Researchers

Kathrin Komp-Leukkunen, PhD, associate professor, research group leader
research: population ageing, old age, life-courses, welfare policies, economic crisis, simulations
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Zhen Jie Im, postdoctoral researcher
research: electoral politics, political competition, welfare state, labour market dualization, economic globalization, digitalization
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Visa Rantanen, PhD student
research: retirement planning, digitalization, population ageing, intergenerational politics
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Jawaria Khan, PhD student
research: knowledge migrants, globalization, brain drain
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Teemu T. Kemppainen, postdoctoral researcher
research: aging, critical sociology, spatial analysis, unemployment, urban sociology, welfare state, well-being
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Juho Sarasma, student assistant
research interests: retirement planning, sustainability

Petteri Kolmonen, student assistant
research interests: self-employment in old age, inequality, globalization, social stratification

Xiao Jinyi, M.Sc., affiliated researcher
research interests: retirement, labour market, industrial relation, downsizing, China

Sergio Tavares, PhD, affiliated researcher
research: Service Designer Lead and advisor at iconic design group frog, a part of Capgemini Invent. He holds a Doctoral Degree in Culture and Technology and is the co-founder of Geist, an independent research initiative that investigates cultural values.
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