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Imagining the data economy
(Turun yliopisto, 2020-04-25)
The digital environment is increasingly organised to transform aspects of people’s lives into data in order to make use of those data in the production of economic value. Data activism has emerged as one response to the ...
The choice is yours but it is politically tinged. The social correlates of political party preferences in Finland
(Turun yliopisto, 2019-04-18)
The present study investigates the significance of political party preferences in Finland by drawing upon two perspectives. Firstly, the research engages in the tradition of economic sociology, as one of its critical ...
Sosiaalityö ja maahanmuuttajat. Lastensuojelun ammattilaisten ja asiakkaiden vuorovaikutus ja tulkinnat
(Väestöliitto, 2008-02-08)
Tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli tuottaa tietoa siitä, mitä maahanmuuttajia koskevat erityiskysymykset suomalaisessa lastensuojelun sosiaalityössä ovat ja miten näitä kysymyksiä lastensuojelussa käsitellään. Teoreettismetodologisena ...
Opportunity, choice, and barriers: A Register-based study on social stratification in higher education in Finland
(Turun yliopisto, 2024-12-13)
According to the concept of equality of educational opportunity, individuals should have equal opportunities to educate themselves regardless of their family background. However, the educational levels of parents and ...
Lasten ja nuorten elämäntyytyväisyys koetun köyhyyden ja materiaalisen puutteen kontekstissa
(Turun yliopisto, 2023-05-12)
Tutkimus käsittelee suomalaisten lasten ja nuorten elämäntyytyväisyyttä sekä siihen yhteydessä olevia tekijöitä erityisesti köyhyyskokemusten ja materiaalisen puutteen kontekstissa. Yhteyttä tarkastellaan lasten arjessa ...
Keeping up appropriate appearances - Physical appearance, social norms, and gender in Finland
(Turun yliopisto, 2020-12-18)
This dissertation examines the social norms concerning physical appearance and gender in Finland, and the variations among these norms in different contexts. This study elaborates on the importance of appearance and ...
Impacts of policy changes and the role of institutional structures in healthcare : exploring outcomes related to the pharmacological care of type 2 diabetes
(Turun yliopisto, 2024-09-06)
Terveys- ja sosiaaliturvajärjestelmät tarjoavat hoivaa ja turvaa niitä tarvittaessa. Hyvin toimiva järjestelmä voi myös auttaa tasoittamaan seurauksia, joita huonoon terveydentilaan yhteydessä olevien tekijöiden epätasaisella ...
Education and inequality in digital opportunities : differences in digital engagement among Finnish lower and upper secondary school students
(Turun yliopisto, 2019-12-03)
The purpose of this work is to broaden the debate on digital technology in education by emphasising the digital affordances enabled by these technologies instead of focusing on the integration of digital devices and learning ...
Beauty for Sale - An Empirical Study of Appearance-Related Consumption in Finland
(Turun yliopisto, 2013-10-18)
This study examines appearance-related consumption in Finland. The theoretical portion discusses appearance-related consumption, on one hand from a consumer culture perspective, as both a possibility and responsibility for ...
Distorting mirror: Formation of party political sphere on social media in Finland
(Turun yliopisto, 2022-06-03)
In this dissertation, I assess interaction in social media as a novel mode of political participation and ask how are party politics extended within the social media public sphere in Finland during the 2010s. In this ...