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Employment (5)

University of Groningen: Groningen, NL

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University of Groningen

University of Jyväskylä: Jyväskylä, FI

2020-10-01 to present | Postdoctoral Researcher (Finnish Institute for Educational Research)
Employment
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Melina Aarnikoivu

University of Jyväskylä: Jyväskylä, FI

2017-07-01 to 2017-12-31 | Project Researcher (Finnish Institute for Educational Research)
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Melina Aarnikoivu

Freelance translator (Finnish-English-Finnish): Helsinki, FI

2016-04 to 2017-02
Employment
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Melina Aarnikoivu

University of Jyväskylä: Jyvaskyla, FI

2012-09-01 to 2016-04-30 | Research Secretary / Project Researcher (Finnish Institute for Educational Research)
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Melina Aarnikoivu

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Jyväskylä: Jyväskylä, FI

2015-09-01 to 2020-09-24 | PhD (Centre for Applied Language Studies)
Education
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Melina Aarnikoivu

University of Jyväskylä: Jyväskylä, FI

2007-09-01 to 2012-07-24 | Master of Arts (Department of Languages)
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Melina Aarnikoivu

Professional activities (3)

ECHER: n/a, FI

2018-12 to present | Member
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Melina Aarnikoivu

SRHE: London, GB

2017 to present | Member
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Melina Aarnikoivu

CHERIF: Jyväskylä, FI

2017-01 to present | Member / Secretary
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Melina Aarnikoivu

Funding (2)

Constructing the doctoral trajectory through discourse as social action

2018-01 to 2019-12 | Grant
Emil Aaltosen Säätiö (Tampere, FI)
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Melina Aarnikoivu

Demystifying academic writing and publishing for doctoral researchers in Finland

Grant
Jenny ja Antti Wihurin Rahasto (Helsinki, FI)
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Melina Aarnikoivu

Works (45)

Building Communities in Academia

Surviving and Thriving in Academia
2024 | Edited book | Editor
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Contributors: Melina Aarnikoivu; Ai Tam Le
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University of Groningen

Community building as academic activism

Critical University Studies Conference, Hong Kong, China, 19/06/2024
2024 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Melina Aarnikoivu; Ai Tam Le
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University of Groningen

Doctoral researchers as change agents of higher education

JPHE : Journal of Praxis in Higher Education
2024 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Melina Aarnikoivu
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University of Groningen

Conclusion

Building Communities in Academia
2024-08-06 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Ai Tam Le; Melina Aarnikoivu
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University of Groningen

Uncovering the Journey of Building a Community

Building Communities in Academia
2024-08-06 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Gaoming Zheng; Mee Joo Kim; Jing Qi; Melina Aarnikoivu; Saule Bekova; Charity Meki-Kombe; Baktygul Shabdan; Lifutso Tsephe
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University of Groningen

JUFOn vaikutus yliopistoissa työskentelevien tutkijoiden julkaisukanavia koskeviin päätöksiin

Tiedepolitiikka
2024-01-01 | Journal article
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Contributors: Aarnikoivu Melina; Mathies Charles; Piattoeva Nelli
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University of Jyväskylä
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Väitöskirjatutkijoiden tieteellisen kirjoittamisen osaaminen ja tuki suomalaisissa yliopistoissa

Yliopistopedagogiikka
2023 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Melina Aarnikoivu; Pekka Mertala; Hilkka Paldanius; Ari Tuhkala
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University of Groningen

What and where to publish? Tensions of publishing choices for individual researchers in Finland

SRHE Annual Research Conference, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 06/12/2023
2023 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Melina Aarnikoivu; Charles Mathies; Nelli Piattoeva
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University of Groningen

Researcher Mental Health Overview in Finland

2023-11 | Report | Author
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Contributors: Melina Aarnikoivu; Kalypso Filippou; Mayya Sundukova; Amil Orahovac
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University of Groningen

Book Review: Julia Molinari (2022), What Makes Writing Academic: Rethinking Theory for Practice

Learning and Teaching: the International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences
2023-01-01 | Journal article
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Contributors: Aarnikoivu Melina
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University of Jyväskylä

Through and Towards an interdisciplinary Research Community : Navigating Academia as a Lone Doctoral Scholar

2023-01-01 | Book chapter
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Contributors: Aarnikoivu Melina
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University of Jyväskylä
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Väitöskirjatutkijoiden tieteellisen kirjoittamisen osaaminen ja tuki suomalaisissa yliopistoissa

Yliopistopedagogiikka
2023-01-01 | Journal article
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Contributors: Aarnikoivu Melina; Mertala Pekka; Paldanius Hilkka; Tuhkala Ari
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University of Jyväskylä

“We Shouldn’t Let Academia Exhaust Ourselves Anymore!” : Pandemic Practices and the Changing Psychological Contract in Twenty-First-Century Academia

2023-01-01 | Book chapter
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Contributors: Nokkala Terhi; Aarnikoivu Melina; Saarinen Taina
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University of Jyväskylä

"This could be a turning point"

Praxis Symposium IV, Gothenburg, Sweden, 16/05/2022
2022-12-05 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Melina Aarnikoivu; Taina Saarinen; Terhi Nokkala
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University of Groningen

Finland

Working Papers on University Reform
2022-01-01 | Book chapter
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Contributors: Aarnikoivu Melina; Saarinen Taina
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University of Jyväskylä

From being silenced to having a voice : when mentoring makes all the difference

Higher Education
2022-01-01 | Journal article
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Contributors: Aarnikoivu Melina
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University of Jyväskylä

Multidisciplinary Peer-Mentoring Groups Supporting Knowledge Sharing in Doctoral Education

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
2022-01-01 | Journal article
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Contributors: Nokkala Terhi; Aarnikoivu Melina; Kiili Johanna
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University of Jyväskylä

“Palosta tutkimukseen, mielenkiinnosta ihmisiin”

Tiedepolitiikka
2022-01-01 | Journal article
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Contributors: Aarnikoivu Melina; Saarinen Taina
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University of Jyväskylä

Facilitating meaningful change in doctoral education: an autoethnographic account

Academic Identities Conference, 21/06/2021
2021 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Melina Aarnikoivu
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University of Groningen

Epäfokus laadullisessa tutkimuksessa

Tiedepolitiikka
2021-01-01 | Journal article
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Contributors: Aarnikoivu Melina; Saarinen Taina
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University of Jyväskylä

The Making of Early Career Higher Education Researchers : An Open-Ended Experiment in Community Building

Internationalisation of Higher Education
2021-01-01 | Journal article
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Contributors: Aarnikoivu Melina; Brankovic Jelena
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University of Jyväskylä

The spatiotemporal dimension of doctoral education : a way forward

Studies in Higher Education
2021-01-01 | Journal article
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Contributors: Aarnikoivu Melina
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University of Jyväskylä

Facilitating change in doctoral education

Praxis Symposium III, 05/10/2020
2020 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Melina Aarnikoivu
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University of Groningen

Rules of Writing and Publishing in Higher Education Research: Are there any?

SRHE Annual Research Conference, 06/12/2021
2020-12-15 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Melina Aarnikoivu; Daniel Kontowski
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University of Groningen

What does it mean to be an early career higher education researcher? And why we should all care.

CHERIF Symposium, Jyväskylä, Finland, 15/12/2020
2020-12-15 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Jelena Brankovic; Melina Aarnikoivu
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University of Groningen

"Kuuluuko täältä, kuuluuko nyt" : tohtoriopiskelijoiden verkkovälitteisen kirjoitusopetuksen ongelmatilanteiden neksusanalyysi

Puhe ja kieli
2020-01-01 | Journal article
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Contributors: Aarnikoivu M.; Saarinen T.
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University of Jyväskylä

"The best drunk decision of my life" : a nexus analysis of doctoral education

JYU dissertations
2020-01-01 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Contributors: Aarnikoivu Melina
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University of Jyväskylä

Maybe-ing and must be-ing in higher education

JPHE
2020-01-01 | Journal article
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Contributors: Mahon Kathleen; Angervall Petra; Khalifeh Soltani Sara; Hoffman David; Aarnikoivu Melina; Langelotz Lill; Player Koro Catarina
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University of Jyväskylä

Multidisciplinary peer-mentoring groups facilitating change? : a critical educational praxis perspective

Learning and Teaching
2020-01-01 | Journal article
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Contributors: Aarnikoivu Melina; Pennanen Matti; Kiili Johanna; Nokkala Terhi
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University of Jyväskylä

Online collaboration : the inevitable future of academic work

2020-01-01 | Book chapter
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Contributors: Aarnikoivu Melina; Siekkinen Taru
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University of Jyväskylä

Studying international doctoral researchers : nexus analysis as a mode of inquiry

JPHE
2020-01-01 | Journal article
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Contributors: Aarnikoivu Melina
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University of Jyväskylä

The historical potential of flux in this unique moment : Conceptually highlighting an opportunity for praxis-driven change

JPHE : Journal of Praxis in Higher Education
2020-01-01 | Journal article
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Contributors: Hoffman David; Aarnikoivu Melina; Angervall Petra; Player Koro Catarina; Mahon Kathleen
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University of Jyväskylä

Tohtorikoulutus sosiaalisena toimintana : miten muuttaa syvään juurtuneita rakenteita ja käytänteitä?

Tiedepolitiikka
2020-01-01 | Journal article
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Contributors: Aarnikoivu Melina
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University of Jyväskylä

Studying international doctoral students:

32nd Annual CHER Conference, Kassel, Germany, 21/08/2019
2019 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Melina Aarnikoivu
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University of Groningen

Multidisciplinary peer-mentoring groups facilitating the emergence of doctoral students' expertise, researcher identity, and research skills: participants' perceptions.

Praxis in Higher Education: With a Focus on the Nordic Context symposium, Borås, Sweden, 21/05/2019
2019-05 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Melina Aarnikoivu; Terhi Nokkala; Johanna Kiili; Matti Pennanen
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University of Groningen

Explaining the Difference between Policy-Based Evidence and Evidence-Based Policy: A Nexus Analysis Approach to Mobilities and Migration.

Journal of Finnish Studies
2019-01 | Journal article
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Melina Aarnikoivu
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Working outside academia? Perceptions of early-career, fixed-term researchers on changing careers

European Journal of Higher Education
2019-01-11 | Journal article
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Melina Aarnikoivu
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Exploring the spatiotemporal scales of doctoral paths

SRHE Annual Research Conference, Newport, United Kingdom, 05/12/2018
2018 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Melina Aarnikoivu
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University of Groningen

Writing clinic as a nexus of doctoral students’ writing development.

SRHE Newer Researchers’ Conference, Newport, United Kingdom, 03/12/2018
2018-12 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Melina Aarnikoivu; Saarinen Taina
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University of Groningen

Constructing doctoral trajectories through discourse as social action

SRHE Newer Researchers' Conference, Newport, United Kingdom, 04/12/2017
2017 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Melina Aarnikoivu
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University of Groningen

“The best drunk decision of my life”

16th Annual Conference of Applied Linguistics, Tallinn, Estonia, 20/04/2017
2017 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Melina Aarnikoivu
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University of Groningen

Peer mentoring fostering PhD students’ academic agency, expertise, and researcher skills

SRHE Annual Research Conference, Newport, United Kingdom, 06/12/2017
2017-12-07 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Terhi Nokkala; Melina Aarnikoivu; Johanna Kiili
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University of Groningen

”Not in my backyard but in my front room” : A review of insider ethnography

Tiedepolitiikka
2016-10 | Journal article
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Melina Aarnikoivu
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Explaining the Difference Between Policy-Based Evidence and Evidence-Based Policy

CESE conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 30/05/2016
2016-05 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Melina Aarnikoivu; Driss Habti; Sirpa Korhonen; David M. Hoffman
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University of Groningen

The Dark Side of Mobility – One Year of Experience, Repeated 20 Times

Tähdistö
2016-01-01 | Newspaper article
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Contributors: Hoffman David; Aarnikoivu Melina
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University of Jyväskylä

Peer review (2 reviews for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Higher education. (2)