Soila Lemmetty
Senior Researcher
Postdoctoral researcher
School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Philosophical Faculty
[email protected] | +358 50 471 3933
I am an adult educator and a researcher in the School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, with a focus on adult learning, creativity, and well-being. In my research, I explore individual and group learning and creativity in various workplace contexts. Currently, my work focuses on the role of workplace pedagogy in supporting innovation in the technology sector, as well as ethical competence and how it develops in police education and police work. I also lead the Continuous Learning in the Working life (JATKOT) research group, which investigates continuous learning and adult competence in Finnish private and public sector organizations.
I follow with interest the societal discourse on continuous learning and adult competence. Through national and international networks, I aim to share research-based insights on my themes in an accessible manner for the benefit of organizations and society.
(Profile picture: Jenni Oranen / Jenora Design)
Research groups
Projects
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Ethical Police (EEPO): A narrative-ethnographic research of ethical principles, conflicts, and competence in preventive police work 01.01.2026 - 31.12.2029 -
Specializing Physicians' Competence and Competence-Based Education 13.05.2024 - 31.05.2029 -
Innovativeness and Engagement at Work! A Mixed Method Study on Workplace Pedagogy as a Driver of Strategic Innovativeness (TYSTI) 01.03.2026 - 31.08.2027 -
Employee-Driven Learning and Innovation as Multi-Perspectival Phenomenon: Longitudinal Ethnographic Research from Police and Technology Work Contexts (EDLI) Finished 01.09.2022 - 31.08.2025
Publications
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'Failure is future success': expanding knowledge through learning practices in a continuous innovation process
Lemmetty, Soila, 2025, Innovation : organization & management, [Epub ahead of print 11 Oct 2025], 1-20. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Asiantuntijuus ei rakennu kello kaulassa, mutta vanhenee viheltäen. Miksi korkeakoulutettujen osaamisen kehittämistä kannattaa tukea?
Lemmetty, Soila, 2025, Akava Works : Artikkelit, 1/2025. E1 Popularised article, newspaper article -
Conceptions of the Leading of Learning in Supervisory Work: A Qualitative Study Based on a Finnish Technology Organization and a Central Hospital
Keronen, Sara; Lemmetty, Soila; Collin, Kaija, 2025, International journal of training and development, [First published: 21 August 2025], 1-13. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Esihenkilön työntekijälle osoittaman tuen yhteys työikäisten informaaliin työssä oppimiseen ja työn merkityksellisyyden kokemukseen
Väänänen, Emilia; Lemmetty, Soila, 2025, Aikuiskasvatus, 45, 3, 184-199. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Huippuosaamista, oppimisen esteitä ja haastettua yhteisöllisyyttä – miten oppimista tulisi johtaa suomalaisessa työelämässä?
Lemmetty, Solia; Keronen, Sara; Väänänen, Emilia; Ahonen, Mia; Köykkä, Katja; Ojala, Teemu; Kuivalainen, Tuomo, 2025, Työn tuuli, 34, 2, 7-13. D1 Article in a trade journal -
Methodological dilemmas of participatory and mobile ethnography in researching learning in organizational contexts
Lemmetty, Soila; Vanhanen, Sari, 2025, Learning in context, 2, 1–2, 100012. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Monitieteinen työelämätutkimus tarjoaa rajat ylittävää ymmärrystä
Lemmetty, Soila, 2025, Työelämän tutkimus, 23, 1, 1-3. B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
Workplace Learning Potential as a Mediator Between Psychological Safety and Strategy Implementation
Ojala, Teemu; Lemmetty, Soila, 2025, Buisine, Stéphanie; Davies, Muriel, The Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance, ECMLG 2025, 503-506. A4 Conference proceedings -
Construction of collective self-determination in development-oriented group discussions
Keronen, Sara; Lemmetty, Soila; Collin, Kaija Marjukka, 2024, Journal of workplace learning, 36, 9, 88-105. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Explaining the innovation dichotomy: the contexts, contents, conflicts, and compromises of innovation stories
Lemmetty, Soila, 2024, Frontiers of narrative studies, 10, 1, 126-149. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research
