TUULA JÄÄSKELÄINEN
M.Ed., Planning Officer, Doctoral Researcher
tuula.jaaskelainen@uniarts.fi
I have twenty years working experience in the higher education administration of the University of Helsinki and
I am a doctoral candidate in music education in the MuTri Doctoral School in the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland, and in the ArtsEqual Research Initiative associated with the Center for Educational Research and Academic Development in the Arts (CERADA). I also study International Law and Human Rights minor studies in the Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University. During 2018 I have been a doctoral exchange student in the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, Australia, and in the Royal Northern College of Music, the United Kingdom.
I have a general teacher qualification in
Current position
I am currently based in Espoo, Finland. I
Research interests
My research interests are in the field of higher education, especially experiences of studying in arts education. The title of my doctoral project is Students’ Experienced Workload in Higher Music Education. I have also conducted research on intercultural learning in the visual arts study program.
TUULA JÄÄSKELÄINEN
M.Ed., Planning Officer, Doctoral Researcher
tuula.jaaskelainen@uniarts.fi
I have twenty years working experience in the higher education administration of the University of Helsinki and
I am a doctoral candidate in music education in the MuTri Doctoral School in the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland, and in the ArtsEqual Research Initiative associated with the Center for Educational Research and Academic Development in the Arts (CERADA). I also study International Law and Human Rights minor studies in the Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University. During 2018 I have been a doctoral exchange student in the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, Australia, and in the Royal Northern College of Music, the United Kingdom.
I have a general teacher qualification in
Current position
I am currently based in Espoo, Finland. I
Reserach interests
My research interests are in the field of higher education, especially experiences of studying in arts education. The title of my doctoral project is Students’ Experienced Workload in Higher Music Education. I have also conducted research on intercultural learning in the visual arts study program.
My latest publication
Jääskeläinen, T., López-Íñiguez, G. & Phillips, M. 2020. Music students’ experienced workload, livelihoods and stress in higher education in Finland and the United Kingdom [Special issue on Music and Livelihoods]. Music Education Research. doi: 10.1080/14613808.2020.1841134 (open access)
My latest conference

Photo: Ella Kiviniemi
Jääskeläinen, T. 2019, October. Countering hate speech by creating counter narrative activities through arts education. Workshop at the Anna Lindh Foundation Network “Celebrating Our Diversity Forum”, Helsinki, Finland.
My latest blog post

Memories from the exchange studies abroad
The second exchange period in Manchester in the United Kingdom After my four months of the doctoral exchange study period in Australia in spring 2018, I spent summer months at home in Finland. The second period as a doctoral exchange student from the Sibelius Academy,...