Curriculum Vitae

Name: Juha-Matti Johannes Latvala
Work-address: Niilo Mäki Institute, P.O. Box 29, 40101 Jyväskylä, Finland
Telephone: +358 50 441 4043 (work)
E-mail: juha-matti.latvala(AT)nmi.fi

Military training: 1996-1997 Military Police, Jääkäriprikaati in Sodankylä.

2006 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Jyväskylä, Department of Psychology.

Doctoral thesis (Defended November 2006):
• Digitaalisen kommunikaatiosovelluksen kehittäminen kodin ja koulun vuorovaikutuksen edistämiseksi.
  [Development of a Digital Communication System to Facilitate Interaction between Home and School]

Opponent: professor Pertti Saariluoma.
Supervisors: professor Lea Pulkkinen, professor Päivi Häkkinen and Dr. Riitta-Leena Metsäpelto.

2003 Master of Education (MEd), University of Jyväskylä, Department of Teacher Education.

Major:
• Educational Science

Minors:
• Mathematics (15 cr)
• Mathematical information technology (16 cr)
• Technology education and handicraft (15 cr)

1995 Export marketing course (Benelux countries), Jalasjärvi adult education centre with 2,5 months training in Brussels.

1995 Secondary school graduate, Seinäjoki upper secondary school.

11/2011-

Executive Director of the Niilo Mäki Institute, Jyväskylä.

8/2011-11/2011

Executive Vice-Director of the Niilo Mäki Institute, Jyväskylä.

1/2014-12/2017

PI (consortium partner) in the ReadAll - Teknologia-avusteinen ympäristö kaikkien lukemaan oppijoiden tukena (Academy of Finland) Niilo Mäki Institute, Jyväskylä.

1/2007-12/2011

Project manager/Coordinator in the LukiMat-project, Niilo Mäki Institute, Jyväskylä.

2004-12/2006

Doctoral student at the Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä

2003-2005

Coordinator and researcher in the MUKAVA project, University of Jyväskylä.

2002

Research assistant (part time) in the Family Portal project.

1992-2002

Salesman (part time) Seinäjoen Huonekaluliike Latvala Oy (furniture), Seinäjoki.

1997

Disc jockey Cafe Tivoli nightclub, Rovaniemi.

1995-1996

Disc jockey Beat Dealers, Seinäjoki.

04/2024-

Vice-chair of the Board Kuntoutussäätiö

10/2021-

Member Eduskunnan erilaisten oppijoiden tukiryhmä

05/2018-

Member of the Board Kuntoutussäätiö

01/2018-

Member Selkokirjatyöryhmä

2012-

Member Selkokielen neuvottelukunta

2012-

Member Oikeus oppimiseen neuvottelukunta

05/2012-

Member of the Board Joint-stock property company Asema-Aukion Helmi, Jyväskylä

05/2012-

Member of the Board Joint-stock property company Asemakatu 4, Jyväskylä

05/2011-

Chief of the Board Housing company Jyväskylän Hovi, Jyväskylä

02/2019-06/2023

Member of the Supervisory Board NeoPrism-C MSCA ITN-project

09/2019-12/2020

Member Lukuliikkeen seurantaryhmä

07/2018-06/2019

President Jyväskylä-Päijänne rotary club

10/2017-08/2018

Member Kansallinen lukutaitofoorumi

2015-2018

Member of the Supervisory Board ChildBrain MSCA ITN-project

2004-11/2015

Chief of the Board Seinäjoen Huonekaluliike Latvala Oy, Seinäjoki

05/2007-04/2010

Member of the Board Housing company Halssilan Aurinkorinne, Jyväskylä

05/2007-04/2009

Chief of the Board Housing company Halssilan Aurinkorinne, Jyväskylä

Finnish - mother tongue
English - fluent
Swedish - ok
French - basics

Sports, Hyrox

Electronic and board games

Rotary (Rotary club: Jyväskylä-Päijänne)

Texas Hold´em & Sökö (Scandinavian stud) poker