INVEST
News
28.11.2023
To invest in labour markets means to invest in people
Most of the time, what stands in peoples’ way of finding a job is neither a lack of will nor...
28.11.2023
Beyond education and training – How can we adapt to future needs of local labour markets?
Before this decade is over, labour force shortages will have become palpable in many sectors of European economies. Strategies to...
14.8.2023
An International Seminar on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in Finnish and Global Perspectives
Research Flagship Centre INVEST and the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry will organise an international seminar on global mental health...
Events
Most of our events are in Finnish. You can find the events on the Finnish page.
Our Research
Welfare Research and Innovation Ecosystem
The INVEST ecosystem brings together the efforts of over 200 researchers and advances cross-disciplinary research. It forms an international collaboration...
Research Themes
The research area of the INVEST Research Flagship Centre covers the study fields of sociology, social policy, psychology, child psychiatry,...
Novel Research and Impact Infrastructures
Excellent, globally unique data sources and novel data infrastructure are the backbone of the world-class research that is being conducted...
Interventions
KiVa® Antibullying programme
Kiva School® is an anti-bullying programme developed at the University of Turku. KiVa aims to prevent bullying. Creating an anti-bullying...
Voimaperheet® (Strongest Families)
Voimaperheet is an intervention project of the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry, University of Turku. We develop, evaluate and implement...
Opintokamu® (Studypal)
Opintokamu® – meaning studypal – is an entity developed for high schools and vocational schools. It aims to develop students’...
Outputs
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Join the INVEST ecosystem
INVEST is a research and social innovation ecosystem and a collaboration platform that brings together researchers, public organisations, third sector...
INVEST Fellowship Programme
INVEST Fellowship Programme Autumn 2023 Call open 14.11.-7.12.2023 What is an INVEST fellowship? INVEST fellowships are 1-3 (or up to...
Vacancies
Senior Resercher (1-2 positions) The recruited researcher will conduct his/her own research based on experimental and/or quasi-experimental designs. The researcher...