(6 June 1944 – 1 June 2021) was a

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

educational psychologist An educational psychologist is a psychologist whose differentiating functions may include diagnostic and psycho-educational assessment, psychological counseling in educational communities ( students, teachers, parents, and academic authorit ...

of Finnish origin.

Education and career

He graduated from the

University of Jyväskylä A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". U ...

in 1967, where he went on to obtain a

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and then a

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in 1970 and 1972, respectively. Hakkarainen defended his habilitated doctoral thesis in 1991. During the period of 1997–2011 he worked as professor at the

University of Oulu The University of Oulu () is one of the largest universities in Finland, located in the city of Oulu. It was founded on July 8, 1958. The university has around 14,200 students and 3,800 staff. 21 International Master's Programmes are offer ...

and was elected as vice-dean of the Department of Educational Sciences in 2006. He was a professor of

Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences Vytautas Magnus University Education Academy () – an academical unit of Vytautas Magnus University, which specialized in preparing school teachers and other educators. Located in Vilnius and Kaunas, Lithuania. Name changes * 1935–1939 Nati ...

since 2012 where he headed the Research Laboratory of Play (LUES, VMU). He was

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of '' Journal of Russian & East European Psychology'' and served on the

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s of ' and '. His research interests included creative, developmental teaching and learning in preschools, schools and higher education, narrative learning and development in play and virtual environments. He published a number of books in Finnish, English, and Lithuanian.

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* * 1944 births 2021 deaths 20th-century psychologists 21st-century psychologists Academic journal editors Academic staff of the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences Finnish expatriates in Lithuania Finnish psychologists Lithuanian psychologists Place of birth missing University of Jyväskylä alumni Vytautas Magnus University {{psychologist-stub