Auli Toom
Dr Auli Toom is a Professor of Higher Education and the Director of the Centre for University Teaching and Learning at University of Helsinki, Finland. She is a Visiting Professor at the University of Tartu, Estonia. Professor Toom is also the director of the doctoral program PsyCo (Psychology, Learning and Communication). Professor Toom is the President of the Finnish Educational Research Association (FERA). Her research interests include teacher knowing, competence, expertise, and agency among students and teachers. She investigates these factors in basic education, teacher education, and higher education contexts. She leads several research projects on higher education and teacher education. You can read about her work at https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/ en/persons/auli-toom