Research and practice projects

Engaging in disciplinary thinking: Historical literacy practices in Finnish general upper secondary schools (HisLit)
• Funded by the Academy of Finland, 2016–2020, PI Minna-Riitta Luukka

Skill acquisition, skill loss, and age. A comparative study of Cognitive Foundation Skills in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden (SASLA)
• Funded by NordForsk, 2013–2016, PI Antero Malin

European Literacy Policy Network (ELINET)
• Project manager at the University of Jyväskylä
• Network funded by the EU, 2014–2016

Implementation Strategies for Innovations in Teachers’ Professional Development (ISIT)
• Project in EU’s Lifelong Learning -programme, 2014

Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
• Vice Project Manager, co-author in reporting the results, 2011–2013
• Project funded by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Labour

Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (IEA/PIRLS)
• National Research Coordinator, 2009–2013
• Project funded by the Ministry of Education

Teaching Adolescent Struggling Readers (ADORE)
• Project funded by the EU’s Sokrates-programme, 2007–2008

Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
• Researcher responsible for reading literacy assessment, 2007–2011
• Project organized by the OECD and funded by the Ministry of Education, 1998–2005, 2007–2011

Second International Adult Literacy Survey (SIALS)
• Project organized by the OECD and funded by the National Agency for Education, 1997–2000