Arniika Kuusisto is Professor (Early Childhood Education) at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland, and Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Teacher Education, University of Oxford, UK. She carries out parts of her PhD (2011) studies at King's College London (2003-2005), in addition to the University of Helsinki, alongside her work in another research project, "Multicultural children and adults in daycare" (MUCCA, 2008-2010), for the City of Helsinki Social Services Department and the University of Helsinki Research Centre on ECEC. Kuusisto's further research includes the Academy of Finland-funded research projects "Nature or Nurture? Technology Assisted Multi-Method Autobiographical Approach to Value Learning during Transition to School" (2016-2019, Grant 298052), "Growing up radical? The role of educational institutions in guiding young people's worldview construction" (2018–2023, Grant 315860) and, currently, "Child in Time - Existential Resilience in Early Childhood" (2023-2027, Grant 356905). https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/arniika-kuusisto.