{"id":420,"date":"2012-08-01T13:25:57","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T13:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/improve-research.eu\/?page_id=420"},"modified":"2012-10-04T15:08:34","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T15:08:34","slug":"university-turku-utu-finland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hosting.uantwerpen.be\/improve\/?page_id=420","title":{"rendered":"UTURKU (Finland)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Turun Yliopisto\/ University of Turku (UTURKU), Finland<\/h3>\n<h4>Organisation:<\/h4>\n<p>The Social Sciences Faculty at Turku University, launched in 1967, offers facilities for the study of all the central social science disciplines, and of psychology. There are ten subjects available as majors within the Faculty: the social science disciplines of philosophy, contemporary political history, political science, social policy, social work, sociology, economic sociology, logopedics and statistics; the Master\u2019s programme in biostatistics; and psychology. In addition, the Faculty operates several multidisciplinary programmes with a problem-centred approach, such as Asian Studies, European Studies, and postgraduate programmes in migration and multiculturalism, or in social gerontology. There are at present altogether 1800 students working for degrees within the Faculty, one sixth of these in graduate school beyond the Master\u2019s degree. At the undergraduate level the Faculty offers both the Bachelor\u2019s and the Master\u2019s degree (in Finland most university curricula lead without a break to the Master\u2019s level). In\u00a02010 social policy, social work, sociology, economic sociology and statistics formed the Department of\u00a0Social Research.<\/p>\n<h4>Tasks assigned:<\/h4>\n<p>UTURKU will lead work package 1 and will also be involved in 9 and 13.<\/p>\n<h4>Previous experience:<\/h4>\n<p>The Department of Social Policy together with Turku Centre for Welfare Research (TCWR) and Prof. Ritakallio have been involved in several international and domestic (Finnish) research projects, e.g.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cPoverty and social exclusion survey (Finland) project\u201d, which still continues. During the project has been done in Finnish conditions large survey data collections at 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010. This allows reliable analysis of trends of poverty in Finland. Several national contributors. (directed by Ritakallio)<\/li>\n<li>EU COST A15 \u201cReforming Social Policies\u201d. Finnish country delegate at working group II: Outcomes of the\u00a0Social Policy Reforms in Europe 2001-2004.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Welfare State Institutions, Labour markets and Poverty. A comparative study of EU countries and the\u00a0United States 1994-1999\u201d. Directed by professor Olli Kangas Social Forskningsinstitut, Denmark.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cChild Poverty in Large Families\u201d. Directed by professor Jonathan Bradshaw (2004-2005). Financed by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSustainable Social Policy\u201d. Directed by professor Joakim Palme Institute for Future Studies, Sweden.<br \/>\nReport: \u201cThe new social patterning of poverty in Europe: Cross-national and cross-temporal changes\u00a0(with Johan Fritzell) 2004-2005.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cReassessment of the Nordic Welfare Model\u201d directed by Professor Bj\u00f6rn Hvinden Nova, Norway.<br \/>\nNordic Centre of Excellence in Welfare Research (NCoE, in welfare research) 2007-2012, Ritakallio is a\u00a0member of the board and head of a stream: \u201cChanging Patterns of Poverty and Social Exclusion in the\u00a0Nordic Countries\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Staff involved in the project:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"person\"><hr \/>\r\n<div id=\"name\"> Veli-Matti Ritakallio<\/div>\r\n<div class ='user-thumbnail'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e3dd9401a1fbbbc613a3f34ba2bf16f1c706f4ff645ba8676b51abbc16084e9?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e3dd9401a1fbbbc613a3f34ba2bf16f1c706f4ff645ba8676b51abbc16084e9?s=192&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' \/><\/div> \r\n<div class=\"right\">\r\n<div class='user-info'>Phone: +358 (0)2 333 51<\/div>\r\n<div class='user-info'>Email: <a href=\"mailto:veli-matti.ritakallio@utu.fi\">veli-matti.ritakallio@utu.fi<\/a><\/div>\r\n<div class='user-info'>Website: <\/div>\r\n<div class ='user-bio'>Doctor of Social Sciences (PhD in Social Sciences) (Social Policy), University of\r\nTurku, Finland 1994 Professor of Social Policy, University of Turku, Department of Social Policy, 2003-<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"person\"><hr \/>\r\n<div id=\"name\"> Saara H\u00e4m\u00e4l\u00e4inen<\/div>\r\n<div class ='user-thumbnail'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/673d19f9d843c05dd588d90b036a1f97ce0220056da426ee5a502e7816d6a860?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/673d19f9d843c05dd588d90b036a1f97ce0220056da426ee5a502e7816d6a860?s=192&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' \/><\/div> \r\n<div class=\"right\">\r\n<div class='user-info'>Phone: +358 (0)2 333 51<\/div>\r\n<div class='user-info'>Email: <a href=\"mailto:saara.haemaelaeinen@utu.fi\">saara.haemaelaeinen@utu.fi<\/a><\/div>\r\n<div class='user-info'>Website: <\/div>\r\n<div class ='user-bio'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"person\"><hr \/>\r\n<div id=\"name\"> Ilari Ilmakunnas<\/div>\r\n<div class ='user-thumbnail'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9ce29ce88b9871124b382e3951032965d975e33da06b45937152fe436a463732?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9ce29ce88b9871124b382e3951032965d975e33da06b45937152fe436a463732?s=192&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' \/><\/div> \r\n<div class=\"right\">\r\n<div class='user-info'>Phone: +358 407461406<\/div>\r\n<div class='user-info'>Email: <a href=\"mailto:ilari.ilmakunnas@utu.fi\">ilari.ilmakunnas@utu.fi<\/a><\/div>\r\n<div class='user-info'>Website: <\/div>\r\n<div class ='user-bio'>Working as a project researcher, university of Turku.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"person\"><hr \/>\r\n<div id=\"name\"> Lauri M\u00e4kinen<\/div>\r\n<div class ='user-thumbnail'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e095cd32807c3299f693d001c73bcce60e2604469f04a52610e33b4af4d72226?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e095cd32807c3299f693d001c73bcce60e2604469f04a52610e33b4af4d72226?s=192&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' \/><\/div> \r\n<div class=\"right\">\r\n<div class='user-info'>Phone: +358 (0)2 333 5407<\/div>\r\n<div class='user-info'>Email: <a href=\"mailto:lauri.maekinen@utu.fi\">lauri.maekinen@utu.fi<\/a><\/div>\r\n<div class='user-info'>Website: <\/div>\r\n<div class ='user-bio'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turun Yliopisto\/ University of Turku (UTURKU), Finland Organisation: The Social Sciences Faculty at Turku University, launched in 1967, offers facilities for the study of all the central social science disciplines, and of psychology. 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