Eveliina Puutio
PHD (Education)
Postdoctoral researcher
Values, Ideologies and Social Contexts of Education
Faculty of Education and Psychology
As a researcher, I am particularly interested in the dynamics of children's peer relationships and the themes of relationship education. In my doctoral research I examined how gender and sexuality are being produced in the peer relationships of primary school children from the perspective of girlhood. I also viewed how gender and sexuality diversity becomes possible in child peer relations. My post-doctoral research focuses on the normalisation of violence in the friendships of primary school-aged children in children's everyday experiences and narratives.
In my research I utilize creative methods and participatory, school ethnographic research approaches. Theoretically, I am inspired by new materialist theories. They offer a way to delve into how children's experiences and perceptions of relationships are shaped by complex networks of social, cultural, temporal, local and material factors.
Through my research I am aiming to increase understanding of children's peer relations, to prevent them from becoming hurtful, and to help those working with children to ethically address the challenges and potentials for change in child peer relations together with children.
Research interests
- Feminist new materialisms
- Arts-based methodology
- Girlhood studies
- Gender and sexuality in childhood
- School peer cultures
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Faculty of Education and Psychology, KTK325
