INVEST

Inequalities, Interventions and New Welfare State

INVEST

INVEST Research Flagship Centre aims at providing a new model for the welfare states that is more equal, better targeted to problem groups, more anticipatory as well as economically and socially sustainable. Based on cutting-edge research on the conditions and mechanisms involved at different periods of development, INVEST will evaluate and develop various universal and targeted interventions to improve the efficiency of the current welfare state institutions at critical points of the early life course.

News

Turun yliopiston yhteiskuntatieteellisen tiedekunnan laitosrakennuksen aula, jossa näkyy heijastuskuvan antava OLO-taideteos.

Measurement tools developed for studying ‘woke’ attitudes on political left and right

Oskari Lahtinen, Senior Researcher at the INVEST Research Flagship Centre at the University of Turku in Finland, has developed validated...

Jani Erola in the corridore.

Pioneering researcher of inequality Jani Erola chosen as Professor of the Year

The Finnish Union of University Professors has chosen Jani Erola, Professor of Sociology at the University of Turku in Finland, as...

Aki Koivulan kasvokuva.

Aki Koivula receives funding to study political inequality in cities

INVEST flagship Senior Researcher Aki Koivula has received funding for a study examining how social and spatial segregation affects urban...

Chairs/tuolit

Serious illness leads to long-term earnings losses as migrants are hit harder in Finland

In Finland, serious illness can reduce earnings for years, with migrants facing substantially larger income losses than native-born individuals, according...

Katri Aaltonen ja Johanna Kallio seminaarihuoneen edessä kertomassa Varhan ja INVESTin yhteistyöstä.

Research Council of Finland awards nearly €800,000 to the CoWest project on Children’s and young people’s wellbeing

The Research Council of Finland has awarded nearly €800,000 in funding to the CoWest research project, which aims to strengthen effective...

Start up course.

INVEST launches start-up coaching course for researchers

INVEST Research Flagship Centre has launched a new start-up coaching course aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship among researchers and staff in...

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Events

Kuvituskuva

Satu Helske and Jouni Helske: Workplace adaptation to fathers’ parental leave 06.02.2026

Satu Helske and Jouni Helske, INVEST: Workplace adaptation to fathers’ parental leave: Two-way interactions between fathers and their workplaces Invest...

Voter Mobilization via SMS: Evidence from a large-scale trial with language targeting. Brown bag session 11.02.2026

Salomo Hirvonen, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Turku We conduct a large-scale get-out-the-vote short text-message (SMS) randomized controlled trial targeting the...

kuvituskuva

Thematic Workshop II: Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Well-being and Mental Health 25.02.2026

The idea of the workshop is to have presentations of different projects and studies related to theme of “Child and...

Tutkija Publicumissa.

kolme henkilöä istuu pöydän ääressä tietokoneet edessään.

INVEST Fellowship Programme

Publicum and Educarium building at the University of Turku.