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Well-being, sustainability and education

DHE's research focus on Well-being, Sustainability and Education focuses on the critical examination of cultural, social and economic well-being and sustainability.

This focus area examines cultural, social, and economic well-being and sustainability as intertwined phenomena from the perspectives of economics, politics, power, environment, different actors, and gender. It examines such issues as education, children, families, health, social services, cultural sustainability, and environmental issues as part of efforts to achieve more sustainable well-being.

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Projects and research groups in the research area

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“A Farewell to Arms”: Anti-Nuclear Protest, Emotion and Gender in Finland, 1979-1987

I propose to add a historical dimension to contemporary conversations regarding the survival of humankind by producing the first study examining anti-nuclear protest in Finland during the 1980s.
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ACACIA Project - LGBTQI+ and Street-level Bureaucrats: Assessing Motives, Violence and Possibilities for Collective Advocacy in Sub-Saharan Africa

ACACIA project produces new theory on the social control of stigmatized groups in developing countries and will refine our theoretical concept of bureaucrats’ adaptation to multivocal authority.
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Controlled Colours: natural dyes, professional dyers and trading of dyes as a part of societal change (1400–1850)

Controlled colours research project investigates natural dyes, artisanal dyers and dye traders in the long term(1400-1850).
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De-Centring Eighteenth-Century Political Economy: Rethinking Growth, Wealth and Welfare in the Swedish Empire (DEPE)

This project reassesses the early history of European political economy.
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Forests in systemic transition

The project is part of "Forests in systemic transition: Balancing efficiency with fairness and resilience" (ForTran) consortium, which aims to design and facilitate a green and just transition in how we perceive and use forests.
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Forests in systemic transition - balancing efficiency with fairness and resilience (ForTran)

This project will co-create business, technological, governance and societal innovations to leveraging the forest system to a state of high sustainability and resilience.
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The Future of Nordic Youth in Rural Regions: A Cross-national Qualitative Longitudinal Study in four Nordic Countries (Funore)

The unique project examines the future of rural youth in four Nordic countries, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. It builds on unique longitudinal data with 196 rural young people, representing ten divergent rural regions.
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Women´s Work and Wages in Finland, 1600 - 1920

The project Women's Work and Wages in Finland explores the importance of women's economic agency for Finland's long-term economic development through the labour market and gender pay gaps.