics from various perspectives, including the social, communal and individual. Research objects are educational systems, learning environments and learners. Our research aims towards the realisation of cultural and social possibilities for the wellbeing of an individual and a society in a changing world.
Research profile
Education, society and culture
- Finnish schools and education policy, schooling and education, work, organisations and development, action, agency and inclusion, equality, gender and global responsibility, skills, design and art in variable forms
Learning and interaction
- Curriculum design, learning, teaching, learning environments, learning how to learn, learning difficulties, development, interaction, innovative methods, discipline-based learning or subject didactics, community learning and expertise
Human Mind in Changing World
Faculty of Educational Sciences' "Learning in the Digital World (LEAD)" is one of the five focus areas of the strategic research area "The human mind in changing world".
Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)
Faculty of Educational Sciences is one of the HELSUS Faculties.
JustEd
The Nordic Centre of Excellence on Justice through Education, coordinated by the University of Helsinki and funded by NordForsk in 2013–2018, had 140 researchers from nine countries.
Networks and other collaborations are important forms of activity for educational sciences. Researchers and research groups are involved in many development programmes, projects and networks in addition to conducting academic research. Discover more about networks and development projects coordinated by the faculty and the projects.
The University of Helsinki is preparing for a research evaluation due in 2018–2019.
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