Dynamics in Education Politics

Hannu Simola, PhD, is Professor in Sociology and Politics of Education, at the Universities of Turku and Helsinki, Finland. His research interests are currently focused on socioanalysis of teacherhood, contextual analytics of educational innovations and local educational ethos. His recent book is The Finnish Education Mystery (Routledge 2015).

Jaakko Kauko, PhD, MSocSc, is Associate Professor in Education at the School of Education, University of Tampere, Finland. His research is situated in the fields of politics of education and comparative education. He is interested in the questions of power, contingency, and complexity.

Janne Varjo, PhD, is Lecturer at the Institute of Behavioural Sciences, and more particularly within the Research Unit focusing on the Sociology and Politics of Education, at the University of Helsinki. His research interests include sociology of education, history of education and administration, economy and planning of education.

Mira Kalalahti, DrSocSc, MA, is Post-doctoral Researcher in the Research Unit Focusing on the Sociology and Politics of Education at the Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Finland. Her research interests involve sociology of education, especially questions concerning the equality of educational opportunities and educational transitions.

Fritjof Sahlstroem, PhD, is Professor in Education at Abo Akademi University, Finland. His research has focused on the organization of interaction in educational settings, on developing ways of documenting and analysing classroom interaction relying on conversation analysis, and on the relationships between interaction, participation and social reproduction.