Kaisa Malinen
senior researcher
Contact:
- email: kaisa.malinen@jamk.fi
Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences
School of Social and Health Studies / RDI
School of Social and Health Studies / RDI
Highest degree:
Doctorate
Degree name:
PhD (Psychology); adjunct professor (family psychology)
Area of expertise:
Social sciences
Skills:
- wide experience in leading and conducting research projects and preparing funding applications
- examples of recent projects:
1) Consortium partner PI in CopaGloba – Learning to coparent: A longitudinal, cross-national study on construction of coparenting in transition to parenthood (Academy of Finland, 2019–2023)
2) PI in VerKo: The place of peer support and expertise by experience in the field of child and family services (The Finnish Work Environment Fund, 2019–2021)
3) Consortium partner PI in PETU: Supporting the family – Family work in child and family social work (Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, 2023–2025)
4) Consortium partner PI in LATU: Supporting the child – Support family and support person interventions in child and family social work (Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, 2021–2022)
- experience in conducting development projects and applying research findings into practice
-expertise in utilizing qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches
- examples of recent projects:
1) Consortium partner PI in CopaGloba – Learning to coparent: A longitudinal, cross-national study on construction of coparenting in transition to parenthood (Academy of Finland, 2019–2023)
2) PI in VerKo: The place of peer support and expertise by experience in the field of child and family services (The Finnish Work Environment Fund, 2019–2021)
3) Consortium partner PI in PETU: Supporting the family – Family work in child and family social work (Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, 2023–2025)
4) Consortium partner PI in LATU: Supporting the child – Support family and support person interventions in child and family social work (Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, 2021–2022)
- experience in conducting development projects and applying research findings into practice
-expertise in utilizing qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches
Research Expertise:
Health, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion for Regions