Before her university career she worked as a primary school teacher. Her doctoral thesis focused on teachers' intercultural learning and competence and she has published several articles on that area. Katri has been involved in developing EdGlO since the beginning of the programme. In addition to intercultural education she is especially interested in emotional aspects in teacher education and teacher's profession. Her current position at the University of Oulu is a postdoctoral researcher in a project called Disentangling the Emotional Dimension in Beginning Teachers' Work (EMOT) funded by the Finnish Academy. Katri teaches Master's Thesis Seminar.