Research & Project

Hosseini, Z., Pakpour, A., & Olsson, T. (in press). Experiences of Finnish Public Services: Barriers to Cultural Inclusion for Iranian Women Migrant. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies. [accepted for publication) 

Hosseini, Z. (in press). Migrants’ Trust, Equity, and Inclusion in Digital Public Services: A Focus on Information Access and Use. Proceedings of the Congress: Migrations and Communication in the Planetary Era: Debates and Actions (April 29–30, 2025). (Accepted for publication).

Hosseini, Z. Mărăcine, V. & Georgescu, G. (2026). Mapping the Evolution of Fuzzy Real Options and Decision-Making: A Bibliometric Analysis. Chapter title. Mapping the Evolution of Fuzzy Real Options and Decision-Making: A Bibliometric Analysis. Mapping the Evolution of Fuzzy Real Options and Decision-Making: A Bibliometric Analysis.

Hosseini, Z. (in press). Conceptualizing trust in public services: Migrant perception on urban inclusion in Finland. Cities. [In the second round of review]

Hosseini, Z. (2025). Immigrants’ perceptions of AI-driven chatbots in public services: Potentials and concerns for inclusion. Migration.  51(2). (pp.4-9). https://siirtolaisuus-migration.journal.fi/article/view/176624

Hosseini, Z., & Olsson, T. (2025). Epistemic uncertainty and ethical dilemmas in cross-cultural research. Culture Crossroads, 31, 143-159. https://doi.org/10.55877/cc.vol31.512

Hosseini, Z., & Tupasela, A. (2025, January). Inclusive AI-based chatbots for public services in Finland: Potential of constructivism. In The Barcelona Conference on Arts, Media & Culture: 2024 – Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 159–175). https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2435-9475.2024.16 

Hosseini, Z., & Mehdizadeh, M. (2025). Inclusive design considerations and strategies for digital services: An educational perspective. In World Conference on Information Systems for Business Management (pp. 29–39). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-1744-9_4 

Hosseini, Z. (2025). Digital discrimination: Why inclusive information systems matter for migrant integration. Trust-M Project Blog, Aalto University. https://trustmproject.aalto.fi/digital-discrimination-why-inclusive-information-systems-matter-for-migrant-integration/ 

 Kinnunen, J., Georgescu, I., & Hosseini, Z. (2022). Drivers of entrepreneurial activity at micro and meso levels: A fuzzy time-series analysis. In C. Kahraman et al. (Eds.), Intelligent and fuzzy techniques for emerging conditions and digital transformation. INFUS 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (Vol. 308, pp. 423–433). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85577-2_50 

Hosseini, Z., Mehdizadeh, M., & Sadeghi, M. (2022). Using GeoGebra in teaching geometry to enhance students’ academic achievement and motivation. Innovare Journal of Education, 10(3), 34–38. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202205034279 

Hosseini, Z., Kinnunen, J., Mehdizadeh, M., & Georgescu, I. (2022). Mobile technology acceptance of university students: A consolidated approach. In S. Shakya et al. (Eds.), Mobile computing and sustainable informatics. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies (Vol. 126, pp. 103–117). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2069-1_9 

 Hosseini, Z., Hytönen, K., & Kinnunen, J. (2022). Technological pedagogical content design (TPCD) for a user-centered website: A user case study in Finland. Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, 18(1), 45–58. https://doi.org/10.20368/1971-8829/1135490 

 Hosseini, Z., Hytönen, K., & Kinnunen, J. (2022). Improving online content quality through technological pedagogical content design (TPCD). In S. Vachkova & S. S. Chiang (Eds.), Education and City: Quality Education for Modern Cities, Vol. 3. European Proceedings of Educational Sciences (pp. 284–296). European Publisher. https://doi.org/10.15405/epes.22043.25 

Hosseini, Z. (2022). Academic and social challenges encountered by Iranian students in Finland: A phenomenographic study. In Education and New Developments 2022 (pp. 279–283). https://doi.org/10.36315/2022v2end064 

Hosseini, Z., Kinnunen, J., & Hytönen, K. (2022). Utilizing technological pedagogical content (TPC) for designing public service websites. In A. K. Nagar et al. (Eds.), Intelligent sustainable systems. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (Vol. 334, pp. 129–137). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6369-7_12 

Hosseini, Z., Hytönen, K., & Kinnunen, J. (2022). The pedagogical aspect of human-computer interaction in designing: Pragmatic examples. In H. Sharma et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Vision and Computing (ICIVC 2021). Proceedings in Adaptation, Learning and Optimization (Vol. 15, pp. 366–376). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97196-0_30 

Hosseini, Z., & Hytönen, K. (2022). A pedagogical approach for socio-cultural inclusion: A study on immigrant entrepreneurs in Finland. In Education and New Developments 2022 (pp. 426–430). https://doi.org/10.36315/2022v2end094 

Hosseini, Z., Hytönen, K., & Kinnunen, J. (2021). Introducing technological pedagogical content design: A model for transforming knowledge into practice. Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 13(4), 630–645. URL: https://doi.org/10.34105/j.kmel.2021.13.031   

 Kinnunen, J., Georgescu, I., Hosseini, Z., & Androniceanu, A.-M. (2021). Dynamic indexing and clustering of government strategies to mitigate COVID-19. Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 9(2), 7–20. https://doi.org/10.15678/EBER.2021.090201 

 Hosseini, Z., & Kotilainen, S. (2021). The role of communication as the drive for immigration: A case study of Iranian international students in Finland. In Education and New Developments 2021 (pp. 390–395). https://doi.org/10.36315/2021end083 

Hosseini, Z., & Okkonen, J. (2021). Web-based learning for cultural adaptation: Constructing a digital portal for Persian language immigrants in Finland. In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (Vol. 283, pp. 930–945). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80119-9_62 

 Kinnunen, J., Collan, M., Georgescu, I., & Hosseini, Z. (2021). Digital coaching system for real options analysis with multi-expert and machine learning support. In C. Stephanidis et al. (Eds.), Late breaking papers: Multimodality, extended reality, and artificial intelligence (Vol. 13095, pp. 455–473). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90963-5_35 

Hosseini, Z., & Kinnunen, J. (2021). Integration of pedagogy into technology: A practical paradigm. In International Conference on Education and New Developments 2021 (pp. 410–450). https://doi.org/10.36315/2021end086 

Hosseini, Z., Kotilainen, S., & Okkonen, J. (2020). The potential of social media to enhance cultural adaptation: A study on Iranian students in the Finnish context. In Á. Rocha, C. Ferrás, C. Montenegro Marin, & V. Medina García (Eds.), Information technology and systems (Vol. 1137, pp. 535–549). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40690-5_52 

Hosseini, Z., & Hosseini, Z. (2017). The relationship between using social networks and social skills of students. Technology Instruction and Learning, 3(9), 91–110. http://jti.atu.ac.ir/article_10684.html 

Hosseini, Z. (2016). The usage of constructivism to enhance technology integration knowledge. Journal of Technology of Education, 10(2), 155–164. http://jte.srttu.edu/article_439_91.html 

Hosseini, Z. (2016). The comparison between the effect of constructivism and directed instruction on student teachers’ technology integration. New Educational Approach, 10(2), 21–40. http://uijs.ui.ac.ir/nea/article-1-1556-en.html 

Hosseini, Z. (2016). The potential of directed instruction to teach effectively technology usage. World Journal on Educational Technology, 8(3), 172–179. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1141851 

Safari, A., & Hosseini, Z. (2016). The effect of workshop training method and electronic teaching method on mathematics learning. European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 3(1), 166–171. http://journals.euser.org/files/articles/ejms_sep_dec_16/Azam.pdf 

Hosseini, Z. (2015). Development of technological pedagogical content knowledge through constructionist activities. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 182, 98–103. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042815030189 

Mahmoodi, M., & Hosseini, Z. (2015). The effect of computer simulation on students’ academic motivation in computer lesson. Technical and Vocational Education, 4(4), 26–32. https://jorie.sru.ac.ir/article_396_2a0ffe2f1e86ccaddb6608217d44508d.pdf 

Hosseini, Z., & Kamal, A. (2013). A survey on pre-service and in-service teachers’ perceptions of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPCK). The Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 1(2), 1–7. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.678.9130&rep=rep1&type=pdf#page=7