Ilkka Pyy (ilkka.pyy@uef.fi)
Enclosed lecture courses, my essential duty is a weekly research seminar in Human Geography, in which I supervise both Bachelors’ thesis and Masters’ thesis. For me, the fieldwork is also highly important geographical method of learning and that is why I have coordinated two decades a Nordic-Baltic network, which moderates intensive two-week course in a yearly basis. Course themes and venues varies according to ongoing research projects. My research deals with polity changes of the welfare state, core-periphery relations and rural/regional development policies as well as the politics of local involvement, service provision and environmental concern. Currently, my research focuses on the impacts of green and silver economies for urban and land use planning in urban and rural areas. Finally yet importantly, I act as tutor teacher for Masters’ degree Human Geography students and work in departmental group for developing teaching.
Kwok Ng (kwok.ng@uef.fi)
Empowering primary school teacher to include pupils with special education needs into physical education classes using digital tools project.
HOHTO/OPUT projects
The effectiveness of self-directed pace versus a tutor supported pace of a special education MOOC (Intervention research)
Lotta Aavikko (lotta.aavikko@uef.fi)
I am a PhD and project researcher at the University of Eastern Finland. My research interests include promoting inclusion in society, both in my dissertation from the perspective of digital inclusion of older people and people with developmental disabilities, and in various projects, for example on support for children in early childhood education and digital literacy of teachers. Previously I have analysed focus group interviews with peer tutors in digital literacy for older people, conducted observational research on digital support network workshops, and collected unique material from peer tutors in digital literacy for people with developmental disabilities remotely, using AAC support methods. Lastly, I interviewed peer tutors of digital literacy for older people in individual and pair interviews in Teams as part of a project we conducted with the Centre of Excellence in Ageing and Care Research (CoE AgeCare) at the University of Jyväskylä.
Maija Moisio (maija.moisio@uef.fi)
I work as a researcher in labour law and write my doctoral thesesis on individual participation within an employment framework and the employee protective principle. Also, I work as a teaching tutor and I´m involved with a project concerning persons with memory disorders within an employment framework.
Niina Rissanen (niina.rissanen@uef.fi)
Coordination of the study skills courses (Akateemisen opiskelun taidot, University Study Skills ja University Computing Skills).
Coordination of the student tutoring for the Finnish bachelor’s degree students.
Contact person of the orientation for the Finnish bachelor’s degree students.
Outi Tikkanen (outi.tikkanen@uef.fi)
Coordination of the new students’ orientation for Finnish students.
New students’ online materials for Finnish students.
Smart start guides for Finnish students.
Coordination of the student tutoring for the Finnish master degree students.
Contact person of the tutoring for the Finnish bachelor degree students at the Joensuu campus.
Sirpa Jääskeläinen (sirpa.jaaskelainen@uef.fi)
The main areas of the work include teaching and research in inorganic, analytical and organometallic chemistry. The work contains also quality management, student admissions and tutoring.