FINNISH CHILDCARE POLICIES: IN/EQUALITY IN FOCUS (CHILDCARE/II)
Main funder
Funder's project number: 314317
Funds granted by main funder (€)
- 756 544,72
Funding program
- Strategic research programmes, AoF (Academy of Finland)
Project timetable
Project start date: 01/01/2018
Project end date: 31/10/2021
Summary
The CHILDCARE Consortium comprises four research teams from the University of Jyväskylä, University of Tampere and the THL. The aim of the Consortium is to examine the potential sources of inequality in Finnish childcare policies and consider how they could be overcome. Due to legislative and other societal changes, municipal day care provision and childcare benefits have become increasingly diverse in Finland. The research questions concern the provision of ECEC and childcare benefits in municipalities, marketization of early childhood education and care, parents’ childcare selection, and children’s early education trajectories. The Consortium studies the possible inequalities related to childcare policies and services on a broad scale - between families, children and municipalities as well as in gender relations. The project is conducted in collaboration with ten municipalities and with NGOs and national agencies and governmental bodies.
Principal Investigator
Primary responsible unit
Related publications
- Negotiating parenting practices : the arguments and justifications of Finnish couples (2020) Eerola, Petteri; et al.; A1; OA
- Rationalizing early childhood education and care in the local context : a case study of Finnish municipalities (2020) Eerola, Petteri; et al.; A3; OA; 978-1-78811-775-3
- The Policies of Childcare and Early Childhood Education : Does Equal Access Matter? (2020) Repo, Katja; et al.; C2; 978-1-78811-775-3
- Assembled policies : the finnish case of restricted entitlement to early childhood education and care (2019) Paananen, Maiju; et al.; A1; OA
- Fathers’ Leave Take-Up in Finland : Motivations and Barriers in a Complex Nordic Leave Scheme (2019) Eerola, Petteri; et al.; A1; OA
- “No periaatteessa minun tiedossani se aika lailla on” : Palveluohjauksen työntekijän tiedollinen asema varhaiskasvatuksen palveluohjauskeskusteluissa (2019) Kuukka, Anu Katriina; et al.; A1; OA
