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I am working as Professor of Education at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki. I am the founding member and research director of the Playful Learning Center (www.plchelsinki.fi) and Co-leader of the Learning, Culture and Interventions (LECI) Expert Group (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/learning-culture-and-interventions).
I hold an adjunct professorship at the University of Turku and Univeristy of Helsinki.
I received my PhD in Education from the University of Exeter in the year 1994 after which I have held two distinguished scholarly positions awarded by the Academy of Finland. I have worked as a Junior Fellow of the Academy of Finland and as an Academy Fellow of the Academy of Finland during the years of 1997-2005.
In the years 2006-9 I directed the national interdisciplinary research network on learning, CICERO Learning at the University of Helsinki. I moved from this position to serve as the Director of the Information and Evaluation Services Unit at the Finnish National Board of Education (2009-11). I have worked as a Professor of Education at the University of Helsinki from the year 2012 to date.
I have been a visiting professor at the University of Warwick, Institute of Education, UK (2007-9), the University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education (2004-6) and the University of British Columbia, UBC (2019-2020).
I have spearheaded several externally funded research projects examining learning and education from the sociocultural perspective. My research focuses on understanding social, emotional and cultural dimensions of learning and development. In my publications, I have been interested to develop new knowledge about social interaction in learning, illuminating the ways in which participation, agency and knowledge are situationally negotiated across space and time. I have also addressed methodological questions in the analysis of social interaction in formal and informal settings. Lately, I have begun to be interested in visual, participatory research, children’s and young people’s creativity and resilience as well as formation of learner identities in the digital age.
In sum, my core research themes are:
Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia
1 Aug 2019 → 31 Aug 2020
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
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Kumpulainen, K., Renshaw, P. & Tooth, R.
01/08/2019 → 31/12/2023
Project: Research project
Kumpulainen, K., Sintonen, S., Vartiainen, J., Nordström, A., Sairanen, H. & Wong, C. C.
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research project
Kumpulainen, K., Kajamaa, A., Erstad, O., Mäkitalo, Å., Drotner, K. & Jakobsdottir, S.
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research project
Kagan, S. L. & Kumpulainen, K.
01/04/2016 → 31/12/2017
Project: Research project
Kumpulainen, K., Kajamaa, A. & Leskinen, J.
01/08/2017 → 31/08/2020
Project: Research project
Kumpulainen, Kristiina (Recipient), Aug 2002
Prize: Prizes and awards
Kajamaa, Anu (Recipient), Kumpulainen, Kristiina (Recipient) & Olkinuora, Helmi-Riikka (Recipient), Jan 2021
Prize: Prizes and awards
Kumpulainen, Kristiina (Recipient), 12 Apr 2019
Prize: Prizes and awards
Kumpulainen, Kristiina (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prizes and awards
Kristiina Kumpulainen (Participant)
Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - Other
Kristiina Kumpulainen (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Kristiina Kumpulainen (Participant)
Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - Other
Kristiina Kumpulainen (Speaker: Presenter), Jenny Sofia Byman (Speaker: Presenter), Jenny Alexandra Renlund (Speaker: Presenter), Chin Chin Wong (Speaker: Presenter) & Jennifer Vadeboncoeur (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Kristiina Kumpulainen (Speaker), Chin Chin Wong (Speaker), Jenny Alexandra Renlund (Speaker) & Jenny Sofia Byman (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
11/01/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
11/01/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
10/01/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
27/02/2018
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Kristiina Kumpulainen (Manager)
Learning, Culture & Interventions (LECI)Facility/equipment: Research Laboratory