CURRICULUM VITAE FULL NAME AND DATE DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH, NATIONALITY, CURRENT RESIDENCE EDUCATION AND DEGREES AWARDED

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE FULL NAME AND DATE Full name: Saarinen, Taina Maria Gender: female Date of CV: August 22, 2015 DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH, NATIONALITY, CURRENT RESIDENCE DoB: June 20, 1963, Salo, Finland Nationality: Finnish Telephone: EDUCATION AND DEGREES AWARDED Filosofian tohtori (Ph.D), University of Jyväskylä, Applied Linguistics, December 11, 2007 (3/3 excellent). Thesis title: Quality on the Move. Discursive construction of higher education policy from the perspective of quality. Filosofian kandidaatti (M.A.), University of Turku, English philology, April 11, 1991 (magna cum laude approbatur). minor subjects: German philology, journalism, political science, contemporary history, education POSITIONS OF DOCENT AND OTHER POST-DOCTORAL QUALIFICATIONS Docent (Comparative education), University of Turku, February 2012 Docent (Higher education policy), University of Helsinki, May 2012 Evaluated as qualified for a professorship (Language education policy) at the University of Jyväskylä, December 2013 OTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING, QUALIFICATION AND SKILLS University of Jyväskylä leadership training , University of Jyväskylä, Finland Teacher s pedagogical training (Adult pedagogy 60 ECTS; in accordance with Decree 986/1998 on teacher s pedagogical qualifications), University of Jyväskylä, 2011 Higher education management and administration (KOHA) (20 credit units, c. 35 ECTS), University of Tampere, 2003 Adult education, basic studies (15 study weeks; c. 25 ECTS), University of Helsinki, 2000 LINGUISTIC SKILLS Finnish (mother tongue) English (self-evaluation, excellent), Swedish (self-evaluation, good), German (self-evaluation, university studies, satisfactory) CURRENT POSITION Senior researcher (language education policy), University of Jyväskylä, March Career phase: Independent / established researcher

2 PREVIOUS RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE Senior researcher, University of Jyväskylä, January December 31, 2016; language education policy Academy of Finland postdoctoral researcher, University of Jyväskylä, January 1, 2011 December 31, 2013, higher education language policy Researcher and research coordinator, University of Jyväskylä, National network for language education policies; coordinator ( ) and acting director (2010) of network; 1 February December, 2010 Research grant period (Suomen Kulttuurirahasto), May December 2007, grant to finish dissertation Doctoral researcher, Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, April April 30, 2007 Project coordinator, Turku Adult Education Centre, August March 31, 2002, responsibility as the European coordinator of four-country Socrates/Grundtvig I project; coordinator of a national 10-institution evaluation project Researcher, Research Unit for the Sociology of Education, University of Turku; several consecutive contracts, ; responsibility for own projects on implementation of higher education evaluation Project researcher at the University of Turku Student Union (1987, three months, part time) Part-time teaching since 2002, University of Turku, Faculty of Education (see section on Merits in teaching ) RESEARCH FUNDING, LEADERSHIP AND SUPERVISION Major projects with external funding: Academy of Finland, Grant for postdoctoral work, , Ministry of Culture and Education, Survey on Finnish Immersion education, , Commission of the European Union, Socrates/Grundtvig, Project ANT Attracting New Target Groups in Adult Education (70956-CP FI-GRUNDTVIG-ADU), (project coordinator, major responsibility for application and project content & funding), Other successful funding applications: University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Humanities, Dean s strategic funding: Jyväskylä Applied Language Studies (coordinator of working group) 2015, University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Humanities, Dean s grant for advancing doctoral education, 2015, University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Humanities, Dean s grant for advancing doctoral education, 2014, 6500 University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Humanities, Dean s grant for advancing international publication, 2014, 1000 University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Humanities, Dean s grant for advancing international publication, 2013, 1000 University of Jyväskylä, Rector s mobility grant, 2012, 4000 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Grant for PhD work, 2007, 8000 Significant contribution (i.e. one of the 2-3 main writers) in the following successful funding applications: Language of politics, politics of Language (from University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Humanities funding for interdisciplinary research, shared responsibility with Pasi Ihalainen and Mia Halonen, University of Jyväskylä, ), c (5)

3 Det nordiska språklandskapet forskning och policy perspektivet (Nordplus), 2010 (PI Kaarlo Hilden; my role responsibility for research coordination), 8350 Follow-up of Finnish higher education assessment (Ministry of Education), 1994 (PI prof. Osmo Kivinen) FIM Other major applications (not funded) ERC starter grant application 2014 Academy of Finland Academy researcher 2013, 2014 FP7 application (responsibility for one WP; PI prof. Linda Evans, University of Leeds) 2012 FP7 application (role: coordinator; PI prof. Tarja Nikula, University of Jyväskylä) 2009 Supervision: PhD supervision (finished): Eeva Takala, PhD defence December 20, 2012 (applied language studies), second supervisor; Juha Jalkanen, PhD defence November 2015 (applied language studies), second supervisor; PhD supervision (ongoing): First supervisor of four PhD theses in progress (Teija Kangasvieri, Melina Aarnikoivu, Jonna Kulju, Rukshana Tariq; currently conducted); second supervisor of two PhD theses in progress: Kirsi Siekkinen (University of Jyväskylä, Chydenius Centre), Magda Karjalainen (University of Oulu, Education) 15 supervised and 19 reviewed Master s theses MERITS IN TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL COMPETENCE Teacher s pedagogical training (Adult pedagogy 60 ECTS; in accordance with Decree 986/1998 on teacher s pedagogical qualifications), University of Jyväskylä, May 11, 2011 Responsible for advanced course on language education policy (KLSS140) at the University of Jyväskylä in 2009 and Introductory and advanced courses on comparative education and education policy (in Finnish and English), educational assessment (in Finnish and English), academic writing (in English), since 2000 at the University of Turku. Introductory lectures on language education policy. Over 50 invited visiting lectures, expert lectures and training days on different aspects of educational policy, adult education, higher education assessment and language education policy, since Teaching skills evaluated as excellent (5/5) by Faculty of Humanities, University of Jyväskylä, in evaluation for professorship in Applied Language Studies, November 2013; as excellent (3/3), Faculty of Education, University of Helsinki, in evaluation of docentship, May 2012; as good (2/3) Faculty of Eduction, University of Turku, in evaluation of docentship, 2012; Supervision of theses: see above (research funding, leadership and supervision) AWARDS, PRIZES AND HONOURS Kari Sajavaara fund, award for distinguished doctoral dissertation in applied language studies (2008) OTHER ACADEMIC MERITS Pre-examiner and opponent: Pre-examiner of three doctoral studies: University of Tampere, Faculty of Education, Minna Hauhia, November 2014 University of Tampere, School of Management, Johanna Moisio, July 2014 University of Turku, Faculty of Education, Jenni Koivula, August (5)

4 Opponent in two PhD defences University of Tampere, School of Management, Johanna Moisio), December 3, 2014 University of Turku, Faculty of Education, Jenni Kankaanpää (November 1, 2013) Most important memberships and positions of trust in scientific and scholarly societies Chairperson of Finnish Consortium of Higher education researchers (2013 -) Member of the Board of the Finnish Consortium of Higher education researchers (2010 -) Most important memberships in national or international expert groups, evaluation or steering committees, as well as other expert duties Co-convenor of Nordic Educational Research Association s (NERA) Network 21 Politics of Education and Educational Policy Studies ( ) Member of board of KEVEKO doctoral school ( ) Member of the European Commission OMC thematic working group Languages in Education and Training ( ) Member of European Commission thematic working group Languages for Jobs ( ) Member of CEL/ELC Special Interest group on the Multilingual Classroom (2009 -) Member of Board of Aurala Adult Education Centre ( ) Assessor of Grundtvig Adult education project applications (2000) External advisor in national assessment projects within adult education ( ) Positions as editor-in-chief, editor, or member of editorial boards of scientific and scholarly journals and publication series Editor-in-chief of Apples Journal of Applied Language Studies ( ) Editorial secretary of Apples Journal of Applied Language Studies ( ) Editor of Kieli, Koulutus ja Yhteiskunta (2010) Member of editorial board of Tiedepolitiikka Referee for scientific and scholarly journals Reviewer of several submissions for the following scientific journals and publishers; such as Applied Linguistics (Oxford Journals, ), Multilingua (Mouton de Gruyter, 2013), Anthropology & Education Quarterly (Wiley, 2013), Critical Studies in Education (Taylor & Francis 2014), Nordic Studies in Education (NERA 2014), Globalisation, Societies and Education (Taylor & Francis, ), Studies in Higher Education (Routledge, ), Higher Education (Kluwer, ), Progress in Planning (Elsevier 2012), Työelämän tutkimus (2010), Journal of African Studies and Development (Academic Journals, 2013), Tiedepolitiikka (2010), Continuum Publishers (2011), John Benjamins (2012), Suomen Kasvatustieteellinen seura ( ), Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys AFinLA (2012), Historiatieteellinen aikakauskirja Lähde (2013), Nuorisotutkimusseura (2013); Mouton de Gruyter, Tiedepolitiikka, Työelämän tutkimus, Nordic Studies in Education, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Critical Studies in Education; European Journal for Applied Linguistics. Most important administrative responsibilities at higher education institutions or at research organisations, responsibilities in the higher education community Deputy Head of Department, Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä ( ) Pedagogical Director, Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä ( ) Deputy member, University of Jyväskylä Collegium, ( ) Member of the University of Jyväskylä Academic Life Steering group ( ) Member of University of Jyväskylä Language policy Committee ( ) Member of University of Jyväskylä Language Policy Working Group (5)

5 Member of steering group for The Centre for Research on Multicultural Issues and Interaction, University of Jyväskylä ( ) Invited keynote lectures and other presentations abroad Invited speaker, Marienlyst, Denmark, (University of Copenhagen), May , Invited panellist, Gothenburg, Sweden (NERA conference), March 2015 Invited panellist, Aberdeen, Scotland (SERA conference), November 2015 Invited keynote lectures and other presentations in Finland (selected) Invited panellist, Tieteen päivät, Helsinki, October 2014 International visits Research visit, University of Roskilde, CALPIU centre, Visiting Scholar, University of Central Florida, USA, Department of English (Graduate study, 10 months) University of Edinburgh, Dept. of Applied Linguistics (Undergraduate study, 1 month) 1984 SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL IMPACT OF RESEARCH A total of 112 published national and international publications (August 2015). Of these, 38 are refereed articles or book chapters. In addition, five international refereed articles are submitted or in preparation. See my list of publications for details. Several invited speeches, articles and blogs for the general audience or professional community since 1992 on higher education policy; language policy; language education policy for university staff, teachers organisations, public (governmental and non-governmental organizations). Participation in evaluation of adult education institutions. ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESSES AND SEMINARS CoDesigns. Envisioning Multi-sited Language Education Policies, Jyväskylä, Finland Chair of Organising committee. Organizer of network 21, NERA Conference, Helsinki Organizer of network 21, NERA Conference, Gothenburg, 2015 Korkeakoulututkimuksen XII symposium Eriarvoistuva korkeakoulutus? Jyväskylä Chair of organizing committee. Language and Super-Diversity: Explorations and interrogations (Jyväskylä 2013), member of local organizing committee; reviewer Calpiu 12. Higher education across borders: Transcultural interaction and linguistic diversity, Roskilde, Denmark, 2012, member of scientific committee. Korkeakoulututkimuksen XI symposium Kannattaako korkeakoulutus, Jyväskylä, Member of organizing committee; responsible for budgeting. Summer School of Applied Linguistics and International Conference on Who Needs Languages, Jyväskylä, Member of organizing committee; secretary responsible for scientific programme; reviewer. OTHER SOCIETAL MERITS Suomen liikuntakulttuurin ja urheilun ansiomitali kullatuin ristein (Ministry of Education) (2006) 5(5)