PERLA works to improve the quality of childhood, youth and family research at the University of Tampere, to strengthen connections between scholars from different disciplines within the university and beyond, and to highlight the importance of childhood, youth and family issues also more generally in the society.
Here you can explore our previous projects.
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Ongoing projects:
Children and Parenthood in the Shadow of Prison (VaVa)
Duration: 2024-2026
Funding: Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (Finland)
Director: Rosi Enroos
Researchers: Jenni Repo, Essi Julin
Family everyday life, economics and wellbeing (FamilyEconomics -research project)
Duration: 2024-2026
Funding: The foundation Brita Maria Renlunds minne sr.
Director: Mia Tammelin
Researchers: Ella Sihvonen, Laura Sahlgren, Katja Repo, Katri Otonkorpi-Lehtoranta
Under Pressure – Nuorten mielenterveyskriisin yhteiskunnallisten ratkaisujen jäljillä
Duration: 2024-2025
Funding: Brita Maria Renlundin muistosäätiö
Director: Päivi Honkatukia
Researchers: Jenni Kallio, Susanna Ågren, Nadezhda Vasileva
ISEDA Innovative Solutions to Eliminate Domestic Abuse
Duration: 2022-2025
Directing: Cologne Game Lab (Germany)
Director from Tampere University: Marita Husso
Researchers: Päivi Honkatukia, Sisko Piippo, Hanna Mielismäki, Sonja Tihveräinen
Duration: 2022-2025
Funding: European Commission
Director: Barbara Turk Niskac
Duration: 2022-2025
Funding: Research Council of Finland
Director: Pekka Hakkarainen
Poverty and Wellbeing in Families with Children: Daily life and Societal Sustainability (DailyLife)
Duration: 2022-2027
Funding: Itla säätiön lahjoitusprofessuuri
Director: Mia Tammelin
Duration: 2020-
Funding: Tampereen yliopisto
Director: Antti Saloniemi
Researchers: Riikka Korkiamäki, Eriikka Oinonen, Katja Repo, Leena Tervonen-Goncalves, Leena Autonen-Vaaraniemi, Ilmari Miettunen
Dissertations
Riikka Era: Vastaanottokeskus lapsuuksien paikkana / Reception Center as a Place for Childhoods
Doctoral thesis in social anthropology
Supervisors: Mari Korpela ja Mervi Kaukko
Roosa Kallunki: Children Participating in Roman Rituals: Significance, Attributes, and Agency
Doctoral thesis in history
Supervisors: Katariina Mustakallio (TAY) ja Ville Vuolanto (TAY)
Paula Paajanen: Pienten lasten äitien keskinäiset suhteet ja identiteetit monikulttuurisilla asuinalueilla
Doctoral thesis in social psychology
Supervisors: Eerika Finell (TAY) and Clifford Stevenson (NTU)
Eija Eronen: Jaettu ja jakamaton äitiys. Naisten kokemuksia äitiydestä, sen haasteista ja niihin vastaamisesta
Doctoral thesis in social policy
Supervisors: Katja Repo and Ritva Nätkin
Aku Kallio: Perheen vuorovaikutus, lasten emootiot ja media
Doctoral thesis in social psychology
Supervisors: Eero Suoninen and Johanna Ruusuvuori
Miia Lähde: Understanding Appearance and Identity in School-Aged Children
Doctoral thesis in social psychology
Tiina Tuovila: Sateenkaariperheiden nuorten hyvinvointi ja sen tukeminen koulu- ja opiskeluterveydenhuollossa
Doctoral thesis in nursing science
Supervisors: Jari Kylmä and Päivi Åstedt-Kurki