May 15, 2025
Dr. Kristiina Kumpulainen has been selected as a 2025 International Academy of Education Fellow
Dr. Kristiina Kumpulainen has been named a 2025 Fellow of the International Academy of Education (IAE). This prestigious honour recognizes exceptional contributions to education through groundbreaking research, innovative teaching, and a steadfast commitment to advancing educational knowledge and practice.
Dr. Kumpulainen’s research explores how social, historical, political, cultural, and digital contexts shape learning. With a focus on creating inclusive, imaginative, and participatory teaching approaches for diverse learners, she collaborates with interdisciplinary partners to drive innovative work in areas like STEAM, health literacies, and climate change education. Her research emphasizes creative, ethical, and multi-modal methods that meaningfully engage both children and educators.
A leading scholar, Dr. Kumpulainen is recognized for her impactful work with major grants like the SSHRC Insight Grant for “Children’s Ecological Imagination with Augmented Storying” (2023-2025) and the Academy of Finland project on digital and cultural storytelling (2022-2025). Her significant contributions have earned numerous accolades, including election as a Fellow of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (2019), Wiley’s Top Cited Article recognition (2021–2022), the Immersive Learning Pedagogy Award from iLRN (2022), and the BJET Editors’ Choice Award (2019), among other honours.
Founded in 1985 by an international group of scholars, the International Academy of Education aims to foster scholarly excellence in all fields of education.
