Curriculum vitae

Description of research and teaching

Dr. Kirsi Tirri is a Full Professor of Education at the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Helsinki.  She is also a Visiting Professor at St. John’s University, New York, USA. Tirri has been the President of ECHA (European Council for High Ability) for the years 2008-2012, the President of the SIG International Studies at AERA (American Educational Research Association) for the years 2010-2013 and the President of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters for the years 2016-2017. She was a Research Director at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies for the years 2017-2019. She is a member of EARLI Centre for Excellence in Research (E-CER) for the years 2024-2027. She is a country coordinator of Nordic Network on Gifted Education (NNGE) for the years 2022-2024 and a member of advisory board of Gifted Education Doctoral Programme for Teacher Educators for the years 2021-2026.

Her research interests include school pedagogy, moral and religious education, talent development and gifted education, teacher education and cross-cultural studies. She has published 15 monographs and numerous journal articles related to these fields. She serves in 13 Editorial Boards of educational journals. She has supervised 33 doctoral dissertations in education and theology and mentored many postdoctoral students who are now professors and researchers in education. She is a co-leader of the research community Learning, Culture and Interventions (LECI) at the Faculty of Educational Sciences where she leads the school pedagogy research group  She has led the Finnish team in many national and international research projects.