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)
- Private Supplementary Tutoring and Socio-economic Differences in Access to Higher Education (2020)
- Higher Education Policy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Re/configuring national interests in the global field of higher education : International student recruitment policies and practices in Finland and China (2020) Jokila Suvi
(G5 Article dissertation ) - Vastine: Tutkimusta valmennuskursseista tarvitaan (2020)
- Tiedepolitiikka
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - From crisis to opportunities: justifying and persuading national policy for international student recruitment (2019)
- European Journal of Higher Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - International Student Recruitment Strategies in Finland and China: An Analysis of Website Content (2019)
- Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Valmennuskurssit ja korkeakoulumarkkinoiden maantiede (2019)
- Tiedepolitiikka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Yliopisto-opiskelijoiden kansainvälinen liikkuvuus – luonteva osa tutkintoa? Eurostudent VI -tutkimuksen artikkelisarja (2017) Suvi Jokila, Johanna Kallo
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Comparing Times and Spaces: Historical, theoretical and methodological approaches to comparative education (2015) Suvi Jokila, Johanna Kallo, Risto Rinne
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Constructing a geo-spatial imagination in the internationalization of universities in Finland (2015) Comparing times and spaces: Historical, theoretical and methodological approaches to comparative education Suvi Jokila
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - The internationalization of higher education with Chinese characteristics – Appadurai's ideas explored (2015)
- Asia Pacific Journal of Education
(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



