Hanne Lamberg
Master of Social Sciences, Research Assistant, Tampere University
I am interested in child poverty, social security, and the impact of politics on people's everyday lives. In this research project, I am responsible for collecting and analyzing various quantitative and qualitative data. Through these, we explore topics such as children's experiences of poverty, changes in social security, family financial practices, and children's well-being. I also contribute to writing various publications. In my master's thesis, I researched the impact of social class on adverse childhood experiences. I bring insights from violence research and a social class perspective to the project. Alongside my work, I have begun a doctoral dissertation that focuses on the accumulation of adverse childhood experiences and social disadvantage."
Satu Ojala
Doctor of Social Sciences, Docent and Associate Professor, Tampere University
I have researched the working conditions, careers, social security, and labor policies of the Finnish working-age population, as well as their changes over recent decades, using data from Tilastokeskus about working conditions, labor force and time use. In this project, I am responsible for analyzing registry data related to the employment, income, and social security needs of the working-age population, particularly families. By using population and benefit registries, we examine, for example, how common low income is among different household types, what are the income sources of low-income families, and how income formation is connected to various life courses.
Katri Otonkorpi-Lehtoranta
Doctor of Social Sciences, University Lecturer, Tampere University
I am Katri Otonkorpi-Lehtoranta, a university lecturer in social research and a researcher at the Work Research Centre at Tampere University. My research has focused primarily on the relationships between work, family, and other aspects of life, well-being at work, gender equality issues in working life, and gendered practices. I have conducted several development projects on these themes in various public and private sector organizations of different sizes. In this research project, I mainly work with interview data. I contribute to analyzing the impact of financial difficulties, poverty, and economic instability on family life, particularly regarding parenthood and its ideals, and family well-being. I bring a gender studies perspective to the research, along with insights from sociological research on work, family, and action research.
Katja Repo
Doctor of Social Sciences, Senior Lecturer, Tampere University
I am Katja Repo, a university lecturer in social policy at Tampere University. I work both at the university’s central campus and at the University Consortium of Pori. My research interests are connected by the study of families and childhood. I have researched the practices of balancing work and family life, families' decisions regarding childcare and early childhood education, home care allowance, and families' use of time. These themes continue to be reflected in both my teaching and research activities. In my research, I have used qualitative methods, such as interview data, and have applied various tools of qualitative research. In this research project, I am particularly interested in family finances and how economic factors impact family well-being.
Laura Sahlgren
Master of Social Sciences, Doctoral Researcher, Tampere University
I am Laura Sahlgren, a doctoral researcher in social policy. In this research project, I study children's economic security at the everyday level, examining the issue from policy, parental, and child perspectives. My master’s thesis also focused on economic security, but in relation to adult children. I find this research topic both important and always relevant. The theme also interests me from the perspective of my previous work as a counselor in primary and vocational education.
Ella Sihvonen
Doctor of Social Sciences, Postdoctoral Researcher, Tampere University
I am Ella Sihvonen, currently on leave from Kela's research unit. My research interests are diverse, but they are ultimately connected by a desire to understand societal structures and their impact on the well-being of young people and families with children. My recent research has focused on youth social security, the income of separated families, shared custody of children, child poverty in families, and securing child support when parents live apart. In this research project, I am interested in parenthood framed by financial scarcity and the relationally formed survival strategies. I am a board member of the Research Society of Family and Personal Relationships on Finland and a former editor-in-chief and long-time editorial board member of the science blog Perheyhteiskunta.fi.
Mia Tammelin
Doctor of Social Sciences, Associate Professor and Research Director, Tampere University
I have researched family life, family relationships, well-being, and changes in working life. My research has also focused on balancing work and family, use of time, caregiving, digitalization, and social policy more broadly. I have used a wide range of research data and approaches. Throughout my career, international comparisons have played a central role in my research. Currently, my work focuses particularly on child poverty, inequality, and family policy. In this project, we aim to generate new scientific knowledge from the perspectives of family studies and poverty. We also want to give families a voice: to understand what policy-level decisions mean for their everyday lives. I am the principal researcher of the project and involved in almost everything!
Mia Tammelin
Satu Ojala