Prof. Ritva Kantelinen, PhD, is Professor of Education, especially Language Pedagogy, in the School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education at the University of Eastern Finland.

She is Academic Head of International Master Degree Programme in Early Language Education for Intercultural Communication. She holds a docentship in Vocational Language Education at the University of Jyväskylä. Her professional interests in research, teaching and development work focus nowadays on educational export in general, language education and research-based development of higher education, especially teacher education.

Contact details:

UEF, University of Eastern Finland, Philosophical Faculty, School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education, P.O.Box 111, FI – 80101 Joensuu, Finland ([email protected]).