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Risto Rinne is a professor of education and director in the Department of Education at the University of Turku. He is also the director of CELE (Center for Research on Lifelong Learning and Education) in the University of Turku as well as the director of the Finnish National Graduate School on Educational Research. Rinne has published over 300 scientific publications. His main interests and publications include adult education, sociology of education, international comparative education, educational policy, citizenship and learning in knowledge society and history of education. He has also published many articles and books in the field of transmission and building the educational knowledge base in Europe.


Recent Publications:

Education or learning on the Job? – Generational differences of Opinios in Finland. (2004) Journal of Lifelong Education. (together with  M. Aro, K. Lahti & E. Olkinuora). (under referee)
The historical formation of modern education and the junction of the “educational lower class”.  (2004) ISCHE-publications. (together with J. Kivirauma). Peadagogica Historica. (In press)
Searching for the Rainbow. Changing the Course of Finnish Higher Education Under Siege. (2004) In I. Fägerlind & G. Strömqvist (ed) Reforming Higher Education in the Nordic Countries. Paris: International Institute for Educational Planning,  Unesco, 89-136.
Education for All. Is the World on Track? (2004) Review on EFA Global Monitoring Report. Educational Review 56, 3, 314 (Monitoring team directed by C. Colclough).
Erityisopetus laajenevana koulutienä. Turkulainen erityisopetus oppilaiden, vanhempien ja opettajien kokemana. (2004) (toim.) Turun yliopiston kasvatustieteiden tiedekunnan julkaisuja A:2003. (yhdessä J. Kivirauman ja K. Klemelän kanssa)
Too eager to comply? OECD education policies and the Finnish response. European Educational Research Journal 3(2):454-485. (together with J. Kallo & S. Hokka
Koulutuksellista alaluokkaa etsimässä: Matala koulutus yhteiskunnallisen aseman määrittäjänä Suomessa 1800- ja 1900-luvuilla. (2003) (toim.) Kasvatusalan tutkimuksia 18. Suomen kasvatustieteellinen seura, 337 s. (yhdessä J. Kivirauman, kanssa)
Towards the Learning Society for All? (2003) In Vocational Education, Research and Reality. Lithuanian:Vytautas Magnus University, 94-103.
The Nordic Welfare State Model and European Union Educational Policies. (2003) In P. Rasmussen (ed) Educational Policy and the Global Social Order. Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Learning. Aalborg University, 23-42. (together with O. Kivinen)
Journal of Education Policy. (2003) Special theme on Nordic Education Policy (vis.ed.) 17, 6.
Neo-Liberal Education Policy approaching the Finnish Shoreline. (2003) The Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies 1, 1. (together with  J. Kivirauma & P. Seppänen)
European Youth Facing the New Educational Politics and Governance. Comparative Survey on Five National Cases. (2003) (ed.) Kasvatusalan tutkimuksia 17. Suomen Kasvatustieteellinen Seura. (together with  J. Kivirauma, H. Simola & M.Aro)
Abdication of the Education State or Just Shifting Responsibilities? The appearance of a new system of reason in constructing educational governance and social exclusion/inclusion in Finland. (2002) Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 46, 3, 247-264. (together with  H. Simola & J. Kivirauma)
Shifting Resbonsibilities, Insolvent Clients and Double Bound Teachers. Appearance of New System of Reason in Constructing Educational Governance and Social Exclusion/inclusion in Finland. (2001) Teoksessa T. Popkewitz & S. Lindblad (toim.) Education Governance and Social Integration and Exclusion: Studies in the Powers of Reason and the Reasons of Power. Research Reports from Uppsala University Department of Education 39, 59-98 (together with  H. Simola & J. Kivirauma).
Governance and Social Exclusion/Inclusion in Finland. (2001) In S. Lindblad & T. Popkewitz (ed) Education Governance and Social Integration and Exclusion: Studies in the Powers of Reason and Reasons of Powers. Research Reports from Uppsala University Department of Education, 50-88. (together with  H. Simola & J. Kivirauma)
New Directions of Adult Education Policy in Finland. (2000) In S. Tosse et al. (ed.) Reforms and policy. Adult Education Research in Nordic Countries, 23-38. Trondheim: Tapir. (together with  M. Vanttaja).
The Globalisation of Education - Future Aspects of Nordic Education in the New EU Millennium. (2000) Educational Review 52,2, 131-142.