The Teachers' Occupational Wellbeing Study

The Teachers’ Occupational Wellbeing Study examines Finnish teachers’ occupational wellbeing, along with its predictors and outcomes, using a comprehensive survey questionnaire. Attention is also given to demographic aspects, such as regional differences and variation across educational levels and institutions. The aim is to use the findings to inform interventions, teacher training, and policy development. The study began in spring 2020, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and was started by Professor Katariina Salmela-Aro (1961-2025). Since then, data have been collected biannually every spring and autumn. In addition, the collection of longitudinal data began in spring 2024. This design enables the examination of both general trends (cross-sectional data) and individual-level changes over time (longitudinal study). The survey data have been gathered in close collaboration with the Trade Union of Education in Finland (OAJ), consisting of responses from its members. The participants include teachers from across Finland and all educational levels. The study is currently part of and funded by the EDUCA Flagship. More information about the study and its main results can be found on the EDUCA Flagship website and in the supporting materials provided on this page. The project is currently led by University Lecturer Dr. Lauri Hietajärvi ([e-mail]) from University of Helsinki, Finland, and managed by Dr. Olli-Pekka Heinimäki ([e-mail]) from the same university. **** Selected sections of datasets from 2020 to 2024 have been made openly available for anyone to use. Please read the relevant documentation carefully before working with the data. Should you have any questions, please contact the project management. The attached documents includes: Teacher occupational wellbeing study data collection report – openly distributed version: Details about the project and data collection. Time Series 2020–2025: Key wellbeing trends across the full dataset (each time point). Representativeness of the Data: Estimates of representativity at each measurement point. Teacher_occupational_wellbeing_measures_overall: Summary of all measures included in the survey across timepoints. README: Information about the open-access datasets and how they were generated from the original data. 2020_Spring.zip – 2024_Spring.zip: Nine open-access datasets collected at different time points (each provided in both .sav and .csv formats). Scale documentation 2020–2024 open: Scale documents for each of the published nine datasets.