Our completed research projects are listed below according to their ending year.
Communal perspectives on disturbances in school (2019–2022)
Researchers: Tomi KiilakoskiEvaluation and monitoring of the activities of youth organisations in the Nordics - what can be learned from the Nordic countries? (Research module, 2021–2022)
Researchers: Anu GretschelTen generations of youth, three centuries: The history of generations of Finnish youth (2015–2022)
Youth Cultures and Wellbeing (2017–2022)
Inmates with foreign backgrounds in Finnish prisons – ethnographic research on equality, unofficial hierarchies and coping strategies (2015-2021)
Researchers: Helena HuhtaPromoting gender and culture sensitive career guidance (Potential, 2019–2021)
Researchers: Tommi HoikkalaPromoting gender and culture sensitive career guidance (Potential, 2019–2021)
Researchers: Tommi HoikkalaSustainable wellbeing for youth in East Helsinki – Break the Fight! Opportunity to be heard - monitoring and evaluation of the #BTFEastHelsinki project (2018–2021)
Researchers: Sofia LaineTaking the multifaceted evaluation tool into use developed for open youth work (2018–2021)
Researchers: Anu GretschelThe State of Democracy and Human Rights Education (2021)
Researchers: Anu GretschelThe State of Democracy and Human Rights Education (2021)
Researchers: Anu GretschelYoung parents, parental leave and gender equality (YOPA, 2021)
Graffiti subculture - Gender, control and post-zero tolerance in Helsinki (2015–2020)
Kilju stories - compilation of memories (2019–2020)
NUPS Helsinki – youth work curriculum (2019–2020)
Researchers: Tomi Kiilakoski, Eila KauppinenThoughts of NEET youth on the future, democracy and public services – additional sample of the Youth Barometer (2017–2020)
Researchers: Anu GretschelA life of waiting - agency and social empowerment of asylum seekers arriving as minors in Finland in the 2010s (2018-)
At the core of youth information and counselling services (2019)
Researchers: Anu Gretschel, Karla MalmBreaking down the barriers: Reasons for young people’s educational choices and ways of reducing gender segregation in educational and occupational fields (2017–2019)
Researchers: Tommi Hoikkala, Sinikka Aapola-Kari (on a research leave)Equal opportunities of children and young people to have hobbies in Finland
Inclusive Promotion of Health and Wellbeing – PROMEQ (2016-2019)
Researchers: Antti KivijärviInformation requirements and assessments
PREACT - Promoting equal access and tackling discrimination against gender and sexual minorities in sport and physical education (2019)
Preventing youth crime from a youth, expert and cost perspective (2018–2019)
Researchers: Elina Pekkarinen, Lotta HaikkolaPromoting Youth Involvement and Social Engagement (PROMISE 2016–2019)
Researchers: Kaisa Vehkalahti, Inka Sirén, Marja PeltolaServices for NEET youth and their costs and allocation
Researchers: Tommi HoikkalaSimilarities and differences in youth work (2017-2019)
Researchers: Tomi KiilakoskiThe architecture of youth work education in Finland
Researchers: Tomi KiilakoskiThe meaning of Jyväskylä. Youth work practices in the Middle Finland (2016–2019)
Researchers: Tommi HoikkalaWings to fly – Social circus empowers young immigrants to find their place in society
Young people leading the way in the digital society (2018–2019)
Young people testing art. A study on the effects of the Art Testers initiative on young people (2018–2019)
Researchers: Sofia LaineBreak the Fight! Breakdance against school violence. Evaluation and action research 2017-2018
Researchers: Sofia Laine, Noora JärviDigital youth in the media city (2016–2018)
Researchers: Leena Suurpää, Arseniy SvynarenkoEncounters, participation and sense of community in a project enhancing excursions and hobbies in children’s home (2017–2018)
Researchers: Elina PekkarinenFact for Minors. Fostering Alternative Care for Troubled minors (2016–2018)
Researchers: Kaisa Vehkalahti, Elina PekkarinenFrom the fields to the cabinets of power – and vice versa: a cross-section on civic engagement in sport and exercise (2014-2018)
Gender equality, ethnicity and sexuality: Multicultural sex education in Finland, Sweden and Norway 2015–2018
Gutsy Go – Brave actions for peace by young people (2018)
Researchers: Fanny Vilmilä, Tomi KiilakoskiMethods of researching young people and youth work (2016-2018)
Researchers: Tomi KiilakoskiProject to assess rail line youth work (2017–2018)
Researchers: Elina Pekkarinen, Karla MalmSupport for young people’s independence as a target of network cooperation (2017–2018)
Researchers: Elina Pekkarinen, Karla MalmTENHO - Life Skills for NEET youth through art (2015-2018)
Researchers: Fanny VilmiläThe Stopped – Spaces, Meanings and Practices of Ethnic Profiling (2015-2018)
Researchers: Antti KivijärviThe multidimensional nature of school bullying as the subject of youth work and research – experiences of bullying and its prevention (2017–2018)
Researchers: Elina PekkarinenUppföljning ung – Swedish-language youth workshops (2014–2018)
Researchers: Oskar YrjöläYouth work within the regional reform (2017–2018)
Researchers: Tomi KiilakoskiAjolähtö - You Can Never Go Home Again: young adults in transforming labour market (2015-2017)
Researchers: Vuokko HärmäBoost Your Possibilities! – Youth Centres for Youth Mobility and Intercultural Learning: Impact of Internationality (2015–2017)
Researchers: Anu GretschelChildren’s and young people’s service experiences - research overview (2016-2017)
Researchers: Marja Peltola, Elina PekkarinenDigital youth − Social media as a site for learning about food and eating (2016-2017)
Researchers: Kristiina JanhonenResearch-based review of the role of regional coordination of youth information and counselling (2017)
Researchers: Anu GretschelStudy on the position of reform schools in the changing service system (2016–2017)
Researchers: Elina PekkarinenThe regional coordination of youth information and counselling services: a short research based review (2017)
Researchers: Anu GretschelYoung LGBTIQ people in mental health and substance abuse services (2015–2017)
Researchers: Inka SirénYoung people not in education, employment nor training and their views of the future, democracy and public services – a Youth Barometer special sample (2017-2019)
Researchers: Anu GretschelChildren’s and young people’s service experiences - research overview (2016-2017)
Researchers: Marja Peltola, Elina PekkarinenEvaluation and Development of the “Everyone Goes to the School" -Way of Working (2015-2016)
Researchers: Anu GretschelFrom father to son - cross-generational defence will in Finland after second world war (2014-2016)
Researchers: Tiia LaukkanenGenerational negotiations, social control and gendered sexualities (GENESO) (2012-2016)
Researchers: Marja Peltola, Martta Myllylä, Antti KivijärviI've - I Have Experienced - recognition of volunteering through peer support
Researchers: Tomi KiilakoskiI've - I Have Experienced - recognition of volunteering through peer support
Researchers: Tomi KiilakoskiSahwa - Researching Arab Mediterranean Youth: Towards a New Social Contract (2014–2016)
Researchers: Martta Myllylä, Sofia Laine, Afifa LtifiYouth and Political Engagement in Contemporary Africa (2012–2016)
Researchers: Sofia LaineActive Citizenship: Enhancing political participation of migrant youth (ACCESS) (2014-2015)
GENIND: The Indignant Generation. Space, culture and power in the youth movement of 2011 (2013-2015)
Migrant Men’s Well-Being in Diversity (2014–2015)
Network-based Development of Youth Work Statistics and Key Characteristics (2013-2015)
The community centre as an active environment for young people (2015)
The integration of immigrants with the help of sports – Follow-up and evaluation of development projects over the years 2011–2015 (2011-2015)
The life course of the successful – explanatory factors in the life of elite athletes and culture experts (2011-2015)
Unemployed young people as sports facility users (2013-2015)
Young people at the counter – service system project (2014-2015)
Young people from an immigrant background relying on income support – life paths in the centre and on the margins of society (2012-2015)
Constructions of youth social problems, and gender in Finland 1945–1970 (2012-2014)
Costs, savings and investments: Research review of the cost impacts of youth workshops and youth outreach work (2014)
Development of research on media education (2014)
Get me! -Evaluation of the piloting of a flagging system (2014)
No to racism! project – questionnaire study (2013-2014)
Oh youth – network project (2010-2014)
Project to assess the national guidance and advisory service for young people (Suunta) (2013-2014)
School is more. Research and development project on the cooperation between youth work and school
Wellbeing of LGBTIQ Youth (2012-2014)
Young people with intoxicant, drug and other addictions – how they were reached and committed to treatment in the Turku youth clinic Kosketuspinta (contact surface) project (2013-2014)
Youth Street Politics in the Media Age – Helsinki and London Compared (2012-2014)
Development project of multidisciplinary cooperation networks (2011-2013)
Experiences of municipal residents in assessing the quality of sports facilities: Information from discussion events to assist decision-making (2011-2013)
Hate Communities: An International Comparison (2013)
Lifestyle and health of young men. Life course perspective across generations (2009–2012 & 2013)
Professional development of outreach work: current situation and future needs (2012-2013)
Review of physical exercise by children and young people (2012-2013)
Young people after basic education (2010-2013)
Young people’s digital learning environments (2010–2012 & 2013)
Youth Against Drugs Street team’s assessment project (2010-2013)
Child-friendly municipality researcher network (2010-2012)
Children, Youth, Adults and Elderly Assessing Sports Venues (2011–2012)
Children’s Media Barometer (2012)
Doping in Finnish sports culture (2009–2012)
Election Study (2011–2012)
Everyday Life and Uncertainty: Social Relationships after the Jokela and Kauhajoki School Massacres (2008–2012)
The Knowledge and Research in Child Welfare (2010-2012)
Youth house work development project (2009–2011 & 2012)
Basic Services Evaluation Project (2009–2011)
Electronic Music Environments, Youth and Intoxicants (2011)
Generations of Youth (2009–2011)
Images of Addiction in Rock Culture (2009–2011)
Multicultural Youth Work Development Project (2009–2011)
Municipal Participation of Children and Youth (2010–2011)
Substance Abuse Education Handbook (2010–2011)
Work-Preca (2008–2011)
Young people creating art. “Myrsky” project providing support in young people’s lives (2008–2011)
Your Move Evaluation Project (2010–2011)
Youth Competitive Sports Today – Sports Research Perspectives (2010–2011)
Youth and Responsible Entrepreneurship (2010–2011)
Become Enthusiastic of Enthusiasm
Changing Civil Society: Multiculturalism, Young People and the Finnish Civic Culture (2008-2010)
Effectiveness of Municipal Youth Work from a Youth Perspective (2008-2010)
From Sons to Fathers (2009-2010)
Intervention Study to Change Conscripts’ Dietary Habits (VARU) (2007-2010)
Moving societies toward integration (2009-2010)
Workshop Activity Guidance Evaluation Project (2009-2010)
Children and Youth at Risk of Marginalization. A process view of preventive child and youth policy steering, data collection and professional practices (2008-2009)
Peer Mediation in Schools. External Evaluation (2009)
Slash (Viilto). An Analysis of Jokela School Violence (2009)