Hannu L. T. Heikkinen is professor of Education at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research (FIER), University of Jyväskylä, Finland. He has written on teacher education and professional development of teachers, especially from the view of induction and mentoring of newly qualified teachers. He is one of the developers of the Finnish peer group mentoring model (PGM). Heikkinen is the link convener of EERA network ‘Professional Learning and Development’ and holds adjunct professorships in University of Tampere, University of Jyväskylä and Åbo Akademi University in Finland, and in Griffith University and Charles Sturt University in Australia.
