Our research focuses on well-being and welfare services. How are inclusion and equality shaped and produced in societies, and how is people’s well-being supported?
Exclusion or inclusion are not solely matters of individual responsibility or personal choices. Inclusion requires the simultaneous consideration of social, economic, and political factors.
We approach well-being from the perspective of social and environmental sustainability. In our work, we examine eco-social policy and practices to support a just transition in societies.
ToBe (Towards a Sustainable Wellbeing Economy: Integrated Policies and Transformative Indicators) is a European Union–funded research project that studies and develops policy practices as well as new indicators for a more sustainable economy.
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The TRUST project developed understanding and practical tools to support unaccompanied minors in their new home countries. The project focused on practices through which transnational and translocal belonging can be identified and recognized.
We specifically examined the experiences of young people who receive or have received Kela’s youth rehabilitation allowance due to mental health and behavioral disorders. The youth rehabilitation allowance is a conditional transfer that young people receive in exchange for participating in vocational rehabilitation. Vocational rehabilitation is usually implemented in schools.