Niina Rantamäki

Niina Rantamäki

Research Coordinator
Unit
Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius
Organization unit
University Consiortium, Social Sciences
Room number
Mobile
+358400546504
Postal address
Talonpojankatu 2 B
Fields of science
5142 Social policy

Biography

I work as a research coordinator at Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius in the unit of social sciences. .

Research interests

My research interests focus on the agency of clients, citizens, and local communities both in the context of public welfare service system and as a partner that supports and challenges its operation. I have examined the questions related the topic particularly from the point of view of rural areas and rural local communities. As a frame of reference for my research has served social sustainability. I understand it as a state where various dimensions of sustainable development are combined with human activity. In the field of social work, my research topic is located in the traditions of structural social work, community work, rural social work.

Publications

Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Keskipohjanmaa
Rantamäki, Niina
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Vaihtoehtoisesta sosiaalityöstä ekososiaaliseen siirtymään : muistoja Aila-Leenan matkan varrelta
Närhi, Kati
Kokkonen, Tuomo
Stamm, Ingo
Rantamäki, Niina
Turtiainen, Kati
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Vaihtoehtoisesta sosiaalityöstä ekososiaaliseen siirtymään : muistoja Aila-Leenan matkan varrelta
Rantamäki, Niina
Kattilakoski, Mari
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Närhi, Kati
Rantamäki, Niina
Kokkonen, Tuomo
Stamm, Ingo
Turtiainen, Kati
Publication
2024

Nordic Social Work Research
Rantamäki, Niina
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Rakenteellisen sosiaalityön tila ja tulevaisuus Suomessa
Närhi, Kati
Rantamäki, Niina
Kannasoja, Sirpa
Kokkonen, Tuomo
Ruonakangas, Santra
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Rakenteellisen sosiaalityön tila ja tulevaisuus Suomessa
Närhi, Kati
Rantamäki, Niina
Kannasoja, Sirpa
Kokkonen, Tuomo
Ruonakangas, Santra
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Rakenteellisen sosiaalityön tila ja tulevaisuus Suomessa
Rantamäki, Niina
Kokkonen, Tuomo
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Janus: sosiaalipolitiikan ja sosiaalityön tutkimuksen aikakauslehti
Rantamäki, Niina
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Rakenteellisen sosiaalityön tila ja tulevaisuus Suomessa
Rantamäki, Niina
Kokkonen, Tuomo