Petri Salo
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Petri Salo (born March 26, 1964, Vaasa, Finland) is Finnish educational researcher, and public figure in adult education. He is post-doctoral researcher at the Åbo Akademi University, Vaasa (Finland). Previously he has worked as Assistant Professor and Professor of Adult Education in his institution. 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, University of Joensuu), Scandinavia (University of Gothenburg (Gothenburg), Sweden, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, and University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway), Estonia (University of Tarto), the U.S. (University of Minnesota) and Australia (Charles Sturt University, 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, and organizational sociology.
[edit] Major works
In English
- Adult Education - Liberty, Fraternity, Equality? Nordic views on lifelong learning (co-edited with Risto Rinne & Anja Heikkinen), 2006
In Finnish
- Sivistyksellinen aikuiskasvatus (with Juha Suoranta), 2002
- Edistävä ja viihdyttävä aikuiskasvatus (Co-edited witt Jukka Tuomisto), 2006
In Swedish
- Skolan som mikropolitiska organisation (diss.), 2002
- Vilken utgång - folkbilding?, 2004
- Skolans sociala arkitektur, 2007
[edit] Links
Petri Salo's webpage http://www.vasa.abo.fi/users/psalo/Web/nyhem.htm
