Research group focusing on the Sociology and Politics of Education (KUPOLI) is a multidisciplinary network of senior and junior researchers. KUPOLI is located at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki.
KUPOLI research themes cover a wide variety of issues and approaches on sociology of education, especially problematics of policy, politics, interaction and governance in basic and higher education. The central focus is on crossings and intertwinings of global, regional, national and local levels, including schools and families. Most recent projects have concentrated on school choice, segregation, dynamics of education politics, educational trajectories and governance of career guidance systems. See Research for more information.