Currently, I am working as university teacher at the Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku. I am an educator and researcher with a long and extensive experience as qualified nurse teacher at the bachelor’s and master’s degree level at higher education institutions in Finland and Norway. I have worked in several health care education related research projects funded by the European Union, Academy of Finland, Nordplus and the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland.

I am Associate Professor (part-time) at the Lovisenberg Diaconal University College, Oslo, Norway and member of the research group "Pedagogisk forskning med fokus på kompetanseutvikling og kvalitet i sykepleierutdanningen".

I am copyright holder of the Clinical Learning, Supervision and Nurse Teacher (CLES+T Scale) and coordinator for the international CLES (Clinical Learning Environment Scale) research network, chair of the Southwest Finland regional committee of the Society of Caring Science (HTTS r.y.) and Editorial Secretary for Tutkiva Hoitotyö (Finnish peer-reviewed journal).