Marc Perkins
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General description
Marc Perkins is a project researcher with the Higher Education Studies Team at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research, where he specializes in researching higher education leadership.
In addition to a masters’ degree in educational sciences from the University of Jyväskylä, Marc holds a masters’ degree in biology. Before moving to Finland, Marc worked as a Professor of Biological Sciences for nearly 20 years at Orange Coast College, a community college in California, USA. At Orange Coast College Marc was the lead instructor for the introductory organismal biology lecture and lab course targeted to students planning to obtain a degree in biology.
Active JYU affiliations
- Finnish Institute for Educational Research, Project Researcher
Previous, inactive or other affiliations
- Finnish Institute for Educational Research (University of Jyväskylä), Trainee, Ended
Research interests
As a researcher Marc uses primarily qualitative techniques, exploring the richness that is often missed in traditional quantitative surveys. For example, when researching well-being Marc asks participants to take pictures, write journals, or create artwork to help facilitate rich reflections about this sensitive topic.
Fields of science
Follow-up groups
Projects as Team Member
- Kriisit, korkeakoulujohtaminen ja -työ: miten korkeakoulut voivat toimia paremmin kriiseissä?
- Saarinen, Taina
- Finnish Work Environment Fund
Author of research datasets
- AHJO: A qualitative investigation of well-being among staff at a Finnish university using art-inspired methodology, including workshops and individual interviews (2024) Perkins, Marc; et al.
- AHJO methods: Prompts and other communications used in the AHJO project's artistic qualitative investigation into factors affecting the well-being of staff at a Finnish university. (2024) Perkins, Marc; et al.
