I am an expert and educator with specialized expertise in the field of counseling processes pertaining to individuals and small groups, as well as the multifaceted phenomena and influences of counseling interactions and social factors within the realm of guidance. My professional role is situated within a university’s career and guidance program, where I hold the position of an university teacher. In this capacity, I instruct undergraduate students in matters pertaining to the aforementioned subjects, while also overseeing their practical training experiences.

My doctoral research centers on an investigation into the career adaptability of secondary school students, focusing on their corresponding perceptions of their own competencies and self-awareness, encompassing behavioral and emotional strengths.Employing quantitative research methods, I investigate the impact of social factors on the career adaptability of young individuals and their perceptions of behavioral and emotional strengths.

Prior to embarking on my university career, I accumulated over a decade of diverse teaching and developmental roles in secondary and primary educational institutions, as well as participation in various projects. At the University of Eastern Finland, I have actively contributed to initiatives such as the “Pathway to Upper Secondary School” project and the “Guidance Expertise in Collaboration” project. Within these endeavors, my responsibilities have encompassed project development and the collection and production of research materials, fulfilled through roles as both a trainer and researcher.

I work in study and career guidance program as a university teacher, and in addition to teaching and supervising internships, I am a doctoral researcher. My core competence in teaching is linked to the themes of encounter and interaction at the levels of individual, small group and community guidance, taking social aspects into account.

My doctoral research centers on “As a girl in high school” and  at the core of my research is the exploration of the subjective experiences of high school girls in the context of upper secondary school. And on the other hand, what kind of reality of high schools their speech describes in this neoliberal society.

Before my university career, I have worked in different contexts in individual, group guidance and teaching work for people of different ages and in different life situations. The critical review and development work of steering is close to my heart and I have worked in seven different  research and development projects during my career. At the University of Eastern Finland, I have worked as an expert, trainer and researcher in the following guidance research and development projects: “Kick Start for Higher Education -project”, “Pathway to Upper Secondary School” project and the “Guidance Expertise in Collaboration” project.