Eija Yli-Panula

Eija Yli-Panula, Adj., Prof., Ph.D., works as a University Research Fellow at the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Turku. Yli-Panula’s PhD was in Aerobiology and she has published international articles both in Aerobiology and in Science and Sustainability Education. She has been educating student teachers as a University Lecturer and Research Fellow in Biology and Geography Pedagogy for more than 30 years. Her main current research interests are in the field of Subject Pedagogy and Sustainability Education, e.g., the landscape studies of future views of students and student teachers, and the biodiversity and sustainable development education and student teachers’ competencies in sustainability. She is a member of several research groups, e.g., of the Nordic and Baltic countries and belongs to various Sustainable Development Education Steering groups and to sustainability networks.