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.
Ongoing projects:
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
NuoriSO – Towards research-based inclusion in social work for young adults
Duration: 2022-2024
Funding: Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö
Director: Henna Pirskanen, University of Lapland
Director from Tampere University: Mia Tammelin
Researchers: Minna van Gerven, Ariela Tuikkanen (TAU), Sanni Tiitinen ja Outi Alakärppä (JAMK), Maija Mänttäri-van der Kuip, Johanna Moilanen ja Sami Ylistö(JYU), Paula Vainikka (Lapin yliopisto)
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
NOW! From Anxiety to young people’s environmental-political agency
Duration: 2020-2023
Funding: Koneen Säätiö
Director: Päivi Honkatukia (TAU)
Rersearchers: Mari Pienimäki (päätutkija, koordinaattori), Marjukka Collieander, Maarit Marttila, Juha Nieminen
Home, Covid and Conflicts, HoCC
Duration: 2020-
Funding: Tampereen yliopisto
Director: Marita Husso (TAU)
Coordinator: Lapsuuden, nuoruuden ja perheen tutkimuskeskus Perla
Researchers: Katja Repo (TAU), Päivi Honkatukia (TAU), Eija Paavilainen (TAU), Anu Karhinen-Soppi (TAU), Elli Hyväri (TAU)
Duration: 2019-2023
Funding: Suomen Akatemia
Director: Päivi Honkatukia (TAU)
Researchers: Timo Aho, Anu Isotalo, Marja Peltona, Roosa Saukkonen
All youth want to rule their world (ALL-YOUTH) subproject 2: From dream to reality
Duration: 2018-2023
Funding: The Strategic Research Council (SRC) at the Academy of Finland
Director: Päivi Honkatukia
Researchers: Miia Lähde, Tiina Rättilä, Jarmo Rinne
Previous projects:
What works? Youth Transitions from Education to Employment in the Middle East and North Africa
Duration: 2019-2022
Funding: The Academy of Finland: Academy Programme for Development Research
Director: Päivi Honkatukia (TAY)
Researchers: Manal El Abboubi, Kamal Abdelhak, Ehaab Abdou, Fatma Jabberi, Sofia Laine, Souleima Majeldi, Caroline Minialai, Kari Paasonen, Henri Onodera
MAMANET- Mothers’ intra- and interethnic contacts in multicultural neighbourhoods
Duration: 2018-2022
Funding: Kone foundation, Finnish Cultural Foundation, City of Helsinki
Director: Eerika Finell (TAY)
Researchers: Clifford Stevenson (NTU), Katja Repo (TAY), Tuija Seppälä (HY), Paula Paajanen (TAY)
Duration: 2020-2021
Funding:Parliament’s grant for research of the social impacts of covid-19 epidemic
Directors: Johanna Hietamäki (THL) Marita Husso (TAU)
Coordinator: Anu Karhinen-Soppi (TAU)
Researchers: Elli Hyväri (TAU)
Expressions and negotiations of solidarity and control in the time of COVID-19
Kesto: 2020-2021
More information: Accosiate professor Riikka Korkiamäki (riikka.korkiamaki@tuni.fi)
Coming of age in the times of Covid 19?
Duration: 2020-2021
More information: Docent, University lecturer Eriikka Oinonen (eriikka.oinonen@tuni.fi)
Varjoja paratiisissa: hoivan vaikeat tunteet ja tilanteet omaishoitajan kertomana
Duration: 2019-2020
Funding: Alli Paasikiven Säätiö
Director: Liina Sointu
Duration: 2016-2019
Funding: The Academy of Finland
Director: Riikka Korkiamäki (TAY)
Early career teachers’ professional agency across four European countries’
Duration: 2018-2022
Funding: The Academy of Finland
Director: Tiina Soini-Ikonen (UEF, TAY) with Kirsi Pyhältö (OY, HY), Janne Pietarinen (UEF), Auli Toom (HY)
Social media and work engagement among young adults
Duration: 2018
Funding: The Finnish Work Environment Fund 2018-2020
Director: Atte Oksanen
Researchers: Reetta Oksa, Markus Kaakinen, Noora Ellonen
Perhe-elämää vankilan varjossa
Duration: 2/2018-12/2018
Funding: Criminal Sanctions Agency
Director: Rosi Enroos
Consent and objection in child welfare decision-making
Duration: 2017-2021
Funding: Academy of Finland
Director: Tarja Pösö
Researchers: Tarja Pösö, Rosi Enroos, Raija Huhtanen, Johanna Korpinen, Tuula-Riitta Välikoski, Tuija Eronen, Essi Julin, Minna Kuusela, Tuuli Lamponen
Duration: 2016-2020
Funding: Academy of Finland
Directors: Janne Pietarinen (UEF), Tiina Soini (UEF, TAY) ja Kirsi Pyhältö (OY,HY)
Duration: 2017−2019
Funding: The Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies 2017–2019
Director: Atte Oksanen
Researchers: Anu Sirola, Markus Kaakinen ja Iina Savolainen
Efficient methods for identifying child maltreatment in social and health care
Duration: 2016−2018
Funding: Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Director: Eija Paavilainen
Researchers: Heidi Reunanen, Tuija Leppäkoski, Eija Paavilainen
Traumatized Adolescents Seeking Asylum
Duration: 2016–2018
Funding: Key Project Funding by the Academy of Finland
Director: Kirsi Peltonen
Researchers: Ferdinand Garoff, Samuli Kangaslampi, Kirsi Peltonen
Consortium: Finnish Childcare Policies: In/Equality in Focus / Team 4
Duration: 2015−2020
Funding: The Strategic Research Council (SRC) at the Academy of Finland
Director: Katja Repo
Researchers: Petteri Eerola, Kaisa Hynynen, Aurélie Mary, Noora-Klaudia Mäkinen, Saara Salmivaara, Johanna Malander, Katja Repo, Ella Valtavirta
Redefining Adolescent Learning
Duration: 2015−2019
Funding: The Academy of Finland
Director: Arja Rimpelä
Researchers: Pirjo Lindfors, Jaana M. Kinnunen, Jaana Minkkinen, Lasse Pere
The Digital Literacy and Multimodal Practices of Young Children (DigiLitEY)
Duration: 2015-2019
Funding: Jackie Marsh (University of Sheffield)
Management committee substitutes from Finland: Reijo Kupiainen, Riitta-Liisa Korkeamäki
Family and intimate relationships: Emotions in focus
Duration: 2015−2018
Funding: Finnish Cultural Foundation
Directors: Petteri Eerola ja Henna Pirskanen (JY)
Duration: 2015−2018
Funding: Horizon 2020/EU
Director: Arja Rimpelä
Researchers: Pirjo Lindfors, Lasse Pere, Jaana Kinnunen, Heli Parviainen, Leena Koivusilta, Salma El-Amin, Tapio Nummi, Tiina Räsänen, Markus Mikkola, Riittakerttu Kaltiala-Heino, Elise Kosunen
Digital Youth in Media City (DiMe)
Duration: 2016−
Funding: Kone Foundation
Director: Johanna Sumiala
Researchers: Päivi Honkatukia, Yana Krupets, Heta Mulari, Elena Omelchenko, Leena Suurpää ja Arseniy Svynarenko
Interactive Options – Everyday interactions in families with small children in the era of ubiquitous media
Duration: 2015−2016
Funding: Alli Paasikivi Foundation
Director: Katja Repo
Researchers: Aku Kallio, Sanna Raudaskoski, Satu Valkonen, Eero Suoninen, Katja Repo ja Jouko Nätti
Supporting Motherhood: Research of Motherhood and Trust
Duration: 2015−2016
Director: Katja Repo
Researcher: Eija Eronen
Crises in the Lives of Fathers
Duration: 2015−
Directors: Johanna Terävä (JY) ja Petteri Eerola
Duration: 2014−2017
Funding: The Academy of Finland
Director: Kirsi Peltonen
Duration: 2014−
Researcher: Aurélie Mary
Decent Life and Sustainable Careers: An inclusive project with university graduates
Duration: 2014−
Researchers: Eriikka Oinonen ja Lea Henriksson
School matters. Towards a research based school development
Duration: 2013−2018
Researchers: Tiina Soini-Ikonen, Kirsi Pyhältö (Hu), Janne Pietarinen (UEF)
Hate Communities: A Cross-National Comparison
Duration: 2013−2016
Funding: Kone Foundation
Director: Atte Oksanen ja Pekka Räsänen
Researchers: Matti Näsi, Teo Keipi, Pekka Räsänen, Atte Oksanen
Lastensuojelun huostaanotot interventioina − prosessi- ja asianosaisnäkökulma
Duration: 2013-2015
Funding: The Academy of Finland
Director: Tarja Pösö
Researchers: Riitta Laakso, Susanna Helavirta, Tarja Heino, Rosi Enroos
A Lost Generation? Young educated adults under economic crisis
Duration: 2013−2015
Funding: University of Tampere, Senior Research Fellowship, the Institute for Advanced Social Research IASR.
Director: Eriikka Oinonen
Researcher: Lea Henriksson
Finnish Safer Internet Centre (FISIC)
Duration:2012-
Funding: European Commission; Safer Internet programme, national funding
Legitimacy and Fallibility in Child Welfare Services. A Cross-Country Study of Decision-Making
Duration: 2012−2015
Director: Tarja Pösö
Psychological aggression and physical violence: children experiencing and policemen investigating
Duration: 2011−2015
Funding: The Academy of Finland
Director: Noora Ellonen
Media, perheen vuorovaikutus ja lasten hyvinvointi
Duration: 2011−2014
Funding: The Academy of Finland
Director: Anja-Riitta Lahikainen
Researchers: Ilkka Arminen, Tiina Mälkiä, Eerik Mantere, Jouko Nätti, Marjo Pennonen, Sanna Raudaskoski, Katja Repo, ja Eero Suoninen
Mobile Childhood. Children of Lifestyle Migrants in Goa, India
Duration: 2011–2013
Funding: The Academy of Finland
Director: Mari Korpela
Arkielämä ja epävarmuus: sosiaaliset suhteet Jokelan ja Kauhajoen koulusurmien jälkeen
Duration: 2009−2012
Funding: Emil Aaltonen Foundation
Directors: Atte Oksanen, Pekka Räsänen
Researchers: Johanna Nurmi, Miika Vuori, Atte Oksanen, Pekka Räsänen
Duration:2006−2009
Funding: The Academy of Finland
Director: Jorma Sipilä
Researchers: Minna Rantalaiho, Katja Repo ja Tapio Rissanen
Ennaltaehkäisevä terveystyö neuvolassa: Muuttuva asiakassuhde, tiimityö, hyvinvointineuvolamalli
Duration: 2007−
Funding: University of Tampere, Juho Vainion säätiö
Director: Johanna Ruusuvuori
Researchers: Pirjo Lindfors, Riikka Homanen ja Sanni Tiitinen
Twentyfive and something. Transition to Adulthood in Europe
Duration: 2006−2009
Funding: Emil Aaltonen Foundation
Director: Eriikka Oinonen
Researchers: Aurélie Mary, Helena Laaksonen, Matti Alestalo, Jenni Nurmenniemi
Vuorovaikutus perheessä ja päivähoidossa
Duration: 2006−
Funding: University of Tampere
Director: Eero Suoninen
Researchers: Leila Rinkinen
Families in Europe. Ideology and Realities
Duration: 2005−2008
Funding: The Academy of Finland
Director: Eriikka Oinonen
Children’s Wellbeing and Media
Duration: 2003−
Funding: Academy of Finland, University of Tampere, Nokia, Elisa Communications, Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, Foundation of Emil Aaltonen, Kone Foundation, Finnish Cultural Foundation, Ministry of Education and Culture, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Director: Anja Riitta Lahikainen
Unequal Childhood: A Study on Children’s Life Changes and Wellbeing in the Nordic Countries
Duration: 2002−
Funding: The Academy of Finland, NOS-S
Director: Irmeli Järventie
Researchers: Miia Lähde, Jaana Minkkinen, Markus Kaakinen ja Atte Oksanen
NEDIS – Research on Health Promotion of Children and Adolescents
Funding: Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Directors: Arja Rimpelä ja Leena Koivusilta
Researchers: Pirjo Lindfors, Lasse Pere, Jaana Kinnunen, Susanna Lehtinen-Jacks, Heli Parviainen, Salma El-Amin, Tapio Nummi, Tiina Räsänen, Markus Mikkola, Riittakerttu Kaltiala-Heino, Elise Kosunen
Expatriate Childhood: Children’s Experiences of Temporary Migration
Duration: 2019-2024
Funding: The Academy of Finland, Tampere University
Director: Mari Korpela
Education and Raising Awareness in Schools to Prevent and Encounter Gender-Based Violence
Duration: 2019-2021
Funding: European Union’s Horizon 2020 REC Action Grant
Directior: Marita Husso
Researchers: Helena Päivinen