Ilona Markkanen is a Project Researcher at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research (FIER), University of Jyväskylä, Finland. She has participated in research and development work on teacher induction in Finland and has contributed in a number of projects on teacher education, related to physical and health education, attractiveness of teaching profession and peer group mentoring (PGM). She has been working as the coordinator of the Finnish Network for Peer Group Mentoring since 2010, and her responsibilities have included, for example, organising training for teachers who study as PGM mentors.
