Meet the RESHAPE Team
RESHAPE brings together researchers in educational psychology, learning analytics, learner agency, and AI-mediated collaboration. The team studies how students and teachers can work productively, ethically, and creatively with generative AI in higher education.

Research Team

Hanni Muukkonen
Project Leader
Professor, University of Oulu
Hanni Muukkonen is the Principal Investigator of the RESHAPE project and Professor in Educational Psychology at the University of Oulu. Further details about her research and academic background are available on:
https://www.oulu.fi/en/researchers/hanni-muukkonen
hanni.muukkonen(at)oulu.fi

Anni Silvola
Co-Principal Investigator
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oulu
Anni Silvola is the Co-Principal Investigator of the RESHAPE project and a Postdoctoral Researcher in Educational Psychology at the University of Oulu. Further details about her research and academic background are available on:
https://www.oulu.fi/en/researchers/anni-silvola
anni.silvola(at)oulu.fi

Anceli Kaveri
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Oulu
Anceli Kaveri is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the RESHAPE project at the University of Oulu. Further details about her research and academic background are available on:

Danyu Yang
Doctoral Researcher
University of Oulu
Danyu Yang is a Doctoral Researcher in Educational Psychology at the University of Oulu. Further details about her research and academic background are available on: https://www.oulu.fi/en/researchers/danyu-yang

Egle Gedrimiene
Security Specialist
University of Oulu
Egle Gedrimiene is a Research Security Specialist at the University of Oulu. She has also worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Faculty of Education and Psychology. Her research focuses on learning analytics, AI-enhanced educational technologies, and responsible data use in education. Her work examines how data- and algorithm-driven technologies can support educational and career decision-making, with particular attention to transparency, trustworthiness, user perspectives, research ethics, data protection, and responsible research collaboration.
Research Collaborators
RESHAPE works with an international network of collaborators in collaborative learning, learning analytics, AI in education, ethics, and educational technology. Including:
Prof. Jeroen Janssen, Utrecht University, Department of social and behavioral sciences.
Assistant Prof. Anouschka van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, Department of social and behavioral sciences.
Prof. Crina Damsa, University of Oslo, Faculty of Educational Sciences
Prof. Bart Rienties, Open University UK, Institute of Educational Technology
Prof. Blazenka Divjak, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, Head of the Department of Quantitative Methods and the Learning Analytics Laboratory
Associate Prof. Olga Viberg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr. Joonas Merikko (PhD), leads R&D activities at Annie Advisor Ltd
