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.
Education/Academic qualification
Education, Docent, University of Oulu, Oulu
Award Date: 1 Sep 2019
External positions
Title of Docent, University of Oulu
1 Sep 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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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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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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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., 21 Apr 2022, In: Qualitative Social Work. 16 p., 14733250221088421.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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Kuka kuuluu perheeseen? Perheen rakentumista ohjaavat hallinnan suhteet hyvinvointivaltion ammattilaisten ja maahan muuttaneiden asiakkaiden kohtaamisissa
Jäppinen, M., Kara, H., Nordberg, C. & Riitaoja, A-L., 2020, In: Tutkiva sosiaalityö. 2020, p. 29-41 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
Open Access
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START - Framtidshopp
Kalland, M., Löfström, E., Mansikka, J., Kosunen, S., Riitaoja, A., Lindström, L. A. & Snårbacka, L. A. J.
01/10/2022 → 31/03/2024
Project: Other project
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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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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 → 31/12/2023
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
Activities
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Sosiaalityön tutkimuksen päivät 2023
Maija Jäppinen (Chair), Camilla Nordberg (Chair), Hanna Kara (Chair) & Anna-Leena Riitaoja (Chair)
16 Feb 2023 → 17 Feb 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Osallistu keskusteluun! Mitä me yliopistolaiset voimme tehdä edistääksemme antirasismia?
Anna-Leena Riitaoja (Speaker: Presenter)
18 May 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Talks
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Discourses of migration, diversity and transnational families in social work education and literature
Anna-Leena Riitaoja (Speaker), Maija Jäppinen (Speaker), Hanna Kara (Speaker) & Camilla Nordberg (Speaker)
11 Jan 2021 → Dec 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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20th Nordic Migration Research Conference and the 17th Society for the Study of Ethnic Relations and International Migration (ETMU) conference.
Anna Simola (Speaker: Chair), Hanna Kara (Speaker: Chair) & Anna-Leena Riitaoja (Speaker: Chair)
13 Jan 2021 → 14 Jan 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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LANGUAGE EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
Anna-Leena Riitaoja (Speaker: Presenter)
1 Jun 2021 → 3 Jun 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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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Opettaja-lehden haastattelu tutkimukseni tuloksista
19/11/2010
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media