University lecturer in Education

at  Helsingin yliopiston

The internationally esteemed and highly successful Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Helsinki is Finland’s leading unit of research and teaching in Educational Sciences and Teacher Education. The Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Helsinki conducts research related to human growth, development and learning, multilingualism and justice in education, pedagogy and didactics. We provide undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education that qualifies students for both the teaching profession and other positions requiring general academic expertise. The Master’s Programme in Changing Education is a two-year international Master’s programme focusing on equity and equality of education, educational psychology and neuroscience as engines for change in education, and the Finnish education system.
Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Helsinki invites applications for the position of

UNIVERSITY LECTURER IN EDUCATION

for a permanent position starting 1 August 2025 or by mutual agreement.
The university lecturer is positioned in the international master’s programme of the Faculty of Educational Sciences; the Changing Education programme. The programme focuses on three topic areas: 1) Education, society and culture, 2) Educational psychology and neuroscience, and 3) Pedagogy, educational institutions and research-based teacher education.
The university lecturer provides high-quality teaching, supervises theses, conducts research in their field, and participates in university community tasks, teaching development and teaching-related administrative tasks.
In this position, there is a strong emphasis on teaching, supervision and developing the teaching in the Changing Education programme. The university lecturer takes part in the long-term development of the programme and participates in relevant working groups and committees at the faculty. The university lecturer also tutors students in the international programme. The teaching duties are mainly composed of the English language courses and supervision on Master’s thesis in the CE programme, but it is possible to take part in teaching in other programmes, too.

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