Markku Jahnukainen is Professor of Special Education at the Faculty of Educational Sciences in University of Helsinki, Finland. He is also Adjunct Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada and served as Visiting Professor in Comparative and International Inclusive Education Research in Humboldt University Berlin, Germany 2013-14. His recent publications are related to comparative education research in inclusive education, in addition to longitudinal research on young people in vulnerable life situations. Professor Jahnukainen is the past President of the Finnish Educational Research Association FERA (2012-2015).