Welcome to discuss and pondert together the different definitions of identity together with other researchers in an interdisciplinary setting! You may have new perpectuves from various scientific fields that could also help you witth your own research!
I you wish, you can prepare by thinking beforehand:
• how identity is defined and how is research about it conducted in your own or in your scientific field?
• how identity can be measured/evalueted -> are there any established indicators to describe it?
• do you know articles about identity that you could also recommend to others?
• is the term identity / identiteetti used similarly in English and Finnish languages? Are there any synonyms to it?
You could also look at following publications and sites
- Eteläpelto, A., Vähäsantanen, K., Hökkä, P., & Paloniemi, S. 2013. What is agency – Conceptualising professional agency at work. Educational Research Review 10, 45-65.
- Eteläpelto, A., Vähäsantanen, K., Hökkä, P., & Paloniemi, S. 2014. Identity and agency in professional learning. In S. Billett, C. Harteis and H. Gruber (Eds.), International Handbook of Research in Professional and Practice-based Learning. Vol.2. Dordrecht: Springer, 645-672.
- Fadjukoff, P., Pulkkinen, L. & Kokko, K. (2016). Identity Formation in Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study from Age 27 to 50. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 16 (1), 8-23.
- Fadjukoff, P. (2007). Identity formation in adulthood. Jyväskylä Studies in Education, Psychology and Social Research, 319. Ģֱ. (väitöskirja)
- Hanhikoski, E., & Sevón, E. (2024). Early childhood education and care teachers’ narratives of their professional identity. Journal of Early Childhood Education Research, 13(2), 55-77.
- Huhtala, M., & Fadjukoff, P. (2020). Johtajien moraalinen identiteetti: Miten henkilökohtaiset moraaliset arvot ilmenevät ja kehittyvät organisaatioissa? Psykologia, 55(4), 244–261.
- Huhtala, M., Fadjukoff, P., & Kroger, J. (2020). Managers as Moral Leaders: Moral Identity Processes in the Context of Work. Journal of Business Ethics.
- Koskinen, M. (2021). Synnyinperhe, adoptioperhe sekä normatiivinen suomalaisuuskäsitys kansainvälisesti adoptoitujen identiteetin neuvotteluissa [Doctoral dissertation]. Jyväskylän yliopisto. JYU Dissertations, 356.
It the theme in interesting you but you cannot attend, you can also send your thoughts and perspectives to the organisers beforehand by email. Through them you can also suggest another concept that you would wish to see as a topic of our concept workshop in the future.
