Ms Maiju PaananenAssistant professor, Tampere University, FinlandEmail: maiju.paananen@tuni.fiProfileExpertiseProfileMaiju Paananen works as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Education and Culture at Tampere University where she leads Child politics in Early Childhood research group. Her research focuses on potential sources of inequality in early childhood education and the intersection of policies and everyday lives of children and families. Lately, she has been interested in datafication in early childhood education and its consequences in the everyday life of children and educators in early childhood settings. ResearchExpertiseEarly childhood education, childcare, early childhood education policies, datafication