Curriculum Vitae (March 4, 2013) Personal Data Seikkula-Leino, Jaana Marjut Present post Invited Professor, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Centre for Training and Development Adjunct Professor, project manager, University of Turku, Faculty of Education Date of place and birth Rauma, Finland; January, 2, 1967 Contact details Humalistonkatu 13 C 44 20100 Turku, Finland phone: + 358 (0)2 2482048 e-mail: jaana.seikkula-leino@utu.fi Home page http:// www.seikkula-leino.fi Education Academic examinations: Ph. D in Education, Turku University, 2002 Candidate of education (Master s level degree), 1991 Other academic education Content and language integrated teaching and its didactics, 15 credits, Turku University, 1999 Studies in adult education and other studies in content and language integrated teaching Matriculation examination Upper secondary school, Uotilanrinteen lukio, 1986 High School Diploma Mac Arthur High School, Lawton, Oklahoma, USA, 1984
Personal competencies Developing enterprising readiness in organizations Human resource management Producing innovations and other new practices Networking and developing partnership nationally and internationally (policy makers, private and public sectors, stakeholders) Getting financial resources Reseach based development of innovations and practices Strong reseach knowledge and production (more than 100 publications, see www.seikkula-leino.fi) Development interests enterprising organization entrepreneurship education entrepreneurship innovations enterprising processes networking (like universities, enterprises, organizations, stakeholders and policy makers) evaluation education and training teacher education curriculum Language skills English (exellent) Swdish (satisfactory) German (passable) Most important posts and positions held Invited Professor of entreprenurship education, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Centre for Training and Development, 2008 2013 Project manager, YVI (30 national partners and international co operation), 2010 2014 Project manager, Yvistä energiaa yrittäjyyskasvatukseen (7 national partners and international co operation), 2009-2012 Adjunct professor of entreprenurship education, University of Turku, Faculty of Education, 2007 Senior researcher, University of Turku, Teacher Training School, 2009-2009 Teacher, University of Turku, Teacher Training School, 1999 - Project manager (post doc) LENTREC international research consortium vice leader, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland, 2007 (funding: The Academy of Finland) Teacher, University of Turku, Teacher Training School, 1998-1999 Class teacher, Piikkiö municipality, 1997-1998 Class teacher, Kirkkonummi municipality, 1995 1996 English and music teacher,jyväskylä, Pupuhuhta elementary school, 1994 1995 Free time activity leader, Kemira Oy [an international chemical industrial plant] 1993, 1994 Class teacher, Kypärämäki elementary school, 1991 1993 Clothing sales clerk, Tukkukauppojen Oy Anttila [The wholesale trade corporation Anttila] 1986 1989
Most important international expert tasks: European Comission, Enterprise and Industry, the member of working group Developing entrepreneurship education in the European Union teacher education, 2011 The Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry, Developing entrepreneurship education in Nordic countries, working group, 2011 LENTREC (Learning Entrepreneurial and Enterprising Readiness) international consortium vice leader (see also http://www.lentre.fi/index.html) Most important scientific acknowledgements and expert positions Most important national expert tasks: The Finnish Ministry of Education, developing national strategy of entrepreneurship education, working group, 2008 2009, see also Guidelines for entrepreneurship education http://www.minedu.fi/opm/julkaisut/2009/yrittajyyskasvatuksen_suuntaviivat.html?lang=fi&ext ra_locale=en The Finnish Ministry of Education, developig entrepreneurship education in Finnish teacher education, working group, 2008 The Finnish Ministry of Education and the Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry, developing entreprenurship education in the Finnish education system, 2005 2007 The Finnish National Board of Education, developing content and language integrated learning in Finnish education system and in curricula, 2004 2006 Opponent and revisor for following dissertations: Ylinen, A. 2012. Opettajien yrittäjyyskasvatusvalmiudet Etelä-Pohjanmaan lukioissa [Teachers readiness for entrepreneurship education at Southern Ostrobothnia upper secondary schools]. Jyväskylän yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu [Jyväskylä University of Business and Economics]. Hietanen, L. 2012. Tänään soitin vain kitaraa, koska innostuin. Tapaustutkimus yrittäjämäisestä toiminnasta perusopetuksen 7. luokan musiikin oppimisympäristöstä. [ Today, I played just the guitar because I became enthusiastic about it A case study of enterprise action among seventh-graders in the music learning environment]. Lapin yliopisto, kasvatustieteiden tiedekunta [University of Lapland, faculty of education]. Suonpää, M. 2013. Constructing Opportunity Centred Collaborative Learning Model in Higher Education through and for Entrepreneurship. Jyväskylän yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu [Jyväskylä University of Business and Economics]. Advisor for several dissertations and other thesis Leader of the research consortium YVI, the development and researcf project concerning entrepreneusrhip education in teacher education, about 30 Finnish partners from universities, ministries, The National Board of Education, organizations, end economic life, co-operation with European Comission, Great-Britain, Spain, Estonia, Portugal and Russia, see also http://www.yvi.fi, 2010 2014 Leader of the project Energy from YVI-project, partners from four universities, The ministry of Employment and Economy, municipalities, organizations, see also http://www.yvi.fi, 2009-2012 Member of the board Finnish Scientific Association for Entrepreneurship Education, 2009- Member of the board Hämeenlinna University of Applied Sciences, (unit of teacher education), 2012 2015.
Member of the advisory board in international FINPIN (Finnish Entrepreneurship and Innovation Network for Higher Education) conference 2010. Coordinator of the conference Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen tutkija- ja toimijatapaaminen [The conference of entrepreneurship education researchers and practitioners] Turku 2010, The faculty of Education and Turku School of Economics Coordinator of the conference Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen tutkija- ja toimijatapaaminen [The conference of entrepreneurship education researchers and practitioners] 2011, Lappeenranta University of Technology Chairman of the publication committee in 2008 2009 Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen tutkija- ja toimijatapaaminen [The conference of entrepreneurship education researchers and practitioners] Member of the scientific board Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen tutkija- ja toimijatapaaminen [The conference of entrepreneurship education researchers and practitioners], 2007 2009 Blind review evaluator: Kasvatus, 2010 Conference proceedings of Yrittäjyyskasvatuspäivät [Finnish conference of entrepreneurship education] 2010, Turku Finland Conference proceedings of Yrittäjyyskasvatuspäivät [Finnish conference of entrepreneurship education] 2009, Jyväskylä, Finland Conference proceedings of FINPIN conference 2010, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Universities, April 25-27, 2010, in Joensuu, Finland Inter ICSB online publication. Available in http://www.icsb.org/knowledge.asp, International Counsil of Small Business and Management, 2009 Kansikas, J., Kyrö, P., Römer-Paakkanen, T. & Seikkula-Leino, J. 2009. Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen muotoutuva maisema Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen identitettiä rakentamassa [The shaping landscape of entrepreneurship education building the identity of entrepreneeurship education]. Jyväskylän yliopisto, taloustieteiden tiedekunta. E-journal of family business studies, 2008 Liiketaloudellinen aikakauskirja [The Finnish journal of business], 2008 Best Practices on Family Business and Entrepreneurship Higher Education, 2008 European Summer University on Entrepreneurship Education and Research, 2006 Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen monia suuntia [The various directions of entrepreneurship education] (eds. P. Kyrö, H. Lehtonen, & K. Ristimäki), 2006 International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business, 2005
Chairman in scientific conferences: FINPIN conference 2010, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Universities, April 25-27, 2010, in Joensuu, Finland Yrittäjyyskasvatuspäivät [Finnish conference of entrepreneurship education], Jyväskylä, Finland, 2009 Kasvatustieteen päivät [The national conference of educational science], Turku, Finland, 2008, team group Entrepreneurship education Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen tutkija- ja toimijatapaaminen [The conference of entrepreneurship education researchers and practitioners], Mikkeli, Finland, 2008, team group Pedagogical solutions and processes 15 TH Nordic Conference on Small Business Research, Tallinn, Estonia, 2008, team group Entrepreneurship human capital ICSB World Conference 2007, Turku School of Economics, Turku, Finland - team group Entrepreneurship education cultural aspects. Nordic Perspectives of Lifelong Learning in the New Europe comparative considerations of the educational space, University of Turku, 2007, Finland team group Curriculum Second BEBART Conference, Tartu, Estonia, 2006 team group Socio-Cultural Aspects of Entrepreneusrhip Awards or other acknowledgments YVI-project is regarded as a best practice project by European Commission in 2012. Seikkula-Leino, J. 2009. Realizing entrepreneurship education through curriculum reform dilemmas and prospects for the future - selected as an exceptional research paper in the 2008 ICSB World Conference in Halifax, Canada. Available in Inter ICSB online publication http://www.icsb.org/knowledge.asp. Hytti, U, Stenholm, P., Heinonen, J. & Seikkula-Leino, J. 2010. Perceived learnng outcomes in entrerpeneurship education the impact of student motivation and team behaviour. Education and Training, vol 52, no. 8/9, 587 606. Highly Commended Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2011 by Emerald publication
Research and development fundings applied (total app. 3,9 milj.) European Union Social Fund The Finnish Ministry of Education The Finnish Ministry of Employment and Economy The Academy of Finland Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation The Finnish Cultural Foundation The Development of Finnish Municipality Sector Foundation Confederation of Finnish Industries, EK Federation of Finnish Entrepreneurs, SY Pellervo - Confederation of Finnish cooperatives Finnish Co-operative Council Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation Wallenberg Foundation Foundation for Economic Education Entrepreneurs Foundation Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation Yrjö Uitto s Foundation Turku Region Development Center The Centre for School Clubs Turku University Turku University Foundation SOK corporation Metsä Group Kesko Tradeka Insurance company Varma Klaus Kurki Hotel Aschan coffee & deli Invited speaker for several international seminars and conferences Hobbies sports travelling cooking music and arts