Irina
Salmi
Doctoral Researcher, Psychology
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Areas of expertise
nature connectedness
human-nature connection
nature-based education
human-nature connection
nature-based education
Biography
I have a master's degree in philosophy and a bachelor's degree in psychology, with pedagogical studies qualifying me as a teacher on both these subjects as well as ethics. In my research I combine all these central areas of interest.
Research
My research focuses on the benefits and means to enhance nature connectedness of children in early childhood education.
Publications
J.J. Rousseau ja transformaatiokokemukset nykyisen varhaiskasvatuksen kontekstissa (2025)
(E1 Yleistajuinen blogikirjoitus )Nature-connective educational architecting – an approach to education based on the life-sustenance hypothesis (2025)
Humanities & social sciences communications
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
THE LIFE-SUSTENANCE HYPOTHESIS: UNDERSTANDING HUMAN-NATURE CONNECTION BY INTEGRATING ROUSSEAU’S PHILOSOPHY TO CONTEMPORARY SYSTEMS BIOLOGICAL VIEWPOINTS (2025)
Cosmos and History : the Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Kuinka syventää lasten luontoyhteyttä varhaiskasvatuksen arjessa? (2025)
Ympäristökasvatus
(E1 Yleistajuinen artikkeli lehdessä)
Educational Environments and Practices Associated with Enhancement of Children’s Nature Connectedness in Early Childhood Education: A Scoping Review (2024)
International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )