 
				Sanna Vehviläinen
Research Director
Professor of career counselling
School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Philosophical Faculty
[email protected] | +358 46 920 7873
– professor or career counselling, experienced trainer and coach of individual and group learning processes
– professional supervisor, workplace mediator
– writer and blogger
– special areas of expertise: guidance and supervision; counselling; training of supervisors and counsellors; interaction research, conversation analysis, use of videotapes in improving professional practice; curriculum in pedagogical training; developing agency
– fields of interest in research:
 * study of interaction in therapeutic, counselling and learning settings
 * modeling and developing counselling, guidance & supervision practices
 * outcome of counselling/guidance/supervisory practices
 * dialogical practice in learning communities
Research groups
Projects
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												 Everyone gives guidance Finished 01.01.2022 - 31.12.2024 Everyone gives guidance Finished 01.01.2022 - 31.12.2024
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												 Guidance expertise and professional agency Finished 01.01.2022 - 31.12.2023 Guidance expertise and professional agency Finished 01.01.2022 - 31.12.2023
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												 Representation, lifestyles and student perception of the future in the context of the ecological change 01.11.2023 - 31.12.2026 Representation, lifestyles and student perception of the future in the context of the ecological change 01.11.2023 - 31.12.2026
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												 Intensive personalized guidance counselling - work processes, encounters and pupils' agency 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025 Intensive personalized guidance counselling - work processes, encounters and pupils' agency 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025
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												 TNO North Karelia - information, advice and guidance for the success of North Karelians 01.03.2024 - 31.12.2026 TNO North Karelia - information, advice and guidance for the success of North Karelians 01.03.2024 - 31.12.2026
Publications
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																									Guidance practitioners’ approaches to building client relationships and solving institutional dilemmas in the Finnish public employment servicesKosonen, Toni; Vehviläinen, Sanna; Souto, Anne-Mari; Pesonen, Heli; Nuutinen, Hanna, 2025, British journal of guidance and counselling, [Epub ahead of print 26 Sep 2025], 1-16. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research
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																									Mikä on opo-asia? Nuorten tulkinnat tehostetusta henkilökohtaisesta oppilaanohjauksestaLonka, Hanna; Souto, Anne-Mari; Vehviläinen, Sanna, 2025, Nuorisotutkimus, 43, 1, 19-33. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research
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																									Responding to the client's self-deprecations in career guidanceVoutilainen, Liisa; Vehviläinen, Sanna, 2025, Discourse studies, 27, 5, 846-865. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research
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																									The Professional Agency in Supervision of General Practitioners Before Their Supervisor Training Module: A Narrative Positioning AnalysisSalokangas, Katri; Vehviläinen, Sanna; Tusa, Nina; Malinen, Anita; Mäntyselkä, Pekka, 2025, Journal of continuing education in the health professions, [Epub ahead of print 5 Feb 2025], 1-7. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research
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																									Ohjausosaaminen ja ammatillinen toimijuus: Miten työssä opitaan oppimisen ohjaajaksi?Vehviläinen, Sanna; Enroos, Rosi; Jokinen, Arja; Juvonen, Tarja; Karjalainen, Pilvi; Nuutinen, Ulla; Oksanen, Tuula; Ruotsalainen, Elina; Rytkönen, Marianne, 2024, Itä-Suomen yliopisto. D4 Published development or research report or study
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																									Opetusharjoittelun ohjaus harjoittelupäiväkodin työyhteisön toimintanaChydenius, Heidi; Vehviläinen, Sanna; Fonsén, Elina, 2024, Kasvatus, 55, 2, 113-128. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research
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																									Tavoitteesta päättämisen jännitteiset kehykset kuntouttavan työtoiminnan ohjauskeskusteluissaTiitinen, Sanni; Logren, Aija; Vehviläinen, Sanna, 2023, Stevanovic, Melisa, Yhdessä päätetty: kohti tasa-arvoista vuorovaikutusta ja osallistumista, 145-161. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books
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																									"Kun me harjoitellaan niin me kaikki opitaan" : Itä-Suomen yliopiston #Paraskoulu-hankkeen loppuraporttiForsström, Sampo; Hägg, Samuli; Koskela, Hannu; Korkki, Jyrki; Vehviläinen, Sanna; Kiilakoski, Tomi; Lanas, Maija; Norrena, Juho; Haring, Minna; Mononen, Mika; Saastamoinen, Ulla; Ruotsalainen, Päivi; Leskisenoja, Eliisa; Sandberg, Erja; Äikäs, Aino; Ikävalko, Minna; Kovanen, Riina; Sointu, Erkko; Karkkulainen, Juha; Kotro, Kimmo; Pursiainen, Juuso; Tissari-Harinen, Marjo; Vähäkoski, Hannu; Pelkonen, Markku, 2022, Itä-Suomen yliopisto. D4 Published development or research report or study
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																									How does career guidance at schools encounter migrant young people? Interactional practices that hinder socially just guidanceVehviläinen, Sanna; Souto, Anne-Mari, 2021, International journal for educational and vocational guidance, [Epub ahead of print 9 March 2021], 1-18. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research
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																									Itseohjautuvuudesta osallisuuteen: Ohjaus Aikuiskasvatuksessa vuosina 1996-2021Vehviläinen, Sanna, 2021, Aikuiskasvatus, 41, 4, 355-365. B1 Non-refereed journal articles