Kirsti Lonka is the Director of the Research Group for Educational Psychology. Her research community EDPsychHE was third best in the International research evaluation of University of Helsinki in 2012.
Current Projects
DigiConsumers: Learning to be digital consumers. How to improve young people’s financial skills in a technologically driven consumer society? People: Wilska, T., Lonka, K., Kalmi, P., Ahonen, A., Ranta, M., Kruskopf, M., Abdulhamed, R., Halonen, N., Lammassaari, H. M. W., Leiman, K., Makkonen, J., Nissinen, T., Talvio, M., & Vedenpää, I. Funded by the Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland.
Past Projects
Bridging the Gaps – Affective, cognitive, and social consequences of digital revolution for youth development and education. People: Salmela-Aro, K., Lonka, K., Hakkarainen, K., Marttinen, E., Ketonen, E. E., Moisala, M., Mannerström, R., Hietajärvi, L., Maksniemi, E. & Shupin, L., Dhir, A., Järvinen, J., Parada, F., Vinni-Laakso, J., Mademurk, K., Upadyaya, K. M. & Puukko, K. T. 01/09/2017 → 31/08/2021. Funded by the Academy of Finland.
Learning 2 Be. People: Talvio, M., (Principal Investigator) Berg, M. & Lonka, K. 01/06/2017 → 31/01/2020.
Uutta luova opettajankoulutus – Sulautuvat oppimisympäristöt / Phenomenal teacher education – Engaging learning environments. People: Lonka, K., Lammassaari, H. M. W. & Kruskopf, M. 01/01/2018 → 31/12/2019. Funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture.
SED -Sustainable Education Design. People: Lonka, K. (Principal Investigator) & Sandström, N. 07/08/2015 → 31/12/2017. Funded by TEKES.
3SPACES – Towards Inspiring Workplaces. People: Lonka, K., Sjöblom., K. (Principal Investigator) & Lammassaari, H. M. W. 1/08/2015 → 30/06/2017. Funded by European Social Research Fund. Organized by Haaga Helia.
Mind the Gap Between Digital Natives and Educational Practices. People: Lonka, K. (Principal Investigator), Hakkarainen, K., Salmela-Aro, K., Alho, K., Sjöblom, K., Hietajärvi, L., Ketonen, E., Makkonen, J. & Sandström, N. 01.01.13 → 31.12.16. Funded by the Mind Program of Academy of Finland.
RYM SY – RYM Indoor Environment. People: Lonka, K. (Principal Investigator), Sandström, N., Sjöblom, K., Aarnio, A, Ketonen, E. & Vaara, L. 15.11.12 → 30.03.14(Salmi, V. O., Heiskanen, H. K. & . 01.05.11 → 31.12.2013). WP4 Task 1.1 Learning Environments. Funded by TEKES.
Educational psychology, especially in higher education (EdPsychHE). People: Lindblom-Ylänne, S. (Principal Investigator), Lonka, K., Hakkarainen, K., Salmela-Aro, K., Löfström, E., Nevgi, A., Pyhältö, K. M., Vehviläinen, S., Hirsto, L., Toom, A. H., Katajavuori, N., Repo, S., Ruohoniemi, M., Virtanen, V., Postareff, L., Chow, Y., Hailikari, T., Parpala, A., Tuominen-Soini, H., Aarnio, M., Carlberg, M. T., Haarala-Muhonen, A., Heikkilä, A., Heiskanen, M., Henritius, E., Hyytinen, H., Keski-Koukkari, A., Litmanen, T., Mikkonen, J., Muukkonen, H., Nieminen, J., Pekkilä, S., Ruusunen, R., Asikainen, H., Seppälä, H., Keskinen, J. K., Talvio, M., Tukiainen, M., Vekkaila (o.s. Tuomainen), J., Westling, S. & Virtanen, P. 11.03.11 → …Research Evaluation 2011. Awarded by University of Helsinki, Finland.
ELE – Engaging learning environments for teacher education. People: Lonka, K. (Principal Investigator), Heiskanen, H. K., Salmi, O. & Ketola, A. 01.12.12 → 31.12.12. Funded by the International Design Foundation and University of Helsinki.
Collective Intelligence: How shared ”trialogical” knowledge practices augment human cognitive capabilities. People: Hakkarainen, K. (Principal Investigator), Lonka, K. & Pyhältö, K. M. 01.08.08 → 31.12.10 Funded by Academy of Finland.
Tieto- ja viestintätekniikka koulun arjessa (Information and communication technologies [ICTs] at School’s Everyday Life) People: Niemi, H., Lonka, K., Kynäslahti, H. & Tella, S. 01.01.08 → 31.12.10
Becoming a Collaborative Professional. People: Lonka, K. (Principal Investigator), Hakkarainen, K., Salmela-Aro, K. 01.01.07 → 31.12.10 Funded by Academy of Finland.
Mieli-Forum. People: Hari, R., Peräkylä, A., Ylikoski, P. K., Lonka, K. & Pyysiäinen, I. 01.01.07 → 31.12.09. Funded by Finnish Cultural Foundation.
From Ph.D. student to professional researcher. People: Pyhältö, K. M., Keskinen, J. K. & Lonka, K. (Principal Investigator) 02.01.06 → … Funded by University of Helsinki.
MED NORD – Medical Education in Nordic Countries. People: Lonka, K. (Principal Investigator). 01.01.04 → 21.12.11 Funded by Vetenskapsrådet, Sweden (2002-2004).