Doctoral education in the context of research in geographical and environmental education is led by professor Sirpa Tani. The seminar provides means and support in research related practices as well as addresses specific questions brought forward by the doctoral candidates. The seminar is open to everyone interested.
Doctoral students and their research themes:
Yujing He
Exploring the gap between academic geography and school geography
Liudmila Helanterä
Settling in the metropolitan area of Helsinki: tacit knowledge and activities in their relationship with their local environment
Paavo Ikonen
The development of climate change discourse in the Finnish upper secondary geography textbooks and curricula 1985–2023
Noora Jaakkola
Integration of sustainability into higher education curricula
Noora Kivikko
Design-based study in geography education in nonformal learning environments
Defended doctoral dissertations from the research group:
Virpi Valtonen (2022)
Walking with: theoretical and pedagogical contributions of multispecies education
Anna Lehtonen (2021)
Drama education as an interconnecting approach for climate change education
Elina Särkelä (2021)
Young people’s lifeworld and everyday geographies as a part of geography teaching: empathy-based stories and photography as methods to research young people’s reflections on the global generation and the state and future of the world
Essi Aarnio-Linnanvuori (2018)
Environment crosses subject borders: value-ladenness and interdisciplinarity as challenges for environmental education at school
Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
Heli Ponto (2017)
Young people’s everyday lives in the city: living and experiencing daily places
Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki
Markus Hilander (2017)
The interpretation of photographs and geographical vigilance: a semiotic way of thinking as part of young people’s visual literacy skills
Noora Pyyry (2015)
Hanging out with young people, urban spaces and ideas: openings to dwelling, participation and thinking
Anna-Leena Riitaoja (2013)
Constructing otherness in school: a study of curriculum texts and everyday life of two primary schools in Helsinki
Lili-Ann Wolff (2011)
Nature and sustainability: an educational study with Rousseau and Foucault
Faculty of Education, Åbo Akademi, Vaasa
Maire Antikainen (2010)
On a journey to Finnishness, and care sector professionals? Encounters between women of Russian and Estonian background and Finnish society: constructing their sense of belonging as citizens
Margarita Gerouki (2010)
Exploring primary school sex education in Greece: policies and praxis
Sanna Koskinen (2010)
Children and young people as environmental citizens
Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki