Niina Rantamäki
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General description
I work as a research coordinator at Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius in the unit of social sciences. .
Active JYU affiliations
- Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius, Research Coordinator
Research interests
My research interests focus on the agency of clients, citizens, and local communities both in the context of public welfare service system and as a partner that supports and challenges its operation. I have examined the questions related the topic particularly from the point of view of rural areas and rural local communities. As a frame of reference for my research has served social sustainability. I understandit as a state where various dimensions of sustainable development are combined with human activity. In the field of social work, my research topic is located in the traditions of community work and structural social work.
Fields of science
Follow-up groups
Personal keywords
social work; welfare services; social sustainability; rural areas; local communities
Projects as Principal investigator
- Daily life of digital exclusion in rural areas
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
- The public service pledge in the Finnish reform of social and health care services - a rural perspective.
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Projects as Team Member
- Pohjois-Suomen yhteistyöalueen RRP3-arviointitutkimus / Osatutkimus 1: Aikuissosiaalityön menetelmien vaikutukset
- Matthies, Aila-Leena
- Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
- KOE Keski-Pohjanmaa -hanke / Kasvun, Osaamisen ja Elinvoiman Keski-Pohjanmaa - hanke
- Harald, Mari
- Regional Council of Central Ostrobothnia
- An overview of the Rural Social Innovations
- Matthies, Aila-Leena
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
- Involvement of mentally challenged persons in the development of Green Care-services as a part of their daytime and
work activities- Matthies, Aila-Leena
- Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment of Central Finland
- Monitoimijainen rakenteellisen sosiaalityön toimintamalli tulevaisuuden sosiaali- ja terveyspalveluissa
- Närhi, Kati
- Ministry of Social Affairs and Health