Researchers meet the Practitioners
School Culture and Sustainable Development The culmination of the year 2017 for SIRENE was a seminar held at Think Corner in the University of... Read More
SIRENE NETWORK
Interdisciplinary Network of Environmental and Sustainability Education Research SIRENE
The purpose of the SIRENE network is to bring together researchers in environmental and sustainability education and to increase the impact and visibility of these fields in the Finnish society. The network is used to strengthen the dialogue between the humanities and natural sciences and to build connections between scientific and artistic research.
SIRENE highlights environmental and sustainability perspectives in education and the society more strongly and cross-sectionally. The key is to convey knowledge between researchers and practitioners in the field. Sustainable solutions require more intense, in-depth interdisciplinary cooperation and research. The aim of SIRENE is to inspire discussion where multiple voices are heard. The members of the network believe that bold, interdisciplinary cooperation can give rise to new approaches to environmental and sustainability research and practice.
SIRENE aims to increase interaction between researchers and teachers, environmental educators, schools and educational institutions and other societal bodies. The results of studies conducted within the network can be utilized and applied not only in all levels of education, but also in the field of informal learning.
Workshops for Researchers
In 2017, SIRENE provided its members concrete opportunities to engage in cooperation: small grants were awarded to members for workshop activities. The aims of the... Read More
On the Boundaries of Science and Art
In February 2017, the spring seminar of SIRENE was held under the title “Science, art and the environment: critical, creative self-reflection” in Art and Museum... Read More
HISTORY OF SIRENE
SIRENE was founded in 2016 by twenty researchers and experts in educational sciences, geography, environmental sciences and art education. In April 2016, a planning seminar was held in Tvärminne, Hanko, to decide on the name of the network, how it is organized, the creation of a website and a blog and the agenda for the first year of operation.
In 2016 and 2017, SIRENE received funding from the Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation. The operations of the network were launched with this grant. Following the seminar in Tvärminne, in October of the same year, SIRENE organized an autumn seminar in Helsinki where the shared research interests of the members were surveyed and the future of the network was planned. At the same time, the SIRENE website was published (www.sirene.fi) and the SIRENE blog started (www.sirene.fi/blogi).
SIRENE Now and in the Future
The steering group of SIRENE was expanded and diversified in the spring of 2018 so that the network would reach researchers and practitioners in environmental and sustainability education who work in different fields even better. As part of the reform, the research coordination group was incorporated into the steering group’s operations. The new steering group began its work in June 2018 and consists of the following people:
Essi Aarnio-Linnanvuori (Chair, Tampere University), Eveliina Asikainen (TAMK), Maria Huhmarniemi (University of Lapland), Meeri Karvinen (Aalto University School of Engineering), Roosa Karvonen (Lapin yliopisto), Erkka Laininen (OKKA Foundation), Anna Lehtonen (University of Jyväskylä), Anette Mansikka-aho (Tampereen yliopisto), Petteri Muukkonen (University of Helsinki), Niina Mykrä (University of Jyväskylä), Anne Pellikka (University of Oulu), Ilkka Ratinen (University of Lapland), Pia Sjöblom (Åbo Akademi University), Sirpa Tani (University of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational Sciences), Sakari Tolppanen (University of Eastern Finland), Veli-Matti Vesterinen (University of Turku/ University of Helsinki), Noora Vikman (University of Eastern Finland), Henrika Ylirisku (University of Helsinki).
SIRENE network has an academic blog. Editors are Petteri Muukkonen (University of Helsinki), Eveliina Asikainen (TAMK) and Anette Mansikka-aho (Tampereen yliopisto).