Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Marianna is postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Educational Sciences and works as project planner for OLIVE-Teacher Education Without Walls. Her research focus is on hybrid pedagogies, sustainability and transformative learning. She is interested in policies and practices for sustainable university future-oriented hybrid pedagogies and the imaginaries that emerge with the use of digital technologies in teaching. Marianna's work draws from the theory of narratology, metaphor theory, the new materialist thinking and feminist studies and develops audio-visual storytelling methodologies for research and teaching.
Research interests
Audio-visual, multimodal narrative methods
Qualitative research methods, activist researher's perspectives & narratives
Hybrid web-based pedagogies, new materialisms, feminist theories
Sustainability & transformative learning
Education/Academic qualification
Education and technology, Doctorate in Philosophy, Faculty of Educational Sciences
Teaching English as Foreign Language , Master's in Teaching Methods, Hellenic Network of Open and Distance Education, Hellenic Open University
English & Greek Language & Literature , Bachelor's degree, University of Athens, Athens
External positions
member, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)
Fields of Science
- 516 Educational sciences
- digital storytelling
- narrative theory of Paul Ricoeur
- Narrative Analysis
- Qualitative research methods
- metaphor analysis
- hybrid pedagogies
- 518 Media and communications
- audio-visual methods
- hybrid media events
- Modality
- new materialism / uusmaterialismi
- 611 Philosophy
- new materialism / uusmaterialismi
- agency
- agential realism
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Critical Literacy in the Nordic Education Context: Insights From Finland and Norway
Veum, A., Layne, H., Kumpulainen, K. & Vivitsou, M., 2022, The Handbook of Critical Literacies . Pandya, J. Z., Mora, R. A., Alford, J. H., Golden, N. A. & Roock, R. S. D. (eds.). 1st ed. New York: Routledge, p. 273-280 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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SveaSus: Sustainable World Heritage learning through a phenomenon-based approach
Wolff, L-A., Vivitsou, M. & Aarbakke, K., Apr 2022, p. 90-92. 3 p.Research output: Conference materials › Abstract
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Transformative sustainability in Finnish teacher education policy: Promises and shortcomings
Wolff, L-A., Laherto, A., Cheah, S., Vivitsou, M. & Autio, M., 16 Jan 2022, (Submitted) In: Frontiers in education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Human well-being and capabilities: Thematic Module B
Oinas, E., Katsui, H., Jauhola, M., Korpelainen, N-H. P., Kuusela, P., Lammi, T. J., Laisi, J. S. H., Lapatto-Reiniluoto, O., Lonka, K., Mariaselvam, G., Mkwesha, F., Rintala, H., Ristivojevic, D., Sikanen, T., Spännäri, J., Urpa, L., van der Wekken, R., Uusitalo, L., Varfolomeeva, A., Vivitsou, M. & 1 others, , 2021, University of Helsinki.Research output: Other contribution
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Digital storytelling in teaching and research
Vivitsou, M., 14 Jun 2020, Encyclopedia of Education & Information Technologies. Tatnall, A. (ed.). Springer, ChamResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia / dictionary › Scientific › peer-review
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OLIVE: Teacher Education without Walls – New models for STEM and Teacher Education in the Digital age
Janhonen-Abruquah, H., Vivitsou, M., Posti-Ahokas, H., Masoud, A., Karilainen, L. M., Martikainen, M. K., Lahtero, T. J. & Heikkilä, M.
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2024
Project: Other project
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SVEASUS: The Suomenlinna Project: Sustainable world heritage learning through a phenomenon based approach
Wolff, L., Schaffar-Kronqvist, B., Kaihovirta, H., Savijärvi, M., Wallinheimo, K., Mikander, P., Slotte, A., Aaltonen, M., Vivitsou, M. & Aarbakke, K.
15/08/2017 → …
Project: Research project
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Future School 2030
Niemi, H., Vivitsou, M., Kallunki, V., Niu, J. & Li, B.
01/09/2016 → 30/09/2018
Project: Research project
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SAVI: Video Inquiry Project: STEM Learning and Teaching with Mobile Video Inquiries and Communities
Niemi, H., Multisilta, J., Kallunki, V., Penttilä, J. & Vivitsou, M.
01/01/2013 → 31/12/2015
Project: Research project
Activities
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Sustainability Science Days Conference 2022
Lili-Ann Wolff (Speaker: Chair), Marianna Vivitsou (Secretary of organizing committee), Saiki Cheah (Abstract reviewer), Antti Laherto (Abstract reviewer), Karvinen Meeri (Member of organizing committee), Mervi Friman (Member of organizing committee), Noora M Jaakkola (Member of organizing committee), Minna Autio (Member of organizing committee), Tuuli Mattelmäki (Member of organizing committee) & Marco Rieckman (Member of organizing committee)
18 May 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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SusEdu seminar
Marianna Vivitsou (Speaker: Chair)
4 Mar 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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PHOENIX Main Conference - Rome 2022 (EU Cost action)
Lili-Ann Wolff (Speaker: Presenter), Marianna Vivitsou (Speaker: Presenter) & Kirsi Aarbakke (Speaker: Presenter)
19 Jan 2022 → 21 Jan 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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OLIVE project
Marianna Vivitsou (Member of organizing committee), Ahmad ALjanazrah (Member of organizing committee), Hille Janhonen-Abruquah (Member of organizing committee) & Ayman Rezeqallah (Member of organizing committee)
7 Dec 2021 → 8 Dec 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Finnish Conference for Educational Research
Marianna Vivitsou (Speaker), Emma Maria Selina Heikkilä (Speaker) & Lili-Ann Wolff (Speaker)
26 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation