Expert reports
Critic at Siv Vesterbacka’s dissertation of licentiate degree Elever i språkbadsskola: social bakgrund och tidig språkutveckling [Students In language immersion school. Social background and early language development]. (1991) Institutionen för språk Vasa universitet.[Department of Linguistics, University of Vaasa].
Critic at Karita Mård’s dissertation of licentiate degree Andraspråksförståelse i språkbadsdaghe [Second language understanding in pre-schools]. (1993) Institutionen för språk, Vasa universitet [The Department of Linguistics, The University of Vaasa].
Evaluation of Jan Sjöbergs’ thesis for licentiate degree Det fria bildningsarbetets pedagogiska territorium —en studie av en vuxenutbildningsforms ideologi, funktioner och existensberättigande utgående från den systematiska pedagogiken. (1995). Institutionen för pedagogik, Åbo Akademi [The Department of Education, Åbo Akademi University].
Acted as faculty opponent at Pirjo-Maija Toivonen’s dissertation of doctoral degree Messages of new worlds. Semiotic-psycholinguistic theory and practice of literary reading. Faculty of Education. University of Turku 20.2. 1998.
Expert in a panel for the appointment of a professor in Edcuation at the University College of Örebroo (Högskolan i Örebro), Sweden (1998).
Pre-evaluator of FL Bertel Nyholm’s doctoral dissertation in education “Vår uppgift är den högsta i lifvet...”. Studier i den finlandssvenska folkskollärarkåren 1871-1971 ur pedagogisk-historisk och utbildningssociologisk synvinkel. (1998). [“Our task is the highest in life…”. A study of the Finland-Swedish elementary school teachers 1871-1971 from an educational-historical and educational-sociological perspective]. Institutionen för pedagogik, Åbo Akademi [The Department of Education, Åbo Akademi University].
Expert in a panel for the appointment of a professor in education at the Gävle University College, Sweden (2000).
Expert for the appointement of a professor in education at the University of Oulu (2000).
Faculty opponent at Luis Arjagan-Lesters dissertation of doctoral degree 25.11. 2000 “De andra” Afrikaner i svenska pedagogiska texter (1768-1965) (2000) [“The Other”. Africans in Swedish school texts (1768-1965)]. Stockholm Institute of Education: Studies in Educational Sciences 31.
Evaluation of Gretel Kummel’s manuscript for licentiate degree Planering av pedagogisk verksamhet i daghem – ett instrument för kompetensutveckling (2000) [Planning of educational activities in pre-schools – an instrument for the development of competence]. Department of Pre-school education, Faculty of Education, Åbo Akademi University.
Evaluation of John Shepherd’s manuscript for licentiate degree Implementation gap. An investigation of the implementation of the 1994 national EL curriculum in Finnish upper secondary classes using a multiple method and multiple perspective approach (2000). Faculty of Humanities, Department of English, University of Vaasa.
Member of the expert panel at Lars Elenius dissertation on doctor´s degree, at Umeå University, Sweden (October 27, 2001).
Evaluation of research application: Svensk skolkultur: klassrumspraktik i komparativ belysning (2001), Department of Education at the University of Uppsala and Department of Education and Didactics at the University of Gothenburg. Application to Riksbankens jubileumsfond.
Evaluation of research applications: Professional growth of teachers as a precondition for creating learning environment which would promote pupils´ development in the schools with Estonian and Russian as a language of tuition, Tallinn, University of Educational sciences. Application to Estonia Science foundation (2001).
Evaluation of research application: Integration and influence of qualification, educational attitudes and personality traits of teachers on learning and personality development of children at the first level of basic education. Tallin University of Educational sciences. Application Estonia Science foundation (2002).
Evaluation of research applications, Svenska Kulturfonden (2001, 2002), Finland.
Member of the expert panel evaluating applicants to the post as senior lecturer to in pedagogy oriented to adult education, vocational education and labour market issues. University of Gothenburg (2002-2003)
Expert report on Moira von Wright’s application of readership in Education at the University of Helsinki (2003).
Faculty opponent at Arne Forsman’s dissertation for doctoral degree 18.9. 2003, Skolans texter mot mobbning – reella styrdokument eller hyllvärmare? Luleå Technical University.
Expert reader of Lena Boström’s doctoral thesis. Lärande och metod. Lärstilsanpassad undervisning jämfört med traditionell undervisning i svensk grammatik. University of Helsinki (2004) University College of Jönköping (2004).
Expert evaluation of the appointment of professor in education at the University of Joensuu (2005).
Faculty opponent at Ron Mahieu’s dissertation for doctoral degree 7.9. 2006. Agents of change and policies of scale. A policy study of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise in Education. University of Umeå.
Faculty opponent at Arja Paulin’s dissertation for doctoral degree 23.3. 2007 Första tiden i yrket – från student till lärare. En studie av de svårigheter nyblivna lärare möter under sin första tid i yrket [The First Terms in Service – from Student to Teacher: A Study of the Difficulties that the Newly Qualified Teachers Meet During their First Terms of Teaching ]. Stockholm Institute of Education. Sweden.
Peer review for Norsk pedagogisk Tidsskrift, 2007. (Manuscript: Kvalitet i lärerutdanninga – eit nordisk perspektiv).
Auditing Högskolen i Sogn og Fjordane (University College of Sogn and Fjordane). Member of the auditing group appointed by NOKUT (Nasjonalt organ for kvalitet i utdanningen). December 2007.
Invited to write a report for the Ministry of Education (Kunskapsdepartementet), Norway, suggesting a model for the need of comprehensive school teacher education. Letter: 200701657-/BAB, 22.3. 2007. The report dated 24. 9. 2007.
Invited to brief the Norwegian Minister of Education (Kunskapsminister) Bård Vegar Solhjell about Finnish Teacher Education on his visit to Finland April 29. 2008.
Peer review for Norsk pedagogisk Tidsskrift, 2008. (Manuscript: "Ensomme svaler? En studie av praksisskolelæreres rapportering om identitet, kollektivitet og gjennomføring avpraksisopplæringsperioder.")
Coordinating program sensor for Teacher Education at the University of Bergen, September 2008-september 2010.
Pre reviewer of Katriina Maaranen’s manuscript for doctoral thesis Widening Perspectives of teacher Education. Studies on theory-practice relationship, reflection, research and professional development. University of Helsinki, March 2009.
Chair of an expert group appointed by NOKUT (Nasjonalt organ for kvalitet i utdanning) to audit Telemark University College, Norway 22.4, 25-27.5. 2009.
Pre evaluator of PhD Monica Reichenberg’s application for professorship. University of Gothenburg, October 2009.
Faculty opponent (I) Marit Ulvik’s dissertation for doctoral degree 14.12. 2009, Lærerutdanning som danning? Tre stemmer i diskusjonen. University of Bergen, Faculty of Pschycology, Norway.
Chair of an expert group appointed by NOKUT (Nasjonalt organ for kvalitet i utdanning) to audit Norges Musikhögskola, Norway 23.4, 20-21.5. 2010.
Member of an expert group appointed by Swedish National Agency for Higher Education to evaluate applications from the Swedish Universities and University colleges to arrange teacher education according to a new law (2010).
Expert evaluation of the appointment of professor in education at the Linné university (2010), Sweden.
Member of an expert group evaluating three University Colleges’ applications to arrange doctoral studies in education. Swedish National Agency for Higher Education. (2010).
Expert evaluation of the appointment of professor in education at the University of Tromsø (2010-11).
Faculty opponent at Astrid Tolo’s dissertation for doctoral degree 31-10- 2011, Hvordan blir lærerkompetanse konstruert? En kvalitativ studie av PPU-studenters kunnskapsutvikling University of Bergen, Faculty of Phycology, Norway. Presenting as matter of design – exploring designs for learning.
Expert report for the on-line Journal Design for learning 2011. University of Stockholm (2011).
Expert evaluation of the appointment of professor in education at the University of Tromsø (2011), Norway.
Member of a panel for evaluating Institute based strategic projects – education (PEDISP) – results and effects 2011. [Institusjonsforankrede strategiske prosjekter – pedagogikk] En gjennomgang av resultater og effekter. Norvegian Research Council.
Member of a panel for evaluating research applications (PRAKUT) 2011. Norvegian Research Council.
Expert evaluation of the appointment of professor in education/didactics at the Gävle university College (2011).
Reviewer of applications (4) for a doctoral programme 2011. Århus university, Denmark.
Member of an international panel evaluating (mid-term) Linnaeus grants for five environments at Swedish universities (SULCIS, Stockholm; ALC, Umeå; LinCS Gothenburg; CED Lund; LUCIE/CIRCLE, Lund) 5-14. 2 2012. Swedish Research Council.
Chairman of a group evaluating applications for associate professor [førsteamanuensis] 2011-12. ILS, University of Oslo.