New technologies, ageing and care (CoE AgeCare, RG4)

RG4 researchers

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Research group type
Centre of Excellence
Core fields of research
Languages, culture and society
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Research group description

New Technologies, Ageing and Care is a multidisciplinary research group led by Professor Sakari Taipale. It is part of the Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care, funded by the Research Council of Finland between 2018 and 2025. The group investigates the embeddedness of new digital technologies in the daily lives of older adults and technology-related changes in care of for older people . In addition to providing empirically based knowledge on the digitalisation of ageing and care work, the group works on new concepts and applies cutting-edge research methods to take research on ageing and technology to the next level. Members of the research group represent a range of disciplines, from social policy and anthropology to cognitive science and IT education. 

Publications

Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Universal Access in the Information Society.
Pajula, Laura
Korpela, Viivi
Hänninen, Riitta
Taipale, Sakari
Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Digital Repertoires. UCL Press.
Hänninen, Riitta
Taipale, Sakari
Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Mobile Media and Communication.
Hänninen, Riitta
Tiihonen, Sini
Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Information Society.
Hänninen, Riitta
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Time and Society.
Hämäläinen, Antti
Leinonen, Emilia
Era, Salla
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Digital Health.
Mustola, Ville
Oinas, Tomi
Leinonen, Emilia
Taipale, Sakari
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

First Monday.
Pajula, Laura
Hänninen, Riitta
Korpela, Viivi
Taipale, Sakari
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

International Journal of Lifelong Education.
Korpela, Viivi
Pajula, Laura
Hänninen, Riitta
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Mobile Media and Communication.
Taipale, Sakari
Oinas, Tomi
Ivan, Loredana
Rosenberg, Dennis
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Universal Access in the Information Society.
Rosenberg, Dennis
Taipale, Sakari
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Information Communication and Society.
Hänninen, Riitta
Pajula, Laura
Korpela, Viivi
Taipale, Sakari
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Media and Communication.
Korpela, Viivi
Pajula, Laura
Hänninen, Riitta

Research group

External members

Joonas Karhinen

Doctoral researcher
Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment

Dennis Rosenberg

Affiliated researcher
University of Haifa

Mia Tammelin

Professor (tenure track)
Tampere University

Tomi Oinas

Staff scientist
University of Eastern Finland