Publications

Articles

  • Maijala, M., Saikkonen, L., Malessa, E., Laine, P. & Mutta, M. (2026). Teaching sustainability in Higher Education language courses: language teachers’ practices, attitudes and justifications. Language Learning in Higher Education, 16(1), 7-29. https://doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2026-0001
  • Maijala, M., Saikkonen, L., Malessa, E. & Kuusalu, S.-R. (2026). Implementation of ESD in language education in Finland – Higher education language teachers’ views and experiences. European Journal of Applied Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1515/eujal-2025-0064

 

Articles in trade journals

  • Maijala, M., & Malessa, E. (2026). Nachhaltige Themen im Deutschunterricht vermittlen: Die EKKO-Lernmaterialien [Integrating sustainability topics in German language lessons: The EKKO learning materials]. Aktuelles: Member magazine of the Association of Teachers of German in Finland  2/2026, 8–15.
  • Maijala, M. & Malessa, E. (to be published in January 2027). Teaching English for sustainable development: Learning materials from the EKKO project. Yours Truly: Member magazine of the Association of Teachers of English in Finland 

 

Conference presentations

  • Centre for Language and Communication Studies, University of Turku (20.8.2026): Kestävä kehitys yliopistojen kieltenopetuksessa: tutkimustuloksia ja hyviä käytäntöjä [Sustainable development in university language teaching: research findings and good practices] (Minna Maijala)
  • ECER2026, Tampere (18.8.2026): Teachers’ motives for integrating sustainability in language teaching (Henna Rouhianen, Loretta Saikkonen, Eva Malessa, Minna Maijala)
  • Study days for teachers of Finnish language and culture from foreign universities, Turku (12.8.2026), Kestävää kehitystä edistävä suomen kielen opetus [Finnish language teaching that promotes sustainable development] (Minna Maijala, Päivi Laine & Mareen Patzelt)
  • German Studies 2, Tallinn (8.5.2026): Förderung von Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen im DaF/DaZ-Unterricht: Entwicklung der EKKO Unterrichtsmaterialien [Fostering sustainability competencies in German as a foreign/second language instruction: Development of the EKKO teaching materials] ( Minna Maijala & Eva Malessa)
  • FaDaF Jahrestagung DaF/DaZ, hybrid (20.3.2026): Entwicklung ergänzender Unterrichtsmaterialien zur Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzentwicklung im DaF/DaZ-Unterricht [Developing supplementary teaching materials for fostering sustainability competence in German as a foreign/second language instruction] (Minna Maijala & Eva Malessa), Jahrestagung DaF/DaZ 2026 in Schmalkalden – FaDaF
  • Ainedidaktinen symposiumi, Helsinki (13.2.2026): Miten kestävä kehitys näkyy englannin oppikirjoissa? (How is sustainable development displayed in English textbooks?] (Loretta Saikkonen, Minna Maijala, Eva Malessa) AD-symposiumi2026_abstraktikirja_12.2.
  • FERA conference on education, Rovaniemi (5.–7. 11.2025 ): Yliopisto-opiskelijoiden näkemykset kestävän kehityksen integroinnista kieltenopetukseen [University students’ views on integrating sustainable development into language teaching](Loretta Saikkonen, Minna Maijala, Eva Malessa)
  • 6th Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy, Tallinn (4. –7.10.2025): Sustainability literacy skill training in language education – Higher Education language teachers’ views and experiences (Minna Maijala, Loretta Saikkonen, Eva Malessa) https://onlineexpo.com/site/assets/files/183375/6sbcl_abstract_book_2025-1.pdf
  • NERA 2025, Helsinki (March 2025): Implementation of sustainable development in language teaching: Language teachers’ perspective (Minna Maijala, Salla-Riikka Kuusalu, Eva Malessa), https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/73953/sessions/148122/download