Research at the Faculty of Education

The high-level research at the Faculty of Education is internationally well-known and has its scope on the whole life-span.

Research at the Faculty is concentrated around the two nationally and internationally distinguished research centres. Cooperation and organisation of the two research centres as internationally distinguished centres will be strengthened especially in the areas of joint and significant research themes.

The focus areas of the education and research of our Faculty are

Teaching and learning - future competences
Education in a changing society - equality and justice
Teacher education and continuous learning - supporting expertise

Research at the Department of Education: Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning and Education CELE

Research at the Department of Teacher Education: Centre for Research on Learning and Instruction CERLI

Research at the Department of Teacher Education

Doctoral Training at the Faculty of Education

Our latest publications

Teacher observations of loneliness and ostracism among five-year-olds: Associations with social–emotional functioning, vocabulary, and language background (2026)

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Salo, Anne-Elina; Upadyaya, Katja; Kalland, Mirjam; Hyttinen, Sami; Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

National policy responses to address loneliness: A global scoping review of 194 WHO member states (2026)

Health Policy

Goldman, Nina; Alemdar, Melek; Megges, Herlind; Matsumoto, Naka; Schoenmakers, Eric; van den Berg, Pauline; Lasgaard, Mathias; Christiansen, Julie; Junttila, Niina; Goldman, Andreas; Draxl, Debora; El-Osta, Austen; Qualter, Pamela

(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )