About us
You can contact us by email invest-seurantatutkimus@utu.fi or by phone +358 50 336 8152
![Jani Erola kasvokuva.](https://sites.utu.fi/seurantatutkimus/wp-content/uploads/sites/1330/2024/01/Jani-Erola-5-scaled-e1709223680997-300x300.jpg)
Jani Erola professor, PI
![Mikko Niemelän kasvokuva.](https://sites.utu.fi/seurantatutkimus/wp-content/uploads/sites/1330/2024/01/Mikko-Niemela-1-scaled-e1709223860175-300x300.jpg)
Mikko Niemelä professor, co-PI
![Aki Koivulan kasvokuva.](https://sites.utu.fi/seurantatutkimus/wp-content/uploads/sites/1330/2024/01/Aki-Koivula-3-scaled-e1708683221945-300x300.jpg)
Aki Koivula Leader of the Research Team, Senior Researcher
![Laura Heiskalan kasvokuva.](https://sites.utu.fi/seurantatutkimus/wp-content/uploads/sites/1330/2024/01/Laura-Heiskala-2-scaled-e1709223599228-300x300.jpg)
Laura Heiskala Senior Researcher
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Anna Hägglund PostDoctoral Researcher
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Aleksi Karhula Senior Researcher
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Markus Laaninen Doctoral Researcher
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Outi Sarpila professor
The research will be carried out at INVEST, a joint research centre and flagship of the University of Turku and the National Institute for Health and Welfare on inequality, interventions, and the new welfare society. We aim to create a more equal, proactive, and economically and socially sustainable welfare state model for Finland.
The research is funded by the Research Council of Finland.
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