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Department's Research  

Research in Department of Education is divided in following three categories and in other projects:

1. Comparative research in sociology of education
2. Multiple citizenship, multiculturalism and media education
3. Professional growth and the changing role of liberal adult education 
4. Other topics
5. Ended projects

1. Comparative research in sociology of education

• Citizenship Education Policies in the Context of Democratisation, Nation-building and Globalisation. A Comparative Study of Finland and Russia.
• Conseptions of Development Assistance to Education in Post-Soviet International Discourse - from Provider to Recipient, and back
• The Dynamics of Diversity in Ethiopian Higher Education Institutions
• Master Programme in Educational Research and Development in Afghanistan
• Transforming Politics of Education and Work -Programme 2004 -

2. Multiple citizenship, multiculturalism and media education

• DeMi - Research Centre on Migration, Transnationalism and Development
  
  projects:
  Recognition of Cultural Diversity in Everyday Life in Finland: Case Studies in Intercultural Interaction Arenas
  TRANS-NET

• Socio-cultural belonging and cultural learning among Moroccan Students in Finland and France 

3. Professional growth and the changing role of liberal adult education

• Construction of Gendered Teacher Identity
• Cross-cultural Implications of Trans-nationalization of Qualifications Framework and Quality Assurance; The Cases of Higher Vocational Education in Finland, Switzerland and South Korea
• Fields and Layers of Finnish Adult Education -Programme 2005 -
• Popular Education in Movement (PEM)
• Searching for the Characteristics of Finnish Vocational Education

4. Other topics

• ADEA-project
• AITURI - Structural innovations for research collaboration in adult education
• Campus Conexus

Ended projects:

• Education and Timescape at the University
• CROSSLIFE (Cross-cultural Collaboration in Lifelong Learning and Work)
• Web-SeaL (Web Searching, Information Literacy and Learning) 2006-2009
• Partnerships, Effectiveness and Impact in Education Sector Programs