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Anu Kajamaa, PhD, is an Adjunct Professor and Principal Investigator in the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland. She is also an Honorary Professor in the College of Social Sciences and International Studies, University of Exeter, UK.
Her background is in Adult Education. She is Co-Leader of an expert group called Learning, Culture and Interventions (LECI) and the Vice Director of the Doctoral Programme of School, Education, Society and Culture (SEDUCE) in the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki. She also takes active part to faculty development as a member in the Faculty Council and the Faculty Research Committee, and a Leader of the study programme for General and Adult Education. She currently serves as a board member of the The Finnish Society for Research on Adult Education and is the Co-Chair of the Cultural-Historical Research Special Interest Group (SIG) at The American Educational Research Association (AERA). She is also a Visiting Associate Professor at Aalto University, School of Business (Department of Management Studies) and in the School of Arts, Design and Architecture (Department of Media) in Finland.
Anu has received several awards for her research and teaching:
Anu is the Principal Investigator at the University of Helsinki, in an EU HORIZON 2020-MSCA-RISE-Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research project, entitled "Improving collaborative working between correctional and mental health services". She is also the institutional leader in a Erasmus+ KA205 Strategic Partnerships for Youth EU project, entitled ”Enhancing young people's media literacy for civic engagement”. She is currently also involved in an Academy of Finland-funded research project "Learning by Making: The Educational Potential of School-Based Makerspaces for Young Learners' Digital Competencies" (iMake). She is a coordinator of the NOS-HS funded project entitled “Nordic Research Network on Digitalising Childhoods" (www.digichild.net), and a member of the Playful Learning Center, which is an ecosystem for research, development and educational practices. Anu is one of the founders of the European Centre of Excellence in Qualitative Study and Inquiry in Training and Education, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
She is a passionate researcher, supervisor and a pedagogically qualified teacher who loves to carry out research-based teaching. Her research focuses especially on collective learning, creativity, organization and management, continuous learning, change and development via interprofessional working and formative interventions. She is an expert in sociocultural- and practice-based theories, qualitative research methods and participatory intervention techniques, drawing especially from sociocultural approaches, cultural historical activity theory and the Change Laboratory method. Her current research contexts are primary schools, teacher education, prisons, health and social care, and entrepreneurship hubs/fabrication laboratories and other hybrid organizations.
Her work is highly international, she is a research group member in several national and international projects and consortiums (e.g. with University College London, UK, Centre for Medical Education and Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, USA; and University of Oulu, Business School, Finland). She has been a visiting researcher and teacher at many universities and business schools, such as the University of California, Berkeley, USA; McGill University, Canada; Columbia University, USA; ESSEC Business School, France; University of Exeter, UK; Nancy-Metz Business School, France; University of Technology Chemnitz, Germany; University of Stavanger, Norway; University of Gothenburg, Sweden; University of California San Diego, USA; and University of Otago, New Zealand.
PhD, Docent
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Hean, S. (Project manager), Kajamaa, A. (Project manager), Lahtinen, P. (Principal Investigator), Seppänen, L. (Principal Investigator) & Johnsen, B. (Principal Investigator)
01/01/2018 → …
Project: Research project
Kumpulainen, K. (Project manager), Lipponen, L. (Participant), Sintonen, S. (Participant), Mertanen, O. (Participant), Sairanen, H. (Participant), Kajamaa, A. (Participant), Leskinen, J. (Participant), Nordström, A. (Participant), Hilppö, J. (Participant), Rajala, A. (Participant), Kangas, J. (Participant), Vartiainen, J. (Participant), Sormunen, K. (Participant), Sundstedt, M. C. B. (Participant), Byman, J. S. (Participant), Renlund, J. A. (Participant) & Wong, C. C. (Participant)
01/04/2014 → 31/12/2026
Project: Research project
Kajamaa, A. (Project manager)
Project: Research project
Kärnä, E. (Project manager), Kontu, E. (Project manager), Honkasilta, J. (Participant), Pesonen, H. (Participant), Rämä, I. (Participant), Kajamaa, A. (Participant) & Paju, B. J. (Participant)
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2021
Project: University of Helsinki Three-Year Research Project
Kumpulainen, K. (Project manager), Kajamaa, A. (Principal Investigator), Erstad, O. (Principal Investigator), Mäkitalo, Å. (Principal Investigator), Drotner, K. (Principal Investigator) & Jakobsdottir, S. (Principal Investigator)
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research project
Kajamaa, A. (Recipient) & Tuunainen, J. (Recipient), 13 Aug 2018
Prize: Prizes and awards
Kajamaa, A. (Recipient), Kumpulainen, K. (Recipient) & Olkinuora, H.-R. (Recipient), Jan 2021
Prize: Prizes and awards
Kajamaa, A. (Recipient), Stenfors, T. (Recipient) & Bennett, D. (Recipient), Aug 2021
Prize: Prizes and awards
Kajamaa, A. (Recipient), 23 Apr 2022
Prize: Prizes and awards
Laari-Salmela, S. (Speaker: Presenter), Tuunainen, J. (Attendee), Kantasalmi, K. (Attendee) & Kajamaa, A. (Attendee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Hyrkkö, S. (Speaker) & Kajamaa, A. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Laari-Salmela, S. (Speaker: Presenter), Tuunainen, J. (Attendee), Kantasalmi, K. (Attendee) & Kajamaa, A. (Attendee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Kajamaa, A. (Chair of organizing committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Hilppö, J. (Chair), Vetoshkina, L. (Chair of organizing committee), Kajamaa, A. (Scientific Committee Chair), Rainio, A. (Scientific Committee Member), Paavola, S. (Scientific Committee Member), Cornér, T. T. (Member of organizing committee), Kurenlahti, E. A. (Member of organizing committee), Toiviainen, H. (Scientific Committee Member), Lipponen, L. (Scientific Committee Member), Rajala, A. (Scientific Committee Member), Engeström, Y. (Speaker: Keynote), Miettinen, R. (Speaker: Keynote) & Vossoughi, S. (Speaker: Keynote)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
20/08/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
15/03/2016
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
05/06/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
15/01/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media