Marianne Teräs Professor

I am Professor of Education with a special focus on Health care education. I hold a Docentship in Adult Education (2014)  at the University of Helsinki, Finland and a Docentship in Education with a focus on simulation pedagogy (2020) at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland.

Research

My research interests are transcultural education and professional/vocational education and training in the area of health care. My studies cover simulation-mediated learning in health care, inter-professional challenges and co-operation, vocational teacher education as well as intercultural learning and migrant education. Themes concerning equality and equity in education and working life have guided my research work.  

Teaching

I teach future vocational health care teachers on undergraduate level, future pedagogical experts on advanced level and future researchers on doctoral level. Here are some examples of the courses that I have taught at the Stockholm University:

Bedömning och betygsättning av yrkeskunnande [Assessment and grading of vocational knowledge] (7,5 ECTS)

Metod, design och analys [Method, design and analysis] (7,5 ECTS)

Hypothesis, action and design (7,5 ECTS)

Cultural-historical activity theory and developmental work research – Uses in research and in working life (7,5 ECTS)

I have also supervised students’ Thesis on Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level. 

Recent publications:

I am a co-editor of a book series called  Palgrave Studies in Technical and Vocational Education and Training

I was a co-editor of a book series focusing on emerging issues in research on vocational education and training https://premissforlag.se/forfattare/teras-marianne/

More publications you can find in DiVA-portal.

Projects at the Stockholm University

2023-2028 I am Principal Investigator of the research environment project financed by the Swedish Research Council (2022-01681). The project is called: Navigating Places and Negotiating Boundaries: A Multidisciplinary Study of Migrant Children's Educational Transitions in Sweden.

You can read more about the project: Places and Boundaries

2025-2026 I am involved in a project focuing on experiences of Nordic PhD students in vocational education and training. Nordic PhD students in VET

2024 I am responsible of a project called: Adult migrants' language learning among speakers of Arabic in the Nordic countries. The project is a Research Initiative funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. During year 2024 we organised three workshops with researchers from Finland, Norway and Sweden.

2020-2022 I was a Principal Investigator of the project called: Integration and inclusion of migrants in and through vocation and work. The project was funded by the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare.

You can read more about the project: Integration and Inclusion

2018-2019 I initiated a project focusing on 21st century skills, which are often referred to when talking about future competences in society and in working life. We have collected data though e-survey among vocational teacher students at the Stockholm University. This project was co-operation between our University and University of Helsinki.  

2017- 2019 I created a Nordic Network for Migration and Vocational Education and Training with my colleague Ali Osman to reflect on and share common challenges in the area on migration and vocational education. The network had eight partners from four Nordic countries.