Postal address: WRC, Faculty of Social Sciences, 33014 Tampere University, Finland
Research Director
Anne Mäkikangas
work- and organizational psychology, occupational well-being, individual resources, job crafting, remote work
Researchers
Simo Aho
sociology, social policy, employment, unemployment, labour market policy, impact evaluation
Iiris Annala
social policy, EU coordination of social security systems, research on epistemic practices of governance
Jenna Bergdahl
self-determination, technology, artificial intelligence, well-being, social psychology
Jessica de Bloom
work- and organizational psychology, stress, occupational health, work-related well-being, recovery, leisure, work, non-work, leisure crafting, job crafting, creativity, work engagement, diary studies, longitudinal research, ecological momentary assessments
Arja Haapakorpi
working life studies and education policy, professional work, work organisation, non-standard employment
Tuula Heiskanen
work psychology, work sociology
Sakari Ilomäki
social psychology, social interaction in work contexts, video-mediated interaction
Esa Jokinen
evaluation research, employment and education policies, learning in work life
Soile Juutinen
work and organizational psychology, psychosocial safety climate (PSC)
Ulla Kinnunen
work and organizational psychology, recovery from work, occupational well-being, job burnout
Tuija Koivunen
gender segregation, gendering practices, equality
Miikaeli Kylä-Laakso
labour market system, gender, public sector, competitiveness
Rita Latikka
social psychology, hyvinvointi, self-efficacy, loneliness, robot technology, sensor technology
Minna Leinonen
social psychology, gender studies, gender equality in working life, intersectionality, action research, workplace democracy, interaction
Sara Liinamo
sociology, psychologisation of work, personality tests & testing, recruitment & selection, career guidance & counseling, equality in work
Sami Lind
geography of the everyday, labor market margin
Aija Logren
social psychology, social interaction, interaction analysis, counselling, decision-making, negotiation, institutional interaction
Saija Mauno
work- and organizational psychology, changes in working life, occupational well-being, job stress
Harri Melin
changing working life, power relations at work, industrial relations
Niklas Mäkinen
work careers, non-standard employment, informal employment, grey economy
Jaana-Piia Mäkiniemi
well-being at work, well-being at work interventions, techno-work engagement, moral dilemmas at work
Clas-Håkan Nygård
occupational health, work ability, aging and work, ergonomics, work place interventions, occupational epidemiology
Satu Ojala
worklife and labour market research, working conditions and job quality, work careers, precarious jobs, active labour market policies, unemployment
Reetta Oksa
social psychology, wellbeing at work, illbeing at work, social interaction, social media useage in work context
Atte Oksanen
social psychology, social interaction, wellbeing, social media, technology, bullying, substance abuse and addiction
Katri Otonkorpi-Lehtoranta
sociology, working life studies, work-life interface, well-being at work, action research and dialogic working life development, gender studies, gendering practices, gender equality in working life, intersectionality, critical militarism
Virve Peteri
sociology, social studies of technology (SST), work spaces, cultural ergonomics, personality testing and power
Laura Peutere
Work careers, working conditions, register-based data
Federica Previtali
social psychology, work and organizational psychology, social interaction at work, ageism in working life and labour makert, human resources management, manager-employee and recruiter-job applicant interactions, diversity and inlcusion in the workplace
Pasi Pyöriä
worklife and labour market research, working conditions and job quality, work careers, precarious work
Johanna Ruusuvuori
social psychology, social interaction in work contexts, professional—client interaction, video-mediated interaction, decision making in work related encounters, supervisor—employee encouters, institutional norms
Tiina Saari
sociology, employee well-being, digitalization of work, blue collar work, platform work, work attitudes, psychological contract
Antti Saloniemi
sociology
Nina Savela
social psychology, attitudes, identification, robotic technology, AR/VR technology
Kirsi Sjöblom
work- and organizational psychology, motivation, well-being, learning, modern work environments, remote work, knowledge work, 21st century skills
Melisa Stevanovic
sosiologia/sosiaalipsykologia, vuorovaikutustutkimus, yhteinen päätöksenteko, asiantuntemus, auktoriteetti, valta, mielenterveyskuntoutus, työelämään valmentava ohjaus, työelämään siirtyminen
Sirpa Syvänen
human resources, renewal of the organisations, quality of working life, productivity, leadership and management, participatory action research, dialog, collaboration
Mia Tammelin
Social and public policy, work-family interface, working conditions, wellbeing, digitalization of work
Katriina Tapanila
education sciences, wellbeing at work (specifically meaningfulness of work), careers, academic work, blue-collar work, employment of migrants, action research, follow up and evaluation study
Kati Tikkamäki
well-being at work, dialogical leadership and leaning , dialogical organization, worklife and work development, reflective work practice, learning at work, organizational learning, work supervision
Pauliina Tiuraniemi
administrative sciences, educational sciences, Sociology of organizations, work well being, conflicts, development of working life and work communities, mediation of work, digitalization of work
Tuuli Turja
social psychology, service work robotization, motivation and shared decision-making in using new technology (especially in health services)