Ulpukka Isopahkala-Bouret
PhD
Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning and Education, CELE ulpukka.isopahkala-bouret@utu.fi +358 29 450 3883 +358 50 501 7306 Assistentinkatu 5 Turku Office: 380 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8535-8874 |
higher education; adult education; equality and justice in education; access to higher education; graduate employability; educational life course
I am working as a professor of education at University of Turku, Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning and Education (CELE), with a special emphasis on educational equality and justice. I have a title of docent at University of Helsinki. I have worked at University of Helsinki in various academic positions 2005-2016. I have been a team leader in the Nordic Centre of Excellence (2013-2018): ‘Justice through education in the Nordic countries’ (http://blogs.helsinki.fi/just-ed/). In addition, I have been a visiting scholar at University of Iceland (Iceland), University of Surrey (UK) and Northern Illinois University (USA).
Since 2019, I have been a Chief Editor of Aikuiskasvatus, a peer-reviewed adult education research journal: https://aikuiskasvatus.fi/
I have developed over time what one might describe as
a cumulative research agenda. My research interest include equality in/through education, educational credentialing, access to higher education, graduate employability, and professional career trajectories. I am specialised in
qualitative research, especially in narrative and discursive analysis. My research is particularly relevant to the fields of education
policy, sociology of education, adult education, and life course studies. I
apply theories from social sciences and cultural studies and most of my
research projects are multi-disciplinary. I have recently expanded the research
literature, especially on:
- credentialism and the relative
value of degrees, - fairness of access and
non-attainment to higher education, and - adult graduates’ employability
CURRENTLY, I am leading a research project: ‘Higher
education graduates’ employability and social positioning in the labour market’
(duration Sep 2018 – Aug 2022), funded by Academy of Finland as a consortium
between University of Turku and University of Eastern Finland. https://www.uef.fi/web/highemploy/
PREVIOUS
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
2016-2018 ‘Cross-cutting themes and issues in the
Nordic higher education research’, NordForsk
2011–2015 'Ageing and expertise. Narrative inquiry
into the experiences of older workers who acquire Master's degrees in their
fifties', Academy of Finland
2009–2010 'Competence and the dual model of the
Finnish system of higher education', Ministry of Education
2009–2013 'Citizenship, agency and difference in
upper secondary education', Academy of Finland
My current teaching includes:
- Educational Equality and Justice
- Aspects of sociology and politics of education
- Ajankohtaiset koulutuspolitiikan ilmiöt ja tasa-arvo
- Doctoral course on qualitative methodologies - lecture on narrative analysis
- Writing and publishing research
- Graduseminaari
- Adult graduates’ employability and mid-career trajectories after graduation with Finnish UAS Master’s degree (2021)
- Journal of Education and Work
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Aikuiskasvatuksella rakennetaan tulevaisuutta koronakriisin jälkeen (2021)
- Aikuiskasvatus
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1)) - On a Level Playing Field? The Effect of Parents´ Education on Master´s Degree Graduates´ Labour Market Success in Finland (2021)
- Advances in Applied Sociology
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Paineet kypsyttävät huippusuorittajan (2021)
- Aikuiskasvatus
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1)) - Positional competition in a binary system: the case of Finnish higher education (2021)
- Tertiary Education and Management
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - The vocational route to higher education in Finland: Students’ backgrounds, choices and study experiences (2021)
- European Educational Research Journal
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Tiedejulkaisussa voi rohkeasti kokeilla avoimen vertaisarvioinnin uusia muotoja (2021)
- Tietolinja
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Tieteenalan rajat ja niiden ylittäminen (2021)
- Aikuiskasvatus
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1)) - Valintamekanismit, oikeudenmukaisuus ja korkeakoulujen autonomia: Analyysi toimijoiden välisistä merkityskamppailuista opiskelijavalintauudistuksessa (2021) Koulutuksen politiikat : Kasvatussosiologian vuosikirja 3 Isopahkala-Bouret Ulpukka, Haltia Nina, Peura Marja
(Refereed article in compilation book (A3)) - Access to Higher Education (Finland) (2020) Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies Hanna Nori, Ulpukka Isopahkala-Bouret, Nina Haltia
(Refereed article in compilation book (A3)) - Aikuiskasvatuksella on monia mahdollisia tulevaisuuksia (2020)
- Aikuiskasvatus
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1)) - Enhancing criticality and resistance through teaching in the neoliberal academy (2020)
- Subjectivity
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Higher Education in Nordic Roma and Traveller Policy Documents – Analysing Silences (2020) The Roma in European Higher Education : Recasting Identities, Re-Imagining Futures Jenni Helakorpi, Ulpukka Isopahkala-Bouret
(Refereed article in compilation book (A3)) - Kirjoittaessasi et ole koskaan yksin (2020)
- Aikuiskasvatus
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1)) - Meidän aikamme sivistys (2020)
- Aikuiskasvatus
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1)) - University non-admittance and anomie: Reconsidering the promise of an egalitarian society (2020)
- British Journal of Sociology of Education
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Ylempi ammattikorkeakoulututkinto palvelee monenlaisia uravaihtoehtoja (2020)
- AMK-lehti//UAS-Journal, Journal of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Aikuiskoulutukseen kohdistuvat odotukset eivät synny tyhjästä (2019)
- Aikuiskasvatus
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1)) - Avoimuus vahvistaa vertaisuutta ja yhteisöllisyyttä (2019)
- Aikuiskasvatus
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1)) - Kasvatuksen tulevaisuutta tutkaillaan Turussa maaliskuussa 2020 (2019)
- Kasvatus-lehti - Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1))