Affiliated members

The AGORA Research Centre has a wide network of both international and national research associates across various disciplines.  As a senior researcher, lecturer or a PhD researcher you can become affiliated as a member of the AGORA community through joint research projects and other collaborative efforts regarding our key research themes around the questions of social justice and equality in education, guidance and support systems. The AGORA centre’s current research affiliates are introduced below.

RESEARCH GROUPS AND AFFILIATES

KUPOLI – Sociology and Politics of Education

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (tenure track) JANNE VARJO

Department of Education, Education, society and culture, University of Helsinki

Leader of KUPOLI

POISED – Political Philosophies and Sociologies of Education

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (tenure track) ANTTI SAARI

Faculty of Education and Culture, University of Tampere

Leader of POISED

DR. JUKKA LEHTONEN

Jukka Lehtonen, Senior Researcher, Gender Studies, Department of Cultures, Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki

DR. MAIJA LANAS

Senior research fellow, Faculty of Education, University of Oulu

DR. JOHANNA SITOMANIEMI-SAN

Post-doctoral research fellow, Faculty of Science, University of Oulu

DR. HANNA YLÖSTALO

Senior lecturer, Department of Social Research, University of Turku

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NELLI PIATTOEVA

New social research eduction, Faculty of Education and Culture, Tampere University

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH GROUPS AND AFFILIATES

Social Transformation and Education Research Hub

PROFESSOR JULIE MCLEOD

Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne

Leader of Social Transformation and Education Research Hub

PROFESSOR FAZAL RIZVI

Global Studies in Education, University of Melbourne
Emeritus Professor in University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Member of Social Transformation and Education Research Hub

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR KATJA BROGGER

Department of Education Science, Aarhus University

PROFESSOR VAL GILLIES

Social sciences, University of Westminster

PROFESSOR MALIN IDELAND

Educational Sciences, Malmö University

PROFESSOR MARIA OLSON

Department of humanities and social sciences, Stockholm University

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BERGLIND ROS MAGNUSDOTTIR

Faculty of Education and diversity, University of Iceland

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR KATIE WRIGHT

Sociology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University

Dr. CHINA MILLS

School of Health Sciences, Division of Health Services Research and Management, City University of London