Craft Science and Craft Pedagogy

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01.02.2022 -

School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education, Philosophical Faculty

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This research team includes researchers of craft science and craft pedagogy. We are interested in crafts as a material, technological, cultural and social phenomenon and as an educational subject. The research team includes researchers from different stages of the research career. We conduct research as a team and in cooperation with stakeholders in both national and international networks.

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CREA - Creating Dialogue in Embodied Action

Recent publications

Hallivuo, T., Kröger, T., Kaipainen, M., & Kokko, S. (2026). Crafting as a Means of Emotion Regulation. Techne Serien – Forskning I slöjdpedagogik Och slöjdvetenskap, 33(1), 56–71. https://doi.org/10.7577/TechneA.6709
Härkki, T., Yliverronen, V., Sormunen, K., Rönkkö, M.-L., Huhtala, M., & Kokko, S. (2026). Student craft teachers’ perceptions of their preparedness to teach crafts in Finnish basic education. Techne Serien – Forskning I slöjdpedagogik Och slöjdvetenskap, 33(1), 17–40. https://doi.org/10.7577/TechneA.6622
Kaivosaari, A., Kröger, T., & Mäkinen, M. (2026). Hyvinvointiulottuuvuksien rakentuminen taito- ja taideaineissa: Toimijuus, minuus, yhteenkuuluvuus ja tarkoituksellisuus. Kasvatus, 57(4), 483–499. https://doi.org/10.33348/kvt.162647
Kokko, S., Väänänen, N. & Hirvonen, R. (2026.) Crafting health and wellbeing. European perspectives on the power of making. European Crafts Alliance. https://europeancraftsalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ECA_Crafting-Health-and-Wellbeing_2026.pdf
Kokko, S. (2026). Raamatuarvustus: Patrick J. Dillon. Cultural Ecologies of the Land: A Restless Dynamic of People and Place. Routledge, 2025. / Review: Patrick J. Dillon. Cultural Ecologies of the Land: A Restless Dynamic of People and Place. Routledge, 2025. Studia Vernacula, 18, 204–207.
Liukkonen Päivikki (2026). Ecologies of Bio-oriented Creative Practices: Toward Transformative Engagement with the More-Than-Human in Learning by Making.
Metsärinne, M., Salonen, A., & Virta, K. (2026). First year student teachers’ perceptions of technology education: the relationship between general teaching, functional learning goals and technical learning. International Journal of Technology and Design Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-026-10114-6
Posti, A., Eronen, L., Pihlaja, P., & Kokko, S. (2026). Craft, design, and technology education in Finnish early childhood education: Professionals’ perceptions of implementation. International Journal of Technology and Design Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-026-10106-6
Salonen, A., & Posti, A. (2026). Sosiotekninen toimijuus hyvien kierteiden mahdollistajana [Sociotechnical agency as enabler of virtuous cycles]. Futura.
Salonen, A., & Metsärinne, M. (2026). Technology Education Orientation Profiles of Student Teachers. Design and Technology Education: An International Journal.
Vilhunen, K. & Väänänen, N. (2026). Different ways to craft and use social media in crafting. Leisure Studies, 45(1) 180-194 (published online 22.5.2024). https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2024.2357793.
Väänänen, N., & Kokko, S. (2026). “Not crafting things just for the sake of the joy of making”: Sustainable craft systems model as a pedagogical tool in craft education. Techne Serien – Forskning I slöjdpedagogik Och slöjdvetenskap, 33(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.7577/TechneA.6336

Kaipainen, M. & Pöllänen, S. (2025). Why Don’t They Sew Anymore?—Exploring the Decline of Home Garment Sewing. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.70172
Kokko, S. (2025). Crafting the living cultural heritage in Finland. In D. Wood (Ed.), The Politics of Global Craft (pp. 275–289). London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350433236.ch-18
Kröger, T. (2025). Sivistys in Crafts Education: An Analysis of the Finnish National Core Curriculum. The Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin 91, 5, 6-15 (D1 Article in a trade journal)
Lehtiniemi, P., Kokko, S., Syrjäläinen, E., & Palojoki, P. (2025). Teachers’ pedagogical challenges and solutions in Finnish adult education home economics online courses. International Journal of Home Economics, 17(2), 62–76. https://www.ifhe.org/fileadmin/IJHE-Vol-17-Iss-2-A5-pdf
Liukkonen, P., Vartiainen, H., & Kokko, S. (2025). Becoming materially aware with mushrooms: a sociomaterial analysis of biomaking. The International Journal of Art & Design Education. https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12550
Liukkonen, P. & Väänänen, N. (2025). Cultivating connections in higher education: designing a craft-focused summer school course. BICCS Conference 22.-24.10.2025, Mariestad. https://biccs.dh.gu.se/2025/2025-13/1
Vartiainen, Henriikka, Päivikki Liukkonen, and Matti Tedre. (2025). “Emerging Human-Technology Relationships in a Co-Design Process with Generative AI.” Thinking Skills and Creativity 56:101742-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2024.101742.
Väänänen, N., Gräslund-Berg, E., Hyrsky, K., Kettunen, H., Kokko, S., Runnquist, L., Spuur, T., Tuum, K., & Virta, K. (2025). Intercultural Learning through Crafts in a Nordic-Baltic Context. FormAkademisk, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.7577/formakademisk.6345Liukkonen, P., Vartiainen, H., & Kokko, S. (2025). Becoming materially aware with mushrooms: a sociomaterial analysis of biomaking. The International Journal of Art & Design Education. https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12550
Kokko, S. (2024). Editor-in-Chief of Studia Vernacula 16: Making Cultural Heritage. https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/SV/issue/view/1928
Kröger, T., & Kokko, S. (2024). Crafted reactions to the war in Ukraine. Craft Research, 15(1), 81–108. https://doi-ezproxy.uef.fi:2443/10.1386/crre_00120_1
Kröger, T., Turunen, V., & Kaipainen, M. (2024). Student teachers’ attitudes to materials in the contexts of crafting and consuming. Techne Series – Research in Sloyd Education and Craft Science A, 31(1), 14–28. https://doi.org/10.7577/TechneA.5342
Nissinen, S., Vartiainen, H., Vanninen, P., Pöllänen, S., & Kokko, S. (2024). How to shoe an elk? Teachers’ reflections on creating a glocal learning community. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 20, 004. https://doi.org/10.58459/rptel.2025.20004
Riiho, A., & Kokko, S. (2024). Critical pedagogy approach in developing an online course on sustainable fashion to support consumer International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/17543266.2024.2435432
Sipola, A., Kokko, S., & Kröger, T. (2024). The Twofold Manifestation of Perfectionism in Textile Craft: Experiences of Self-Identified TEXTILE- cloth and culture, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14759756.2024.2385188
Väänänen, N., Kettunen, H., Posti, A. & Turunen, V. (2024). Sustainable development Agenda 2030 goals and early childhood education – a case study of project-based learning in higher education. Teoksessa Walter Leal, Amanda Lange Salvia & Claudio Ruy Portela de Vasconcelos (toim.). An Agenda for Sustainable Development Research, (603-619), Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65909-6
Väänänen, N. & Vilhunen, K. (2024). Exploratory Factor Analysis of Sustainable Craft Theory among Finnish Craft Hobbyists, Craft Research, 15(1), 13-40.
Kokko, S., & Kouhia, A. (2023). Käsityötä etänä: Käsityönopettajan pedagoginen toiminta ja opettajan osaamisalueiden kehittäminen koronapandemian aikana. Kasvatus & Aika, 17(2), 23–41. https://doi.org/10.33350/ka.114222
Kokko, S. (2022). Orientations on studying crafts in higher education. Craft Research, 13(2), 411–432. https://doi.org/10.1386/crre_00086_1
Kokko, S. & Väänänen, N. (2023). Broadening the scope of craft teaching: Exploring Out-of-School Teaching Practices, FormAkademisk, 16(4), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.7577/formakademisk.5380.
Kouhia, A., & Kokko, S. (2022). At the Intersection of the Digital and the Material: Teaching and Learning Crafts during the Pandemic. Research in Arts and Education, 2022(2), 47–55. https://doi.org/10.54916/rae.122976
Liukkonen, P., Vartiainen, H., Pöllänen, S., & Kokko, S. (2023). Interacting with nature in and through boundary crossing learning: a case of bioart-making. Journal of the Learning Sciences https://doi-org.ezproxy.uef.fi:2443/10.1080/10508406.2023.2263845
Lehtiniemi, P., Kokko, S., Syrjäläinen, E., & Palojoki, P. (2023). Teachers’ experiences of using ICT in teaching practical skills in adult Techne Series – Research in Sloyd Education and Craft Science A, 20(1), 18–30. https://doi.org/10.7577/TechneA.4926
Veeber, E., Syrjäläinen, E., & Kokko, S. (2023). Estonian and Finnish teachers’ experiences of textile craft purposes in basic FormAkademisk, 16(1). Art.6. https://doi.org/10.7577/formakademisk.4632