Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Senior Lecturer in General Didactics, Faculty of Educational Sciences.
Affiliate member in Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism, The Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki
Member of INEQ – Helsinki Inequality Initiative, University of Helsinki.
Title of Docent (education), University of Oulu.
Curriculum vitae
Chair, Una Europa Diversity Council
Education/Academic qualification
Education, Docent, University of Oulu, Oulu
Award Date: 1 Sept 2019
External positions
Title of Docent, University of Oulu
1 Sept 2019 → …
Fields of Science
- 516 Educational sciences
- migration
- intercultural eduction
- social justice
- welfare service
- professional knowledge
- social work
- intersectionality
- institutional encounters
- higher education
- 5145 Social work
- 5142 Social policy
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Ruling Relations Coordinating the 'Migrant Family' in Institutional Encounters between Finnish Social Work Professionals and Migrant Service Users
Jäppinen, M., Kara, H., Nordberg, C. & Riitaoja, AL., 21 Mar 2024, In: British Journal of Social Work. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Koulun yhdenvertaisuutta rakentamassa
Riitaoja, A-L. & Piippo, I., 25 May 2023, Vastasaapuneet luokkahuoneissa: Ikkunoita valmistavaan opetukseen ja monikieliseen kouluun. Ahlholm, M., Piippo, I. & Portaankorva-Koivisto, P. (eds.). Tampere: Vastapaino, p. 329-361 33 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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The ethical performance of access and consent in ethnographic research on social work encounters with migrant-background service users
Kara, H., Jäppinen, M., Nordberg, C. & Riitaoja, A-L., Jul 2023, In: Qualitative Social Work. 22, 4, p. 663–678 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Migrants at the university doorstep: How we unfairly deny access and what we could (should) do now
Riitaoja, A-L., Virtanen, A., Reiman, N., Lehtonen, T., Yli-Jokipii, M., Udd, T. & Peniche-Ferreira, L., 1 Oct 2022, In: Apples : Journal of Applied Language Studies. 16, 2, p. 121–145 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Siirtolaisuus ja moninaisuus sosiaalityön yliopistokoulutuksen ja sosionomi (AMK) -koulutuksen opetussuunnitelmissa
Riitaoja, A-L., Jäppinen, M., Kara, H. & Nordberg, C., 6 Oct 2021, In: Janus : sosiaalipolitiikan ja sosiaalityön tutkimuksen aikakauslehti. 29, 3, p. 267-285 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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CoE AgeCare: Centre of Excellence for Research on Ageing and Care Research Group 3 Migration, Care and Ageing
Wrede, S., Nordberg, C., Olakivi, A., Buchert, U., Kouvonen, A., Riitaoja, A., May, V., Kemppainen, L., Asikainen, A., Pirhonen, J. P. T., Harju, M. E., Laakkonen, R., Blomqvist, K., Simola, A., Laisi, I., Safarov, N., Pietilä, I., Begum, S., Takahashi, E., Avdeeva, A., Shindo, R. & Niemi, M.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research project
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Interdisciplinary research project on rationales and knowledge base of public service helping professions built in higher education programs
01/08/2017 → …
Project: Research project
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START - Framtidshopp
Kalland, M., Löfström, E., Mansikka, J., Kosunen, S., Riitaoja, A., Lindström, L. A. & Snårbacka, L.
01/10/2022 → 31/03/2024
Project: Other project
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Ordering the "Migrant Family": Power Asymmetry Work and Citizenization in Restructuring Welfare Professional Bureaucracies
Nordberg, C., Jäppinen, M., Kara, H. & Riitaoja, A.
01/09/2017 → 31/08/2023
Project: Research project
Activities
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eTED Opettajankoulutuspäivät 2023/Teacher education days 2023
Anna-Leena Riitaoja (Attendee) & Liisa Hakala (Speaker: Presenter)
17 Aug 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Una Europa Diversity Council meeting
Anna-Leena Riitaoja (Scientific Committee Chair)
8 Mar 2023 → 10 Mar 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Talks
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eTED Opettajankoulutuspäivät 2023/Teacher education days 2023
Anna-Leena Riitaoja (Speaker: Presenter)
17 Aug 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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The Annual Meeting of the Finnish Society for History and Philosophy of Education
Anna-Leena Riitaoja (Speaker: Presenter) & Kauko Komulainen (Speaker: Presenter)
15 Jun 2023 → 16 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Workshop: Minority stress and allyship
Anna-Leena Riitaoja (Teacher) & Ameera Masoud (Teacher)
6 Oct 2023Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - Other
Press/Media
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Faces of our CommUNAty: "We have an opportunity to bring together excellence in education and diversity."
08/03/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Social workers’ encounters with future citizens: Power relations in a welfare bureaucracy
23/10/2017
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Living and Learning on the Border
Anna-Leena Riitaoja & Fred Dervin
11/02/2016 → 20/02/2016
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Finnish educators keynote speakers at symposium
Anna-Leena Riitaoja & Fred Dervin
04/02/2016
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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