معرفی
Susanna Paloniemi is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Educational Sciences, University of Jyväskylä. She holds a PhD in Education and specializes in professional identity, agency, emotions, and learning in work contexts—particularly in healthcare and education. Her responsibilities include teaching, supervising Master's and PhD students, and administrative/developmental tasks in education and research. She employs diverse methodologies such as ethnography, surveys, and physiological measurements.
Research Focus: Paloniemi investigates adult education and working life dynamics, emphasizing professional agency, inter-professional collaboration, leadership, and emotional experiences. Her work bridges theoretical and applied research, with recent studies exploring emotional agency in organizational change and learning pathways in early parenthood.
Publications: Her research spans professional learning, workplace studies, and organizational development. Recent articles (2022-2024) demonstrate strong emphases on methodological innovation (e.g., mixed-methods designs, physiological data integration) and contextual analyses of work environments. Themes include co-parenting, rehabilitation, creativity in management, and emotional measurement.
Projects & Grants:
- Towards Sustainability of multi-generational learning at work (Research Council of Finland, 2025-2029)
- Understanding emotional agency in strategy implementation (TUNTO2, Finnish Work Environment Fund, 2021-2023)
- Tunnetoimijuus organisaation muutoksessa (TUNTO, Finnish Work Environment Fund, 2018-2020)
Professional Engagement: She serves on the editorial board of Vocations and Learning, reviews for international journals, and participates in networks including EARLI (European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction) and RWL (Researching Work and Learning).
