Suvi Jokila
Docent, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow
suvi.jokila@utu.fi +358 29 450 3660 +358 50 339 7957 Assistentinkatu 5 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1744-9520 |
Internationalisation of higher education, international student recruitment, international student mobility, intranational mobility, rural and regional areas, higher education, transition, private tutoring, ethnography, justice in education, sociology of education, policy sociology, COVID-19 experience
Suvi Jokila is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the Academy of Finland funded research project "In the urban shadows? An ethnographic and longitudinal study of educational and socio-spatial mobility of youth in regional city areas in Finland" (Shadows) (https://sites.utu.fi/shadows/).
She is also part of Erasmus+ funded "Inclusion+ Tackling the challenges of Erasmus+ mobility inclusion and diversity at higher education level" -development project (2023-2026) that aim to develop practical tools to support students with caring responsibilities and students with disabilities study abroad (more information: https://dev.n3studio.pt/).
Suvi is also involved in KONE funded "Primary Schools Amidst Rural Transition: Oral History of Village Schools" -research project (2024-2027) that studies school memories in small rural schools since the beginning of comprehensive school in Finland with colleagues from University of Turku and University of Eastern Finland (https://sites.utu.fi/priima/).
She co-led International students in times of crisis -research project (https://sites.utu.fi/equalism/) (2020-2024). The aim of the project is to understand international students' experiences in Finnish universities during the pandemic.
Suvi is also involved in and a representative of Finland in ENIS Network (COST Action) on international student mobility that aims to bring together researchers and practitioners.
I teach in the following courses:
- Comparative and international education
- Koulutus ja globalisaatio (course in Finnish)
- Master's thesis seminars (EdLearn-program)
- Epämukava refleksiivisyys tutkimuksen valta-asetelmia näkyväksi tekemässä ja haastamassa (2026) Koulutussosiologian metodologiat ja tutkimusmenetelmät Laaksonen, Linda Maria; Jokila, Suvi; Filippou, Kalypso.
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Epämukava refleksiivisyys tutkimuksen valta-asetelmia näkyväksi tekemässä ja haastamassa (2026) Koulutussosiologian metodologiat ja tutkimusmenetelmät Laaksonen, Linda Maria; Jokila, Suvi;Filippou, Kalypso
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Navigating the Pandemic: International Students in Transnational Spaces (2026)
- Journal of Intercultural Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kansainvälisen opiskelun yhdenvertaisuutta on tuettava (2025)
- AMK-lehti//UAS-Journal, Journal of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Reimagining International Students in Public Discourses: Can Media Facilitate the Inclusion of International Students in Society? (2025)
- Journal of Global Higher Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Space as an un/equalizer in times of technology and crisis in higher education (2025)
- Higher Education Research and Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Studying convergences in comparative education (2025) Handbook on Comparative Education Jokila, Suvi; Eta, Elizabeth Agbor
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - The impact of COVID-19 on the social and cultural integration of international students: a literature review (2025)
- Comparative Migration Studies
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on social inequalities in international student mobility: a scoping review (2025)
- Comparative Migration Studies
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Academic, Social, and Financial Changes in International Students’ Lives Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic (2024)
- Nordic Journal of Migration Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Korkeakouluopiskelijoiden lyhytkestoinen ja monimuotoinen vaihto-opiskelu ja työharjoittelu ulkomailla: tilannekuva01.12.2025 - 31.05.2026
- Department of Education
- Inclusion+01.11.2023 - 31.10.2026
- Department of Education
- TT Shadows01.09.2022 - 30.06.2026
- Department of Education



