Suvi Jokila
Docent, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow
suvi.jokila@utu.fi +358 29 450 3660 +358 50 339 7957 Assistentinkatu 5 Turku |
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)
- Space as an un/equalizer in times of technology and crisis in higher education (2025)
- Higher Education Research and Development
- Studying convergences in comparative education (2025) Handbook on Comparative Education Jokila, Suvi; Eta, Elizabeth Agbor
- The impact of COVID-19 on the social and cultural integration of international students: a literature review (2025)
- Comparative Migration Studies
- The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on social inequalities in international student mobility: a scoping review (2025)
- Comparative Migration Studies
- Academic, Social, and Financial Changes in International Students’ Lives Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic (2024)
- Nordic Journal of Migration Research
- Kyläkoulun muuttuvat merkitykset (2024)
- Kasvatus ja Aika
- Social Inequalities in International Student Mobility: A Systematic Literature Review (2024) Lomer, Sylvie; Budginaitė-Mačkinė, Irma; Carlson, Sören; Klasik, Daniel; Bamberger, Annette; Nada, Cosmin; Resch, Katharina; Mihut, Georgiana; França, Thais; Samuk, Sahizer; Jayadeva, Sazana; Roohi, Sanam; Jokila, Suvi; McKinley, Keanen; Aerts, Nathalie; Erdogan, Zahide; Yang, Yin; Aguiar, Joyce; Tavares, Orlanda; Härkönen, Anu; Ballatore, Magali; Levatino, Antonina; Kaya Kasikci, Sevgi; Zayim Kurtay, Merve; Courtois, Aline
- Tackling social inequalities in international student mobility during global health crises (2024) Guðmarsdóttir, Rúna Vigdís; Aguiar, Joyce; Almeida, Joana; França, Thais: Jokila, Suvi; Roohi, Sanam; Tavares, Orlanda
- The Shadows of Internationalisation: conceptual lens and policy perspectives (2024)
- Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education
- Kansainvälinen näkökulma suomalaisten korkeakouluopiskelijoiden kansainväliseen liikkuvuuteen (2023) Jokila Suvi, Korhonen Vesa, Herrala Kaspian
- Lukion opintojen ohjaajien ja valmennuskurssitoimijoiden episteemiset kietoutumat korkeakoulutukseen hakeutumisessa (2023)
- Kasvatus : Suomen kasvatustieteellinen aikakauskirja
- Maintaining and Mobilizing Network Capital: Exchange Students’ Friendships During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2023) Academic Mobility through the Lens of Language and Identity, Global Pandemics, and Distance Internationalization : Multidisciplinary Perspectives Jokila Suvi, Filippou Kalypso, Sirva Ella, Laiho Anne
- Opiskeluarkea kriisin keskellä (2023)
- Kas!-blogi
- Rhizomic communication practices bridging international students and the host society and beyond (2023)
- Higher Education
- Scaling through the pandemic: An analysis of international students’ experiences (2023)
- Policy Futures in Education
- Student life in the middle of a pandemic (2023)
- Kas!-blogi
- Tackling social inequalities in Erasmus+ participation (2023) Guðmarsdóttir Rúna Vigdís, França Thais, Jokila Suvi, Lomer Sylvie, Netz Nikolai, Roohi Sanam, Van Mol Christof
- Vastuuta ja vapautta: Kansainvälisten yliopisto-opiskelijoiden uudelleen muotoutuva opiskeluarki covid-19- pandemian alussa (2023)
- Kasvatus : Suomen kasvatustieteellinen aikakauskirja
- Rethinking academic mobility through global challenges (2022) Reimagining Globalization and Education Jokila Suvi, Jauhiainen Arto, Peura Marja
- Tarjonta ja kysyntä valmennuskurssimarkkinoilla opiskelijavalintauudistuksen aikana (2022)
- Kasvatus : Suomen kasvatustieteellinen aikakauskirja
