Associate Professor Liisa Uusimäki joined Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden in January 2013. Her areas of teaching include both International and Swedish postgraduate and undergraduate courses (e.g., pedagogical/educational leadership, mentoring/supervision, globalisation and comparative education).

Based on her interest and expertise in the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education she received in 2018 an Excellent Teacher award (equivalent to Associate Professor, Teaching and Learning) from the Faculty of Education at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Liisa has also extensive teaching and research experience in Teacher Education from several Australian Universities, include, Charles Stuart University, Albury, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC).

Education

Högskola pedagogisk program (Swedish University teaching qualification) (University of Gothenburg)

Supervision in Higher Education (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (Charles Sturt University, NSW Australia)

Doctor of Philosophy PhD (Queensland University of Technology, (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Foundation in University Learning and Teaching (Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia)

Master of Education (Research), (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland)

Bachelor of Education (Secondary), (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia)

Bachelor of Arts (Humanities), (Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Australia

Research

Internationalization, Inclusion, Cross-Cultural studies, Mentoring/Supervision, Wellbeing and Care, Educational / Pedagogical Leadership and Educational psychology.

Professional Speaking Engagements 2017 -2018

A necessary paradigm shift inclusion in teaching and learning – State Library Perth Western Australia (22 August, 2018) Inclusion – Murdoch University, Perth Western Australia, (24 August 2018) Internationalisation – Curtin University, Perth Western Australia (24 August 2018) Internationalization of Higher Education in Sweden – at Moscow State University and Moscow City University – Moscow, Russia (24 April 2018) Inclusion and Early Childhood Teacher Education – at Moscow State University and Moscow City University – Moscow, Russia (24 April 2018) Swedish Fathers involvement in Preschools – Ankara, Turkey (4-7 February 2018) Bremen University, Bremen Germany – Public presentation – Internationalization – A Swedish experience (3 July 2017) Salerno University, Salerno, Italy – Key Note – Mentoring as Professional Development (5 July 2017) Salerno University, Salerno, Italy – Presentation – Swedish Teachers attitudes about Professional Development (7 July 2017)

Publications

Lessons learnt during COVID-19: making sense of Australian and Swedish university lecturers’
experience

Kristina Turner, Siobhan O'Brien, Helena Wallström, Katarina Samuelsson, Liisa Uusimäki
International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education - 2023
Internationalisation through research
collaboration

Aimee Haley, Sintayehu Kassaye Alemu, Zenawi Zerihun, Liisa Uusimäki
Educational review - 2022
Swedish Early Childhood Preservice Teachers and Inclusive
Education

S. Garvis, Liisa Uusimäki, U. Sharma
Special Education in the Early Years : Perspectives on Policy and Practice in the Nordic Countries - 2022
Swedish Final Year Early Childhood Preservice Teachers' Attitudes, Concerns and Intentions towards
Inclusion

Liisa Uusimäki, Susanne Garvis, Umesh Sharma
International Journal of Special Needs Education - 2020
Reflections of Learning Experiences of International Students in
Sweden

Liisa Uusimäki, Susanne Garvis
The Journal of International Students (JIS) - 2020
The Vulnerability of Pregnancy and the Motherhood
Myth

Liisa Uusimäki, Karmen Terlevic Johansson
(Re)birthing the Feminine in Academe. Creating Spaces of Motherhood in Patriarchal Contexts. Linda Henderson, Alison L. Black, Susanne Garvis (red.) - 2020
Initiating Internalization through
Collaboration

Aimee Haley, Sintayehu Kassaye Alemu, Zenawi Zerihun Woldeyohannes, Liisa Uusimäki
Praxis Symposium III – Academic professional and student responsibility for a world worth living in, 5-6 October, University of Borås - 2020
Beating Stress, the Swedish Way—Time for a
‘fika’.

Liisa Uusimäki
Arts-based research, resilience and wellbeing across the lifespan. L. McCaine., G. Barton., Sappa, V., & S. Garvis (red.) - 2020
Chapter 6:
Leadership

Liisa Uusimäki, Susanne Garvis
Teaching Primary Years. Donna Pendergast and Katherine Main (red.) - 2019
Challenges and opportunities - Internationalization, Globalisation and Digitalisation in Higher Education
Ethiopia,

Liisa Uusimäki
Invited lecture/talk Mekelle University Ethiopia - 2019
Internationalisation and Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Sweden

Liisa Uusimäki
Open-UNI digital presentation - 2019
Understanding ethics of
care

Liisa Uusimäki, Susanne Garvis
Compassion and Empathy in Education Contexts. Barton G., Garvis S. (red.) - 2019
Parental Involvement in ECEC in Finland and in
Sweden.

Liisa Uusimäki, Tina Yngvesson, Susanne Garvis, Heidi Harju-Luukkainen
Nordic Families, Children and Early Childhood Education. Garvis S., Harju-Luukkainen H., Sheridan S., Williams P. (eds) - 2019
Teacher Agency: Relational Cultural
Theory.

Liisa Uusimäki
Lo sviluppo professionale dei docenti Ragionare di gentività per una scuola inclusivaa cura di M. Sibilio, P. Aiello ( "Professional development of teachers. Reflections on agency for an inclusive school") - 2018
Leadership in Primary School
Settings

Liisa Uusimäki, Susanne Garvis
Teaching Primary Years : Rethinking curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. Edited by Donna Pendergast and Katherine Main) - 2018
A necessary paradigm shift in inclusive teaching and
Learning

Liisa Uusimäki
2018
Inclusion

Liisa Uusimäki
2018
Internationalization of Higher Education in
Sweden

Liisa Uusimäki
Invited Talk presented at Moscow State University 24 April 2018 and at Moscow City University 25 April 2018, Moscow, Russia - 2018
Inclusion and Swedish Final Year Early Childhood Preservice
Teachers

Liisa Uusimäki, Susanne Garvis, Umesh Sharma
Invited speech at Moscow State University 25 April 2018, and Moscow City University 26 April, 2018, Moscow, Russia - 2018
RCT and Teacher
Agency

Liisa Uusimäki
Key note, Salerno University, Italy, 5 July 2017 - 2017
Travelling academics: the lived experience of academics moving across
countries

Liisa Uusimäki, Susanne Garvis
Higher Education Research and Development - 2017
Cross-cultural ‘distance’, ‘friction’ and ‘flow’: exploring the experiences of pre-service teachers on international
practicum

Liisa Uusimäki, Teresa Swirski
Asia Pacific Journal of Education, - 2016
Cultural change and International student mobility: A Swedish
experience

Liisa Uusimäki
Cultures and Beliefs Conference, Romania - 2016
Rethinking teacher
education

Liisa Uusimäki
Bringing Teacher Education Forward: National and International Perspectives. - 2016
Handledningens
faser.

Liisa Uusimäki
Konferans Forskning pågår 28 Oktober 2015 - 2015
Teacher readiness: the case of Swedish Secondary
Teachers

Liisa Uusimäki, Friedrich Heger
WACE Conference, June 2-4 2014 University West, Trollhättan, Sweden - 2014
Teacher Education: Keeping up with the
Finns?

Liisa Uusimäki
International Higher Education and Learning Review - 2013
Empowering pre-service teacher supervisors’ perspectives: A relational-cultural approach towards
mentoring

Liisa Uusimäki
Australian Journal of Teacher Education - 2013
AUSTRALIAN PRESERVICE TEACHERS PERCEPTIONS ABOUT international professional experience
placements

Liisa Uusimäki, Heather Campbell
ICERI 2013 PROCEEDINGS, Sevilla, 18 november 2013 - 2013
MENTOR WORKSHOP: BUILDING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND Universities: An Australian
example

Liisa Uusimäki
ICERI 2013 Proceedings. Sevilla, 18 november 2013. - 2013
How to engage the disengaged learner - and simultaneously improve
practice

Liisa Uusimäki
Higher Education in the Digital Age: Building Connections to Enhance Learning and Teaching. CSU Conference, 1-6 November. Wagga Wagga NSW. - 2012
In favour of mature-aged graduates (MAGs) - tapping the potential for real educational
change

Liisa Uusimäki
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education - 2011
Pre-service teacher education and the development of middle school teacher identity : an exploratory
study

Liisa Uusimäki
2009
The shaping of Middle School teacher identity in the mature-age graduate
learner

Liisa Uusimäki
ATEA Conference 2009. Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) - 2009
International Professional Experience Placements: Challenges, Opportunities and Outcomes for Inland Australian Pre-Service
Teachers

Liisa Uusimäki, H. Campbell
Charles Sturt University Education Conference: Educational Interactions and Curricula. 18-20 November 2008. Wagga Wagga, NSW - 2008
Supportive pedagogy for excessively anxious pre-service education
students

Liisa Uusimäki, Marilyn Campbell
3rd International Conference on Pedagogies and Learning: Meanings Emerging in Practice. 27-28 September 2007. USQ, Springfield, USA - 2007
Teaching with confidence: A pilot study of an intervention challenging pre-service education students’ field experience
anxieties

Marilyn A. Campbell, Liisa Uusimäki
International Journal of Practical Experiences in Professional Education - 2006
A pilot study in challenging pre-service education students’ anxieties about their practical experiences in professional
education

Marilyn A. Campbell, Liisa Uusimäki
Practical Experiences in Professional Education Conference. 1-3 February, Auckland, New Zealand. Haigh, Mavis, Beddoe, Elizabeth, & Rose, Dennis (Eds.) - 2006
The Nature of the Good and Effective Mathematics
Teacher

Liisa Uusimäki
Women in Research Conference: a national conference about “Women Doing Research”, Gladstone CQU Campus, 24-25 November, 2005 - 2005
The origins of pre-service primary education students' anxieties and negative feelings about
mathematics

Liisa Uusimäki, Rod Nason
Performing Educational Research: Theories, Methods and Practices. Erica McWilliam, Susan Danby, John Knight (Eds.) - 2004
Causes underlying preservice teachers negative beliefs and anxieties about
mathematics

Liisa Uusimäki, Rod Nason
Proceedings of the 28th International Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Bergen, Norway 14–18 July 2004 - 2004
Challenging maths-anxiety: An intervention
model

Liisa Uusimäki
The 10th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-10), 4-11 July 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark - 2004
Developing maths-confidence in sixteen maths-anxious preservice student
teachers

Liisa Uusimäki, Rod Nason
AARE Conference Proceedings. Australian Association for Research in Education. - 2004