Kristiina Janhonen
Official title: Senior Researcher
Tel. + 358 29 524 7276
E-mail: [email protected]
Expertise
- Qualitative research
- Quantitative research
- Multiprofessional collaboration
- Co-development
- Learning and interaction
- Participation
- Health systems
- School meals and food education
Primary duties
Senior Researcher, “They should be tested like banks are” – Resilience, crisis preparedness and security of supply of the Finnish health system (RECPHEALS)
Education
- 2022, Title of Docent (home economics science), University of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational sciences
- 2016, Doctor of Education, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational sciences
- 2009, Master of Education (home economics teacher), University of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational sciences
Professional background
- 2020–2022, postdoctoral researcher, responsible researcher (PI), Academy of Finland and University of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational Sciences
- 2019–2020, postdoctoral researcher, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational Sciences
- 2018, university lecturer in home economics pedagogy, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational Sciences
- 2017, postdoctoral researcher (research grant), visiting researcher (12 months), Finnish Youth Research Network
- 2017, university lecturer, our-based teacher, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational Sciences
- 2016, postdoctoral researcher (research grant), visiting researcher (1 month), University of Sheffield, UK
- 2016, university lecturer, our-based teacher, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational Sciences
- 2011–2015, doctoral student, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational Sciences
- 2010, researcher (research grant for doctoral dissertation)
- 2009, research assistant (2 months), University of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational Sciences
Language skills
- Finnish (native)
- English (excellent)
- Swedish (good, second home language)
- French (fair)
Current projects
2022– “They should be tested like banks are” – Resilience, crisis preparedness and security of supply of the Finnish health system (RECPHEALS)
2022– Safeguarding welfare during health crises (WELGO)
Previous projects
- 2020–2022, Promoting food sense through school meals (FOODSENSE)
- 2019–2022, Suomalainen ravitsemus- ja ruokakasvatus 1990-luvulta 2020-luvulle
- 2017, Digital youth: Learning in informal social spaces
- 2015–2016, Food for life: learning in informal social contexts
Professional memberships
1.11.2021−31.3.2023, School meal development program, member of working group, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Finland
Affiliations
Docent, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational Sciences
Publications
Scientific research articles
- Janhonen, K. & Elkjaer, B. (2022). Exploring sustainable food education as multi-professional collaboration between home economics and school food services. Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 16, 1-2.
- Janhonen, K. & Mäkelä, J. (2021). To connect and be heard – Informal dimension of school mealtimes represented by students’ self-initiated YouTube videos. Young, 30, 1, 39–56.
- Janhonen, K., Olsson, C. & Waling, M. (2023). Collaborative participation in a home economics context: Using school meals as a part of sustainable education, Education inquiry.
- Karreinen S, Paananen H, Kihlström L, Janhonen K, Huhtakangas M, Viita-aho M, Tynkkynen LK. Living through uncertainty: a qualitative study on leadership and resilience in primary healthcare during COVID-19. BMC Health Services Research, 23.
- Torkkeli, K., Janhonen, K. & Mäkelä, J. (2021). Engagements in situationally appropriate home cooking. Food, culture and society, 24, 3, 368–389.
- Kouhia, A. & Janhonen, K. (2019). Knitting noodles: Creating a playworld for craft through unconventional material experimentation. International Journal of Play, 8, 3, 289–307.
- Janhonen, K., Torkkeli, K. & Mäkelä, J. (2018). Informal learning and food sense in home cooking. Appetite, 130, 190–198.
Book contributions
- Janhonen, K. & Lalli, G. (2023). School mealtime as a pedagogical event (pages 13). In: Lalli, G.S., Turner, A., & Rutland, M. (Eds.). Food Futures in Education and Society (1st ed.). Routledge.
- Janhonen, K., Manninen, M. & Hjälmeskog, K. (2022, estimation of publication). Sustainable food education in collaboration with home economics and food services in Finland. In Gaddis, J. & Robert, S. (Eds.). Transforming School Food Politics around the world. Accepted.
More publications
Publications of Kristiina Janhonen more broadly at
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