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Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience, and Maker Pedagogy in STEAM Classrooms: EDUHK Delegation Explores Transdisciplinary Learning at FIER, JYU

A STEAM-focused delegation from The Education University of Hong Kong (EDUHK) visited the Finnish Institute for Educational Research (FIER).

Experiencing Finnish Education Through International Encounters: Humboldt Professor Waldow Launches Joint Research with JYU

From 23 February to 21 March 2026, Florian Waldow visited the Finnish Institute for Educational Research (FIER)

METEOR Feature

METEOR Academy at JYU : Transformative Research through Peer Mentoring and Collaborations

METEOR Academy 1 at JYU

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Co-Creative Citizen Science in the Centre for Applied Language Studies

The Centre for Applied Language Studies has been involved in developing research methods for Co-Creative Citizen Science, both in collaborative projects and in the centre’s own research projects.

ILE's Senior Researcher, Dr. Fenyvesi joined Science is Wonderful! Fair 2026 in Brussels: Nobel-awarded Words in Motion, Play, and Surprise

In March 2026, Brussels hosted the Science is Wonderful! Fair. Among the contributors were Elina Mikkilä, Hannah M. King, and Kristóf Fenyvesi.

Silent Disco, Visible Energy: Joyful Schools and PERMA-Digital at EDUCA 2026

ILE team led a session on educational wellbeing at EDUCA 2026

Visiting Researcher Mohd Zaidi at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research: A Collaborative Model for Transdisciplinary Doctoral Education

Mohd Zaidi, a doctoral researcher in Science Education at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, joined the Innovative Learning Environments research group (ILE)

Senior Researcher Dr. Kristóf Fenyvesi on STEAM Education, Planetary Thinking, and Rethinking Schooling

Recorded on 6 February 2026, conversation with Dr. Kristóf Fenyvesi, International Coordinator of the Innovative Learning Environments research group and researcher at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research.

Making sense of bi- and multilingual disciplinary literacies

Researchers of JYU active in the CLIL Network for Languages in Education: Towards Bi- and Multilingual Disciplinary Literacies

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Apply now: Europe Forum spring 2026 – Let's speak French (1 ECTS)

Who can join? For students from the nine European FORTHEM partner universities: Bourgogne, Palermo, Opole, València, Riga, Jyväskylä, Agder, Sibiu, Mainz.

Kuvassa on intensiivikurssille osallistunut opiskelijaryhmä.

English students from Japan visited the Department of Language and Communication Studies

A group of English teacher students from Juntendo University in Tokyo visited the University of Jyväskylä from 9 to 16 March 2026.

Tasa-arvotunnustuksen vastaanottanut Katariina Räikkönen yleisön edessä. Kuvassa myös projektipäällikkö Anna Roikonen ja johtaja Sirpa Eskelä-Haapanen Jyväskylän yliopiston opettajankoulutuslaitokselta.

“Reluctance to put oneself in another person’s shoes in an obstacle to equality” – Minna Canth Equality Award presented to Katariina Räikkönen

The Department of Teacher Education has awarded the 2026 Minna Canth Equality Award to human rights activist and influencer Katariina Räikkönen. The award was presented at an event held in Ruusupuisto.