Bio

Iida Kauhanen completed her master’s degree in Education at the University of Oulu in 2008. After graduation, she worked as a teacher in preparatory education for immigrant children. She started her PhD studies in Education at the university of Oulu in 2018. In her PhD studies, she specialises in social justice in the lives of unaccompanied youth in Finland. In Mobile Futures, she works as a doctoral researcher in WP5 on trust in everyday encounters. Her research interests include forced migration and education of migrant children and youth