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Policies and Politics of Welfare and Care

In this focus area the research explores the impact of change on people's daily lives, social security and rights, and intergenerational and gender relations.

This research area focuses on transformations of welfare policies and politics and service systems at local, national and international levels. Our research analyses consequences of these transformations for people’s everyday life, welfare, social protection, and social rights as well as for gender and intergenerational relations. The transformations are studied also from the perspectives of organisational structures, management, and professional work practices. In addition, new forms of participation are studied from the perspectives of political participation and equal opportunities. Main areas of research focus on care policy and population ageing, welfare professions and professional practices, transformation of the service systems, digitalisation, welfare of individuals and communities, violence in everyday life and in different institutional contexts, citizenship rights, political participation and possibilities to influence decision-making.

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Research Projects

Project

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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Case Management with Older Adults in Wellbeing Counties – Developing customer-safe and effective case management in changing places and spaces (IPO-hanke)

Paljon palveluja tarvitsevien ikääntyneiden palveluohjaus (IPO) asemoituu keskeisiin elämänkulun tilanteisiin ja tiloihin. Palveluohjauksella on merkittävä asema muuttuvassa sote-palvelujärjestelmässä.
Project

FIN-CLARIAH

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥ is part of the national research infrastructure FIN-CLARIAH aiming to create new tools and methods for researchers.
Project

Media and robot literacies of people over 65 years of age (MediaRoboLit 65+)

Digital technologies and media play a central role in the learning, well-being, everyday life, and societal participation of individuals throughout their lifespan.

Research Groups

Research group

Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care

The Centre of Excellence explores the ongoing transformation of ageing and care.
Research group

Violence Research

Violence is a complex phenomenon, and researching it requires multidisciplinary perspectives.