Helena Hirvonen
University Lecturer
Senior lecturer (Doctor of Social Sciences)
Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
[email protected] | +358 50 306 4127
I am a Doctor of Social Sciences with the Title of Docent in Social Policy. I work at the University of Eastern Finland as a senior lecturer of Social and Public Policy at the Joensuu campus. I do a variety of teaching and research related work in the degree programmes of the Joensuu campus of the Department of Social Sciences and lead the EXMEN research project (Kone Foundation 2022-2025) and the CareQuAI research consortium (JPI/MYBL 2025-2028). Previously, I have worked as a researcher in the LeanWorkGender project and in the Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care. My teaching and research is related to the themes of working life, the welfare state, care, gender and digitalisation. For more information on my work, click here and for my updated list of publications, click here.
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Hyvinvointialueet lapioivat rahaa konsulteille
Hirvonen, Helena; Mankki, Laura. 2024. Suomen kuvalehti. 108: 56 E1 Popularised article, newspaper article -
Gender and Welfare Service Work in Biocapitalism: Lean in Action
Jokinen, Eeva; Hirvonen, Helena; Mankki, Laura; Aho, Timo; Lehto, Iiris. 2023. Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness. . Routledge C1 Book -
Tiedeyhteisöjen emännöintiä ja huushollausta
Granholm, Camilla; Hirvonen, Helena. 2023. Janus: sosiaalipolitiikan ja sosiaalityön tutkimuksen aikakauslehti. 31: 125-127 B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
Asiakasturvallisuus vanhuspalveluissa
Valokivi, Heli; Hirvonen, Helena. 2022. Janus: sosiaalipolitiikan ja sosiaalityön tutkimuksen aikakauslehti. 30: 376-391 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Common sense put to work: The capitalisation of affects in the introduction of a Lean management model to healthcare professionals
Mankki, Laura; Aho, Timo; Hirvonen, Helena. 2022. European journal of cultural and political sociology. [Published online: 19 Dec 2022]: 1-22 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Digital Transformations in Care for Older People: Critical Perspectives
Hirvonen, Helena; Tammelin, Mia; Hänninen, Riitta; Wouters, Eveline J.M.. 2021. Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness. . Routledge C2 Edited book, conference proceedings or special issue of a journal -
Group-based instant messaging in Finnish residential elder care work: Taming the technology or vice versa?
Hirvonen, Helena; Tammelin, Mia; Hämäläinen, Antti; Taipale, Sakari. 2021. New technology work and employment. [Epub ahead of print 6 Nov 2021]: 1-19 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Introduction
Hirvonen, Helena; Tammelin, Mia; Wouters, Eveline J.M.; Hänninen, Riitta. Teoksessa: Hirvonen, Helena; Tammelin, Mia; Hänninen, Riitta; Wouters, Eveline J.M.(toim.) , 2021. Digital Transformations in Care for Older People : Critical Perspectives. s. 3-14. Routledge B2 Book section -
Sense of belonging in a digitalised care work community
Tammelin, Mia; Hirvonen, Helena; Hämäläinen, Antti; Hänninen, Riitta. Teoksessa: Hirvonen, Helena; Tammelin, Mia; Hänninen, Riitta; Wouters, Eveline J.M.(toim.) , 2021. Digital Transformations in Care for Older People: Critical Perspectives. s. 128-144. Routledge A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Sosiaalipolitiikan sommitelmia ennen ja nyt
Hirvonen, Helena. 2021. Janus: sosiaalipolitiikan ja sosiaalityön tutkimuksen aikakauslehti. 29: 209-211 B1 Non-refereed journal articles