Research team
Children First: Nordic policies and children´s well-being is a project of the Welfare among children and young people in the post-pandemic Nordic programme funded by NordForsk. University of Turku (INVEST Research Flagship Centre) leads and coordinates the project and five universities implements it. However, research teams are not organised according to the participating universities, but are structured as four cross-disciplinary work packages. The Scientific and Impact Advisory Board provides scientific and societal impact advise to the work package leaders and management group.
Management and administration
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Work package leaders
Markus Jäntti WP 1 leader
Stockholm Universitymarkus.jantti@sofi.su.se
Stockholm Universitymarkus.jantti@sofi.su.se
Mikael Nygård WP 2 leader
Åbo Akademi Universitymikael.nygard@abo.fi
Åbo Akademi Universitymikael.nygard@abo.fi
Guðný Björk Eydal WP 2 leader
University of Icelandge@hi.is
University of Icelandge@hi.is
David Reimer WP 3 leader
University of Icelandreimer@hi.is
University of Icelandreimer@hi.is
Jonathan Hall WP 4 leader
Uppsala Universityjonathan.hall@pcr.uu.se
Uppsala Universityjonathan.hall@pcr.uu.se
Scientific and Impact Advisory Board
Jani Erola Professor and Director of INVEST Research Flagship Centre, University of Turku
Yekaterina Chzhen Associate professor, Trinity Research in Childhood Centre, Trinity College Dublin
Olli Kangas Emeritus professor, University of Turku
Alison Koslovski Professor, UCL Institute of Education’s Social Research Institute, University of Edinburgh
Salvör Nordal Ombudsman for Children in Island
Elina Pekkarinen Ombudsman for Children in Finland