Sirpa Laitinen-Väänänen

I work as a Principal Researcher at the School of Professional Teacher Education. Previously, I worked at universities of applied sciences as a Lecturer on degree programmes and as a Principal Lecturer in teacher education. My research interests focus on higher education (HE) pedagogy, particularly HE-industry collaboration, teachers’ competencies, and various pedagogical practises such as internships, thesis-processes, RDI-teaching nexus, and learning ecosystems. I am also interested in digitally-enhanced practical learning. My research approach is practice-based.