Ninni Lankinen

Ninni Lankinen is a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki's Department of Educational Sciences, specializing in multilingual and culturally responsive pedagogy. Her work intersects educational sociology, language education, and social justice, focusing on immigrant youth's post-compulsory education choices and schools' support for multilingualism.

• University of Helsinki (Doctoral Researcher)
• Doctoral Programme in School, Education, Society and Culture

Research Interests: She examines racialization processes in education, gender/ethnicity/class intersections with multilingualism, and ethnographic studies of classroom dynamics. Current projects include 'Open Casting' (2024) and 'Vastaantulo' (2017-2019) on multilingual student integration.

2024-2025 Activities: Visiting researcher at University of Gothenburg (May 2025) and Stockholm University (2024), with presentations on linguistically responsive schools at international conferences.

Scientific Awards:

• Helsinki University Master's Thesis Award (2010)
• Kari Sajavaara Recognition Grant (2017)

Collaborations: Works with researchers across Finland and Sweden, contributing to educational reports and digital assessment tools like Open Casting (2024).