Joonas Merikko

Background

About Joonas Merikko

Joonas Merikko (Ph.D, Educational Psychology) is a learning researcher and EdTech professional currently serving as the Chief Product Officer at Annie Advisor. In this role, he strives to prevent dropouts in educational institutions with a student support bot Annie that offers students proactive support at critical points in their academic journey. Before co-founding Annie Advisor, Joonas co-founded Rapida, where he offered learning analytics consultation for educational organizations. He has also worked in various technical roles, including data architect, data analyst, and technical project manager in large development projects for the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and the Finnish National Agency for Education. Joonas holds a PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Helsinki and an MSc in Mathematics Education from the same university. In his research, Joonas combines educational psychology, learning analytics and artificial intelligence. He regularly keeps lectures and workshops about his research in educational organizations and trains education leaders and teachers about the role of data and artificial intelligence in education.