kaarinaDr. Kaarina Maatta, is professor of educational psychology at the Faculty of Education, University of Lapland, and deputy vice-chancellor at the University of Lapland, Finland. During her career, she has supervised over 50 doctoral theses, written hundreds of articles and dozens of books, especially about love and social relationships during human beings´ life-span, human strengths, early childhood education and student guidance, teacher training and teacherhood.