Petri Salo (born March 26, 1964 in

Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

, Finland) is Finnish educational researcher, and public figure in adult education. He is a professor in adult education at the

Åbo Akademi University Åbo Akademi University ( sv, Åbo Akademi , ) is the only exclusively Swedish language multi-faculty university in Finland (or anywhere outside Sweden). It is located mainly in Turku (Åbo is the Swedish name of the city) but has also activiti ...

, Vaasa (Finland). Previously he has worked as Assistant Professor and Professor of

adult education Adult education, distinct from child education, is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. Merriam, Sharan B. & Brockett, Ralp ...

besides his institution also at University of Tampere. From the beginning of 2007, he is the chief editor for the Finnish scientific journal '' Aikuiskasvatus'' (Adult education). Petri Salo has visited as a guest lecturer in various universities in Finland (

University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ...

University of Joensuu The University of Eastern Finland ( fi, Itä-Suomen yliopisto) is a university in Finland founded in 2010 with campuses in Joensuu and Kuopio. History The Finnish Parliament passed the Universities Act on June 16, 2009, which, among other things ...

), Scandinavia (University of Gothenburg (Gothenburg), Sweden,

Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

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, and

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway an ...

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, Norway), Estonia (University of Tarto), the U.S. (

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

), and Australia (

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, Wagga Wagga) His studies have concentrated on the tradition and trends in Finnish and Nordic popular adult education, especially Swedish-speaking Finns' cultural and educational activities. In addition to adult education he has published in the fields of

teacher education Teacher education or teacher training refers to programs, policies, procedures, and provision designed to equip (prospective) teachers with the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, approaches, methodologies and skills they require to perform their ...

, action research, and organizational

sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of Empirical ...

Major works

In English * Education - Liberty, Fraternity, Equality? Nordic views on lifelong learning (''co-edited with Risto Rinne & Anja Heikkinen''), 2006 * Nurturing Praxis - Action Research in Partnerships Between School and University in a Nordic Light (''co-edited with Karin Rönnerman & Eli Furu''), 2008 * Decision-making as a Struggle and Play - On alternative rationalities in schools as organisations. Educational Management, Administration and Leadership, 36 (4), 495–510, 2008 * Action Research and the Micropolitics in Schools. Educational Action Researcher, 16 (3), 295–308. (''with Tor Vidar Eilertsen and Niklas Gustafson''), 2008 In Finnish *''Sivistyksellinen aikuiskasvatus'' (with

Juha Suoranta Juha Suoranta (born 24 February 1966 in Tampere, Finland) is a Finnish social scientist, and public intellectual. He is currently professor in adult education at the University of Tampere. Previously he worked as professor of education at the Unive ...

), 2002 *''Edistävä ja viihdyttävä aikuiskasvatus'' (''Co-edited with Jukka Tuomisto''), 2006 * Aikuiskasvatukse risteysasemalla. Johdatus aikuiskasvatukseen (with Juha Suoranta, Juha Kauppila, Hilkka Rekola & Marja Vanhalakka-Ruoho), 2008 In Swedish *''Skolan som mikropolitiska organisation'' (diss.), 2002 *''Vilken utgång - folkbilding?'', 2004 *''Skolans sociala arkitektur'', 2007

External links

Petri Salo's webpage http://www.vasa.abo.fi/users/psalo/Web/nyhem.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Salo, Petri 1964 births Living people People from Vaasa Finnish educational theorists Academic staff of Åbo Akademi University