Teija Rantala

Background

About Teija Rantala

Omaan vankkaa kokemusta tutkimusprojektien suunnittelusta, toteutuksesta ja arvioinnista, ja minulla on runsaasti julkaisu-ja arviointikokemusta. Olen arvioinut tutkimushankehakemuksia mm. Wellcome Trustille sekä osana Turun yliopiston tohtoriohjelman johtoryhmää, tällä hetkellä EU-komissiolle. Minulla on aikuiskasvatukseen suuntautuva pedagoginen pätevyys ja esimieskokemusta varhaiskasvatuksesta ja sen kehittämisestä. Toimin tutkijatohtorina Turun ihmistieteiden tutkijakollegiumissa (TIAS, 2021-2023), jossa minulla oli tutkimusprojekti liittyen naisten kehollisen itsemääräämisoikeuden, lisääntymisen sekä kestävän kehityksen kysymyksiin. Projektissani tein monitahoista kansallista sekä kansainvälistä yhteistyötä osallistujien, järjestöjen sekä tutkimusryhmien kanssa. I received Master’s in Education and Doctorate in Gender Studies from the SKY Doctoral School at the University of Helsinki, Finland. I hold a degree in Pedagogical Studies in Adult and Higher Education from University of Helsinki. My former professional background in pedagogy, management and social work together with considerable research experience have enabled me to conduct unusual and challenging projects systematically and successfully. Until the end of 2023 I was a postdoctoral researcher working on a project titled 'Embodied reproductive politics, arts-based methods and young former Conservative Laestadian women'(2021-2023) at the Turku Institute of Advanced Studies (TIAS). I was also a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK, during Winter-Spring 2022. I co-write and publish within several international and interdisciplinary feminist research communities. As a feminist scholar, I am passionate about gender equality, research ethics and quality of research and assessment. I have published widely on feminist research methodology, e.g. my book 'Exploring data production in motion: Fluidity and Feminist Poststructuralism' was published by Myers Education Press in 2019. My expertise on social, educational and gender research, and on the use of qualitative methods and analysis, has produced invitations to visit various universities abroad. Latest invitation was to take part in the Congress panel at the Nordisk Historiker Mötet in Gothenburg, Sweden, in August 2022. I am passionate about collaborations equally with academics and non-academics working on gender and social justice issues. Keywords: research expertise, evaluation, research assessment, social justice, gender equality, feminist theory and methods, qualitative research methods