Expert Group Leader, Professor, PhD

Research themes 

Sociocultural theories; Social interaction and learning and development; Human agency; Formal and informal Learning; Learning across contents; Digital learning; Multiliteracies; Pedagogy and leraning environments; Teacher professional develoment; Creativity and co-creation; Participatory research methods; Visual research

Current projects

• The Playful Learning Center (PLC)
• DigiChild
• The Joy of Learning Multiliteracy
• MakEY: EU RISE: Makerspaces in the early years: Enhancing digital literacy and creativity
• EDUDigi
• Nordplus Horizontal project: Digital Computer Games for learning in the Nordic countries
• A Comparative Study of Early Childhood Education in Selected High Performing Countries
• DigiLitEY: The digital literacy and multimodal practices of young children (DigiLitEY)

• Learning by Making: The Educational Potential of School-Based Makerspaces for Young Learners' Digital Competencies (iMake) (Academy of Finland)

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E-mail: kristiina.kumpulainen@helsinki.fi 

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Expert Group Co-Leader

PhD, Adjunct Professor, Principal Investigator

Research themes

Learning, development, organizational change, strategic change, organizational communication and collaboration, interprofessional working, sociocultural theories, activity theory and other practice based approaches, qualitative research methods, formative interventions and ethnography e.g. in the context of health care and social care, schools and entrepreneurship hubs.

Current projects

• The Playful Learning Center (PLC)
• DigiChild
• Learning by Making: The Educational Potential of School-Based Makerspaces for Young Learners' Digital Competencies (iMake) (Academy of Finland)
• CO-LAB project: Improving collaborative working between correctional and mental health services (EU HORIZON 2020, MSCA-RISE, 2016-2020)

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Contact information

E-mail: anu.kajamaa@helsinki.fi

Skype: akajamaa

Tel: +358 40 8232358