university of helsinki phd sociology

Doctoral Programmes in Humanities and Social Sciences

• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Academic Disciplines of the Faculty of Social Sciences
• Website http://www.helsinki.fi/sociology/

Organisation profile

Fields of science.

• 514 Sociology

International and National Collaboration

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Sinikka Aapola-Kari

• Faculty Common Matters (Faculty of Social Sciences) - Title of Docent

Person: Extern

Akhlaq Ahmad

• Academic Disciplines of the Faculty of Social Sciences - Grant-funded researcher

Person: Visiting scholar, UH

Frida Alizadeh Westerling

• Sociology - Doctoral Researcher
• Doctoral Programme in Law

Person: U1 Research and teaching staff, Doctoral Researcher

Ilkka Arminen

• Sociology - Professor
• Helsinki Institute of Urban and Regional Studies (Urbaria)
• Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences - Supervisor for doctoral programme

Person: Teaching and research personnel, U4 Research and teaching staff

Tiina Arppe

• Doctoral Programme in Gender, Culture, and Society - Supervisor for doctoral programme

Research units

Centre for research on addiction, control and governance.

Academic Disciplines of the Faculty of Social Sciences , Sociology

Organisational unit : Profit unit

Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care

Organisational unit : Research group

Facing Narcissism

Helsinki institute for demography and population health.

• 6 Not started
• 210 Finished

Projects per year

Consent Spectrum: The Many Facets of Consent (C-SPECT, 2024-2028)

Spisak, S. M. (Project manager) & Saari, T. (Participant)

Academy of Finland

01/09/2024 → 31/08/2028

Project : Research Council of Finland: Academy Research Fellow

Wastewater as Health Data Flow

Tarkkala, H. (Project manager) & Savolainen, A. E. (Participant)

Re-imagining Finnish conflict reporting

Knuutila, A. (Principal Investigator), Maltezos, V. (CoIlaborator), Tommila, I. (CoIlaborator) & Kyrychenko, R. (CoIlaborator)

01/09/2024 → 01/09/2025

Project : Research project

The Authority of Science in the Politics of Parliamentary Policymaking: Evolving Practices of Enacting and Contesting Science

Syväterä, J. (Project manager)

01/05/2024 → 31/08/2026

Project : Research Council of Finland: Academy Research Fellow's research expenses

Children in care: Globalization and resistance

Ulybina, O. (Project manager)

Publications

• 3587 Article
• 1202 Chapter
• 153 Anthology or special issue
• 130 Commissioned report
• 124 Doctoral Thesis
• 86 Editorial
• 84 Review Article
• 71 Working paper
• 56 Conference contribution
• 45 Other contribution
• 36 Master's thesis
• 35 Book/Film/Article review
• 28 Entry for encyclopedia / dictionary
• 22 Other articles
• 21 Comment/debate
• 18 Literature review (scientific)
• 14 Abstract
• 9 Meeting Abstract
• 6 Foreword / postscript
• 6 Digital or Visual Products
• 2 Other conference material
• 2 Bachelor's thesis
• 1 Web publication/site
• 1 Licenciate's thesis

Research output per year

Digitalisation of gambling harm? Gambling consumption, negative consequences, and clinical characteristics among Swedish help-seekers

Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Environmental exposures and fecundability: The Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort study

Everybody's cosmopolitanism.

Research output : Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review

Global Culture

Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia / dictionary › Scientific › peer-review

Il cosmopolitismo kantiano oltre il cosmopolitismo di Kant: Una modesta difesa dell’eredità kantiana nella teorizzazione cosmopolita, di fronte alla critica postcoloniale

Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• 2007 Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
• 938 Peer review of manuscripts
• 394 Public Talks
• 358 Oral presentation
• 310 Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
• 283 Academic visit to other institution
• 252 Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
• 226 Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
• 223 Invited talk
• 151 Academic visit at UH
• 125 Types for other activities - Other
• 103 Types for other activities - External teaching and subject coordination
• 87 Membership or other role in review committee
• 73 Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis
• 64 Editor of research journal
• 58 Opponent of doctoral dissertation
• 53 Membership or other role in research network
• 51 Membership or other role in public Finnish or international organization
• 40 Assessment of candidates for academic posts
• 19 Consultancy
• 18 Member of doctoral thesis committee / follow-up group
• 16 Editor of special theme number
• 13 Editor of research anthology/collection/conference proceedings
• 12 Editor of series
• 12 Membership or other role of body in private company/organisation
• 8 Editor of communication journal
• 8 Non-academic visit to other institution
• 7 Prizes and awards - Prizes and awards
• 5 Post doctoral mentor
• 3 Director of doctoral programme
• 2 Assistant director of or other significant role in doctoral programme
• 1 Other tasks of an expert in private sector

Activities per year

Ethical view on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care and technology

Snell, K. (Speaker)

Activity : Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

Supervisor of Elena Nikiforova's PhD thesis

Näre, L. (Supervisor)

Activity : Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis

The role of digitalisation in the Finnish asylum procedure

Alizadeh Westerling, F. (Speaker)

Activity : Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

Sosiologia (Journal)

Koskinen, E. (Reviewer)

Activity : Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts

Gendering chronic illness: Intersectional perspectives on biomedical care and patient communities

Helosvuori, E. (Member of organizing committee)

Activity : Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars

Academy of Hong Kong Studies 2018/2019 Outstanding Paper Award

Ho, H. K. (Recipient), 5 Dec 2019

Prize : Prizes and awards

Article nominated for best article published in Sosiologia 2018-2019

Näre, L. (Recipient), Nov 2020

Article nominated for the best article published in Sosiologia 2010-2013

Näre, L. (Recipient), 27 Mar 2014

Award for best doctoral dissertation related to migration and ethnic relations completed at Finnish universities, Siirtolaisuusinstituutti 2022

Maury, O. (Recipient), 15 Dec 2022

Award for distinguished Master’s thesis

Meskus, M. (Recipient), 2002

NoWork, wave II

Komp, K. (Creator), Kathrin Komp, 2017

NoWork, wave I

Komp, K. (Creator), Kathrin Komp, 2016

Una Europa Citzen Science Toolkit

Linko, M. (Creator), Una Europa, 27 Oct 2023

https://www.una-europa.eu/study/citizen-science-toolkit/top-tips-future-thinking

Kaupunkiseutujen viherrakenteen suunnittelu 2013 -haastatteluaineisto

Faehnle, M. (Creator), Yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (FSD), 2016

DOI : http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3080 , https://services.fsd.uta.fi/catalogue/FSD3080

Acchived interview data

Tiilikainen, E. (Creator), Zechner, M. M. (Creator), Seppänen, M. (Creator) & Pietilä, I. (Creator), Yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (FSD), 1 Jan 2025

Press/Media

Miksi maahanmuuttajat ovat kantasuomalaisia terveempiä näin tutkija selittää ilmiötä.

Kemppainen, L.

1 item of Media coverage

Press/Media : Press / Media

Kaipaako narsisti apua? — narsistisia piirteitä omaava ihminen ei välttämättä tunnista stressiään

Henttonen, P. J.

Professori varoittaa: Entistä suurempi osa hoivaa tarvitsevia vanhuksia yksinkertaisesti jätetään heitteille

Kouvonen, A.

1 Media contribution

Expert interview in the Helsinki University magazine ("Miten rahapelejä kannattaisi säädellä?")

Nikkinen, J.

Haastattelu tasa-arvon paradoksiin liittyvistä tilastollisista päätelmistä

Ilmarinen, V.

27 Best universities for Sociology in Finland

Updated: February 29, 2024

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Below is a list of best universities in Finland ranked based on their research performance in Sociology. A graph of 2.76M citations received by 110K academic papers made by 27 universities in Finland was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Helsinki

For Sociology

2. University of Tampere

3. University of Turku

4. University of Oulu

5. University of Jyvaskyla

6. University of Eastern Finland

7. Aalto University

8. Abo Akademi University

9. Hanken School of Economics

10. Lappeenranta University of Technology

11. University of Lapland

12. University of Vaasa

13. Turku University of Applied Sciences

14. University of the Arts Helsinki

15. Seinajoki University of Applied Sciences

16. Laurea University of Applied Sciences

17. HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences

18. Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

19. Novia University of Applied Sciences

20. Oulu University of Applied Sciences

21. Jyvaskyla University of Applied Sciences

22. Arcada University of Applied Sciences

23. Kajaani University of Applied Sciences

24. Savonia University of Applied Sciences

25. Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

26. Diaconia University of Applied Sciences

27. Centria University of Applied Sciences

The best cities to study Sociology in Finland based on the number of universities and their ranks are Helsinki , Tampere , Turku , and Oulu .

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfields in Finland