Sanna Pauliina Toiviainen

Sanna Pauliina Toiviainen

Associate Professor
Department of Culture, Religion and Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities, Sports and Educational Science
Campus Drammen
+47 35 57 54 14
I am an Associate Professor in the Master's Programme for Career Guidance at the Faculty of Humanities, Sports, and Educational Sciences. I hold a PhD in Educational Sociology, and my theoretical research draws from sociology, poststructuralism, critical feminist research, as well as posthumanist and more-than-human perspectives. I have experience with qualitative research methods, ethnography, and policy analysis. My research and educational activities focus on career guidance for young people and minorities in society, migration and career guidance, inclusive and culturally sensitive guidance practices, the construction of agency in career development and guidance, as well as social justice and sustainability perspectives in guidance.

Responsibilities

Course Coordinator: MKARV410 Career Guidance in an Individual and Societal Perspective, MKARV430 Inclusion and Exclusion in Work and Education, MKARV510 Career Guidance in a Multicultural Context
Supervision of PhD Students: 2 PhD candidates for whom I am either the main or secondary supervisor.
Contact person at USN for activities related to Nordplus Higher Education funded Nordic-Baltic network for career guidance programs in higher education (VALA)
Member of the Management Committee for COST Action 2024-2028 Critical Perspectives on Career and Career Guidance, sub-group leader of WG 1 sub-group Diversity and Careers and WG 3 subgroup Radical Career Imaginaries

Member of Career Lead network

Member of Karriereforsk
Member and co-leader of the USN research group in career guidance
Member of the Nordic Network of Transitions, Careers and Guidance

Country Editor (Norway) for Nordic Journal of Transitions, Careers and Guidance

Competences

Career guidance and youth transitions, social exclusion and inclusion, career development and migration, career guidance and integration, ethnography and participant observation.

 

Publications in the Norwegian Research Information Repository