Lauri Kokkinen

My research focuses on key social determinants of health and wellbeing, such as the labor market and the welfare state.

I am enjoying my life as an independent researcher in the Tampere Institute for Advanced Study. In addition, I lead the Health and Wellbeing Systems group and serve as a co-director of the WHO Collaborating Centre at Tampere University. 

My theoretical expertise centers around the institutional foundations of population health and wellbeing, making me an institutionalist. Methodologically, I have a diverse range of approaches, often utilizing data from registers, questionnaires, interviews, and documents in my research.