Sirpa Lappalainen
Professor
Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
sirpa.lappalainen@uef.fi | +358 50 572 0271
My expertise is in feminist sociology of education and qualitative methodology, especially in ethnographic approach. My research interests are mainly in social and cultural processes of inclusions and exclusions. I have conducted research in various educational contexts from early childhood education to vocational upper secondary education and higher education.
Research groups
Publications
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Creativity and crtitical thinking in online learning: addresing social justice, equity amd inclusion in a graduate course in the United States - A response from the perspective of Finland
Souto, Anne-Mari; Lappalainen, Sirpa, Niemi, Anna-Maija. Teoksessa: Brown, Nicole; Ince, Amanda; Ramlackhan, Karen(toim.) , 2024. Creativity in Education: International perspectives. s. 135-137. UCL press D2 Article in a professional book (incl. an introduction by the editor) -
Irtiottoja, navigointia, pärjäämisen pakkoa: Intersektionaalinen lähiluku rodullistamista kohtaavien nuorten reiteistä yliopistoon
Souto, Anne-Mari; Lappalainen, Sirpa. 2024. Kasvatus. 55: 272-287 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Normative whiteness in Finnish university education
Souto, Anne-Mari; Lappalainen, Sirpa. 2024. Critical studies in education. [Epub ahead of print 27 April 2024]: 1-17 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
'Literacy for labour' in the competency-based VET in Finland
Pietilä, Penni; Lappalainen, Sirpa. 2023. Journal of curriculum studies. 55: 309-324 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Mittaamisen mitta
Jaakkola, Maarit; Korhonen, Maija; Lappalainen, Sirpa. 2023. Kulttuurintutkimus. 40: 1-6 B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
Teaching nature and nation in the Swedish mobile preschool
Ekman Ladru, Danielle; Millei, Zsuzsa; Andersen, Camilla Eline; Gawlicz, Katarzyna; Gustafson, Katarina; Lappalainen, Sirpa. 2023. Childhood. 2024; 31: 13-29 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Teemanumero: Mittaamisen mitta
Jaakkola, Maarit; Korhonen, Maija; Lappalainen, Sirpa. 2023. Kulttuurintutkimus. . Kulttuurintutkimuksen seura C2 Edited book, conference proceedings or special issue of a journal -
Towards Earthly politics in education: Going beyond national, global and planetary environmental imaginaries
Millei, Zsuzsa; Lappalainen, Sirpa. 2023. European educational research journal. 22: 701-717 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Vammaistutkimus koulutuspoliittisia ja antikapitalistisia kyvykkyysoletuksia haastamassa: Digitalisaation ajan ihmisteollisuus
Vaahtera, Touko; Lappalainen, Sirpa. 2023. Kulttuurintutkimus. 40: 27-40 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Able-mindedness and citizenship in education policy discourses on digital skills
Vaahtera, Touko; Lappalainen, Sirpa. 2022. Pedagogy, culture and society. [Epub ahead of print 15 Dec 2022]: 1-15 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research