The multidisciplinary, foundation-based Tampere University (TAU) is Finland’s second-largest university with 20.000 students and 330 professors. TAU conducts scientific research in technology, health, and society and provides the highest education within these fields.
Prof. Petri Nokelainen leads the Tampere team. He has extensive experience in leading research projects focusing on vocational education and training and workplace learning. He is an expert in quantitative methods (e.g. multilevel data analysis).
Post-doctoral researcher Laura Pylväs works on self-regulation, workplace as a learning environment and intercultural competence in the context of VET and higher education. She specializes in qualitative methods.
Researcher Sini Teräsahde’s work focuses on adult education and higher education, employing both qualitative and quantitative methods. She has studied the relations between research, practice, and policymaking using the actor-network theory approach. Her academic further education has provided her with specialisation on management and administration of higher education.
The team implements two case studies in Finland, one in the Tampere region and one in Helsinki, and contributes to all other WPs.