Professor of Higher Education Pedagogy at the Tampere University 2019-2020. Adjunct Professor at the University of Helsinki since 2009. PhD 2005 and Master of Education 1997, University of Turku. Researcher posts during 1996-2018 at the Universities of Turku, Helsinki, Jyväskylä and California at Berkeley. Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of University Pedagogy in 2015-2017. Editorial board member of the Educational Research Review. Leader of the UNIPS digital learning solution project 2017-2019.

Main research areas: 1) Teachers' development of pedagogical expertise in traditional and digital environments, 2) Students' development of scientific thinking and research skills in university education, 3) Conceptions, beliefs and attitudes on knowledge, learning and
teaching, 4) Theoretical questions of education, e.g. the concept of learning outcomes.

Wide experience on university level curriculum planning, organizing education and educational programs, and
teaching in traditional and digital environments.