I am a post-doctoral researcher in the Faculty of Educational Sciences at University of Helsinki and in the Faculty of Education and Culture at Tampere University. My research interests include social interaction, student well-being, and learning in comprehensive school.
Currently I work in the SchoolWell – Future School of Comprehensive Well-Being project funded by the Strategic Research Council (SRC) and in the SCIREARLY – Policies and Practices based on Scientific Research for Reducing Underachievement and Early School Leaving in Europe project funded by Horizon Europe. Additionally, my work is supported by The Finnish Cultural Foundation. I have been a part of the research projects “School matters. Towards a research based school development” and “Teachers’ Strategies Matter – Unknown Resource for Buffering School Differences in Student Learning and Well-being”. My dissertation based on the research project “Learning, Agency and Pedagogical Well-Being in Comprehensive School”.
Publications
Tikkanen, L., Anttila, H., Ulmanen, S., & Pyhältö, K. (2024). Peer relationships and study wellbeing: upper secondary students’ experiences. Soc Psychol Educ. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-024-09942-y
Ulmanen, S., Tikkanen, L. & Pyhältö, K. (2024). Sense of relatedness and study engagement as mediators between students’ peer support and life satisfaction. Eur J Psychol Educ (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-024-00858-x
Ulmanen, S., Hirvonen, M., Tattersall, P., Ristikari, T., Kuo, V., Virta, P., … & Niemelä, M. (2024). Description of Crowdsourcing and AI-Based Tool for Knowledge Management and Systems Change in Public Services. International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219877024500275
Soini, T., Pietarinen, J., Ulmanen, S., Anttila, H. & Pyhältö, K. (2023). Primary and lower secondary students’ learning agency and social support. Frontline Learning Research, 11(2), 49-77, https://doi.org/10.14786/flr.v11i2.983
Ulmanen, S., Rautanen, P., Soini, T., Pietarinen, J. & Pyhältö, K. (2023). How do teacher support trajectories influence primary and lower-secondary school students’ study well-being. Frontiers of Psychology. Section Educational Psychology. vol 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1142469
Ulmanen, S., Soini, T., Pietarinen, J., & Pyhältö, K. (2023). Alakoulun oppilaiden sosiaalisen tuen profiilien kehitys ja yhteys opiskeluhyvinvointiin ja koulumenestykseen [Development of students’ social support profiles and their association with students’ study wellbeing and grades]. Psykologia, 58(1).
Ulmanen, S., Soini, T., Pietarinen, J., & Pyhältö, K. (2022). Development of students’ social support profiles and their association with students’ study wellbeing. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001439
Ulmanen, S., Soini, T., Pietarinen, J., Pyhältö, K., & Rautanen, P. (2022). Primary and Lower Secondary School Students’ Social Support Profiles and Study Wellbeing. The Journal of Early Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316211058061
Ulmanen S., Soini, T., Pietarinen, J. & Pyhältö, K. (2016). Students’ experiences of the development of emotional engagement. International Journal of Educational Research, 79, 86-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2016.06.003
Ulmanen, S., Soini, T., Pietarinen, J. & Pyhältö, K. (2016). The anatomy of adolescents’ emotional engagement in schoolwork. Social Psychology of Education, 19, 587–606. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-016-9343-0
Ulmanen S., Soini, T., Pyhältö, K. & Pietarinen, J. (2014). Strategies for academic engagement perceived by Finnish sixth and eighth graders. Cambridge Journal of Education, 44(3), 425-443. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2014.921281
Soini, T., Pietarinen, J., Pyhältö, K., Westling S.-K., Ahonen, E., Järvinen, S. (2012). Mitä jos opettaja etääntyy työstään? Näkökulmisa opettajan työhön kiinnittymiseen. Nuorisotutkimus, 30(2), 5-20.
Dissertation:
Ulmanen Sanna. 2017. Miten kiinnittyä kouluun? Oppilaiden näkökulma koulutyöhön kiinnittymisen haasteisiin. Väitöskirja. Tampere: Tampere University Press. (Acta Electronica Universitatis Tamperensis 1792).
Contact:
Twitter: @SannaUlmanen