Publications
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Riskienhallinnan ajankohtaisia teemoja
(2018)
This book presents a variety of different themes related to risks and risk management. The book consists of research papers aimed at supplementing and updating the topics discussed previously in risk management literature. ...
Mihin työelämä on menossa?
(2019)
In this edited book, the authors seek answers to the question “What is the future of working life?” with research-based approaches. The state of working life and its changes and development are affected by many factors ...
Siirtymiä ja ajan merkkejä koulutuksessa
(2019)
This edited book continues the discussion on curriculum, which began in 2017 with the authors’ previous work – the first book on Curriculum Studies in Finnish. The articles are divided into four thematic sets, the common ...
Shaping and re-shaping the boundaries of working life
(2020)
This book brings together contributions by some of the top working life researchers from Finland and abroad. It offers a series of short essay-type chapters covering a broad variety of topics related to how labour markets, ...
Näkökulmia tilintarkastukseen ja arviointiin
(2017)
This book Näkökulmia tilintarkastukseen ja arviointiin provides original scientific research about various current auditing and evaluation topics. Over the past decade, the field of auditing has seen substantial changes. ...
Kehittämisen palat, yhteisöjen salat
(2017)
This compilation approaches educational and educational communities on an exploratory and developing occasion. In times of individuality, efficiency and competitiveness, countermeasures are needed to build community-building ...
Medioitunut valta ja politiikan paluu
(2021)
This book [Mediatized power and the return of the political] describes Finnish decision-makers’ relationship with the media. It is based on surveys in 2009 and 2019. In 2009 there were 419 and in 2019 484 respondents, all ...
Mielekäs tutkimus
(2017)
"Meaningful Research. Perspectives on the Missions of Social Work is a collection of articles discussing the meanings, missions and meaningfulness of social work research. The open access book celebrates the anniversary ...
Kuka oli herra Heinäricki? - piispa Henrikin arvoitus
(2016)
The present multidisciplinary study deals with the legendary bishop Saint Henry of Finland ‒ both the historical person and his medieval ecclesiastical cult, as well as the vernacular folk tradition including The Death-lay ...
Aikamme kasvatus: vain muutos on pysyvää?
(2018)
"This compilation introduces 14 articles that use method of empathy-based stories as a methodology and all of which look at changes in the field of education. This compilation discusses many current themes, such as changes ...
Hiljainen vastarinta
(2019)
"This book provides the reader with understanding of the phenomenon of silent resistance, collecting and presenting research on it. Regulating, governing or controlling human activity often generates open resistance, which ...
Valkea kaupunki, mustat vedet
(2015)
White City, Black Waters is written by Adjunct Professor, PhD Petri S Juuti. The book examines how water and waste water services and water protection started and developed in Helsinki and Greater Helsinki area from late ...
Kansalaiset kaupunkia kehittämässä
(2017)
"Urban planning and development are a meeting ground for different experiences and interpretations pertaining to the desireable city, and the ways in which citizens should genuinely be able to participate in the process. ...
Sosiaalipolitiikan lumo
(2016)
Social and the ecological welfare should be taken as the main aim of all politics. This is the message of this book titled The Enchantment of Social Policy. Basic social security system needs to be rebuilt and grounded on ...
Kohtaamisia, katkoksia ja sidoksia
(2017)
"Encounters, breaks and bonds: a study of the mother work in the Supermammat peer group This study explores a peer group for mothers, which is presented by the pseudonym Supermammat. The group is a third sector agent, which ...
IDENTITEETISTÄ INFORMAATIOLUKUTAITOON: tavoitteena itsenäinen ja yhteisöllinen oppija
(2015)
Developing independence as a learner is necessary for becoming a lifelong learner in an increasingly changing world. However, an individual without a community and socially shared learning processes is not an ideal for ...
Sote-palvelut markkinoilla – tavoitteita, toiveita ja ristiriitoja
(2016)
erspective. All in all, this book is an attempt to give the reader a comprehensive understanding of the public health and social services and the markets – markets in which different objectives, expectations and contradictions ...
History of Water Supply and Governance in Kenya (1895-2005) Lessons and Futures
(2016)
This book on the History of Water Development in Kenya transverses through a matrix of infrastructural development, administration, policy, legal and legislation framework, and evolution of various water supply technologies ...
Romanssikertomukset 2000-luvulla
(2024)
Romances and other narratives about relationship formation are generally considered popular literature in contemporary research, and they have been studied typically in a feminist framework and from the perspective of ...
A Critical Evaluation of Individualism, Collectivism and Collective Action
(2022)
"This comparative study aims to develop a deeper understanding of collectivism, trade unionism, and the capacity to create collective action using Finland and Cambodia as examples of individualistic and collectivistic ...
Pirstoutuvatko työurat?
(2020)
"The stability and quality of work careers are major social and economic issues, as the funding of the Nordic welfare state is based on the employment of working-age people and the tax revenue collected from work, production ...
Elämää sinnittelevässä pikkukaupungissa
(2020)
The ten articles in this edited volume examine the city of Varkaus as a small city struggling with structural change using historical documents as well as survey and interview data. The city of Varkaus, which has a long ...
Subject Teacher Education in Transition
(2020)
This edited book introduces the development, theories and practices of subject teacher education in the subject didactic context at the University of Tampere, Finland, during the last 25-30 years. The authors are teacher ...
Tupo ja media
(2020)
This book explores the media coverage of three prominent Finnish labor market cases in the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. It analyzes how this arena supported or undermined the power positions of each side and the reaching ...
Uudistuva sosiaali- ja terveysala
(2020)
"This research-based edited volume offers a clear, multifaceted and practical overview of the Finnish health and social care sector trends in the 2020s. The health and social care reform is again current as new ways of ...
Tilintarkastus ja evaluaatio
(2023)
This edited volume takes an in-depth look at current phenomena and issues in auditing, evaluation, and corporate governance.
The external environment in which auditing operates - the economy, business, and the regulatory ...
Koulutus ja yhteiskuntaluokka
(2023)
The nine articles in this edited volume [Education and Social Class] scrutinise the class question within the Finnish education system, as a hidden, lived and experienced phenomenon, entwined with power. The book is ...
Sosiaali- ja terveysalan innovaatioekosysteemit
(2023)
The transformation of public social welfare and healthcare services faces enormous challenges including economic pressures, healthcare debt, growing demand due to aging populations, and skilled workforce shortages. ...
Retheorising capitalism
(2025)
The climate catastrophe and transgression of planetary boundaries, together with the erosion of democracy and rise of oligarchy, have intensified demands for critical reflection on capitalism. This edited collection responds ...
Kanssatutkimus
(2023)
Participatory approaches and co-research are increasingly employed in the current moment for exploring barriers to equality. Co-research treats research participants as experts in their own lives and as equal research ...
Moral Dimensions of Humour
(2024)
This volume explores the concept of humour and its relationship with human behaviour. The interdisciplinary essays in this book cover a wide range of time, from the sixteenth century to the present day. They delve into ...
Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives on Higher Education Management and Transformation
(2018)
As an interdisciplinary field of study, higher education research is still underdeveloped in terms of theoretical matureness and rigour. This book offers perspectives on how a range of methodological choices, theoretical ...
Yyteistä uuteen alkuun
(2017)
"Towards New Beginnings: Journalists’ Descriptions about Ruptures in Media Work This volume reveals a previously untold view on changes in media work in Finland. Finnish journalists relate their experiences of being made ...
Tavoitteena sujuva arki
(2017)
The growth of cultural diversity in Finnish social and health care workplaces challenges to develop not only ways of working and interaction but also organizational structures. Work communities as a whole are facing new ...
Opetussuunnitelmatutkimus
(2017)
"Curriculum Studies (opetussuunnitelmatutkimus in Finnish) comprise an international, multidisciplinary academic approach to creating discursive spaces for restructuring of the historical, theoretical and organisational ...
Mä lehden luin
(2023-04-19)
In the current digital media environment, legacy newspapers and their readers are often regarded as obsolete. For media executives and many journalists, the future of news is exclusively digital. Given the economic ...
Käyttäjät kommentoinnin keskiössä
(2024-08-27)
This book looks at the online news commenting phenomenon from the user’s point of view. This work is based on a unique and comprehensive examination of users commenting on online news in the Finnish context. An extensive ...
Sosiaalityö ja sote-integraatio
(2025)
The integration of healthcare and social welfare services has been seen as a solution to many problems in the service system both in Finland and globally. Integration is sought to achieve both cost efficiency and to meet ...
Muuttuvat suomalaiset äänimaisemat
(2017)
Muuttuvat suomalaiset äänimaisemat (Transforming Finnish Soundscapes, eds Heikki Uimonen, Meri Kytö & Kaisa Ruohonen) is a collection of research essays and texts that study the sonic environment and how it is experienced. ...
Työn arjen tarinat
(2025)
Ethnographic research has long been used to describe and interpret everyday working practices and societal change. Today's increasingly digitalized workflows and the emergence of artificial intelligence make ethnographies ...