Research

KUPOLI research projects are presented below. At KUPOLI, research is carried out both in English and Finnish. Finnish-language studies are presented in more detail on KUPOLI's Finnish website.
Critical perspectives on career and career guidance

Critical perspectives on career and career guidance (COCAG) will gather scholars across Europe and beyond to explore how careers are changing in the contemporary world and consider what response is required from public policy and practice.

Organizing of basic education in the future

This research is carried out in Finnish.

Evaluation study on the state of lifelong guidance

This research is carried out in Finnish.

Demographic Trends – Effects on Early Childhood, Preschool and Basic Education

This research is carried out in Finnish.

The Governance of Career Guidance Systems in Nordic Countries

The idea of Governance of Career Guidance Systems in Nordic Countries workshops is to gather scholars from four Nordic countries (Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden). Instead of focusing on the individual and psychological theories of career guidance, the project seeks to unravel how career guidance systems are governed at national and local levels in the Nordic context. With its new institutional approach, the project will contribute to the under-studied and emerging scholarly field of governance of career guidance systems, located at the intersection of the politics of education and social and administrative studies, by combining theories from different paradigms and participating in debates in several scholarly fields.

Governance of Municipalities’ Career Guidance Systems

This research is carried out in Finnish.

The Local Career Guidance Policies and the Relational Expertise of Career Guidance

The aim of the research is to continue the research done within the research project Kuntien koulutus- ja työuraohjauksen hallinta. The aim is to model the career guidance policies and networks with the analytical focus on the relational expertise and professionalism of career guidance.

Dissertations in progress

Many KUPOLI researchers are currently working on their dissertations.

Past research projects