Heli Kaatrakoski
heli.kaatrakoski@laurea.fi
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About me
I am an experienced researcher in working life studies, specialising in the work development, workplace learning, and organizational learning. My research is grounded in the framework of cultural-historical activity theory and developmental work research.
Education
PhD (Adult Education)
Research group
Correctional Services Research group
Projects
Learning gaps in criminal justice system in Norway GAPSLE; MSCA Grant Agreement No 894280.
Reducing Anti-Microbial Resistance through Learning Events
Publications
Marlow, M.A., Sørly, R., Kaatrakoski, H.K. (2025). Service user participation in youth residential care: Possible, plausible and preferable future. Nordic Journal of Wellbeing and Sustainable Welfare Development, 4(2), 81–94. https://doi.org/10.18261/njwel.4.2.3
Kaatrakoski, H. & Järveläinen, E. (2024). Digitalisaation tuomat muutokset vankilan arkeen ja toimintakulttuuriin. In E. Järveläinen & T. Rantanen (Eds.), Digitalisoituva rikosseuraamusala: Näkökulmia digitalisaation tuomista muutoksista vankiloiden toimintatapoihin, työntekijä–asiakassuhteeseen ja rikosseuraamusalan työntekijöiden osaamisvaatimuksiin (27–44). Laurea Publications 229.
Kaatrakoski, H. (2022). Learning in and for work in correctional services in Norway. Report no 124. Stavanger: University of Stavanger. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31265/USPS.251
Kaatrakoski, H., Littlejohn, A., & Charitonos, K. (2021), Antimicrobial resistance challenging professional learning in three LMICs. Journal of workplace learning 33(6), 446-459. https://doi.org/10.1108/JWL-10-2020-0166