University Instructor (PhD, MSSc)
mikko.perkio@tuni.fi
+358 50 318 6183
Mikko has multifaceted expertise in global social development in the global South and North. His doctoral thesis (2016) “Women’s Education and Infant Survival. A Comparative Analysis of Eighty Low and Middle Income Countries” applies structural equation modelling for identifying pathways between women’s education and infant survival. Mikko’s courses on poverty, gender, and migration, as well as environment and technology reflect his sociological views to global health. He has been active in development research networks in Finland and UniPID executive board member in 2009-2014. His current research interests include macro comparative research on infant survival as well as health service and social protection reforms of informal sector workers.