Sirpa Lappalainen
Professor
Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
sirpa.lappalainen@uef.fi | +358 50 572 0271
I work as an associate professor of sociology. My expertise is in 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 special education. I am one of the founding members of Nordforsk funded Nordic Centre of Excellence Justice through education in Nordic countries 2014 – 2018 (university of Helsinki). In addition to that, I am an adjunct professor of social research in education and a research fellow at the research group Social Studies in Urban Education (SURE) at University of Helsinki. Currently, I act as a network convener in Nordic Education Research Association (NERA) network Justice through Education.
Research groups
Publications
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'Literacy for labour' in the competency-based VET in Finland
Pietilä, Penni; Lappalainen, Sirpa. 2023. Journal of curriculum studies. 55: 309-324 -
Mittaamisen mitta
Jaakkola, Maarit; Korhonen, Maija; Lappalainen, Sirpa. 2023. Kulttuurintutkimus. 40: 1-6 -
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 -
Teemanumero: Mittaamisen mitta
Jaakkola, Maarit; Korhonen, Maija; Lappalainen, Sirpa. 2023. Kulttuurintutkimus. . Kulttuurintutkimuksen seura -
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 -
Vammaistutkimus koulutuspoliittisia ja antikapitalistisia kyvykkyysoletuksia haastamassa: Digitalisaation ajan ihmisteollisuus
Vaahtera, Touko; Lappalainen, Sirpa. 2023. Kulttuurintutkimus. 40: 27-40 -
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 -
Analyzing Everyday Life at School Through Lenses of Feminist Ethnography
Lahelma, Elina; Tolonen, Tarja; Lappalainen, Sirpa. Teoksessa: Noblit, George W(toim.) , 2022. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. s. . Oxford University Press -
Feminist ethnography as ‘Troublemaker’ in educational research: analysing barriers of social justice
Lappalainen, Sirpa; Hakala, Katariina; Lahelma, Elina; Mietola, Reetta; Niemi, Anna Maija; Salo, Ulla Maija; Tolonen, Tarja. 2022. Ethnography and education. 2023; 18: 38-56 -
Inkluusiokeskustelu Helsingin Sanomissa 2009–2019 – diskursiivista kamppailua kaikkien koulusta
Pitkänen, Hannele; Huilla, Heidi; Lappalainen, Sirpa; Juvonen, Sara; Kosunen, Sonja. 2022. Kasvatus. 2021; 52: 497-509