Adolescent mental health problems have a link to later receipt of social assistance across income quintiles Mental health problems in adolescence increase the likelihood of receiving social assistance in early adulthood. The link was found in…
KiVa Antibullying Program in Paraguay The KiVa Program has now been in use at the Liberty School, Paraguay, for over four years. It was not…
Success Stories: COVID-19 related Policy and Service Success INVEST reacted effectively to the sudden needs created by the Covid-19 pandemic. In spring 2020, Professor Christina Salmivalli chaired a…
The trend of single-person households is reflected in inequality — living in a relationship has a greater connection to income disparity than thought Partnering at all is a more significant factor in income inequality between households than who you partner with. Based on…
Two INVEST research projects given Academy of Finland grants INVEST researchers Mia Hakovirta from the University of Turku and Maria Vaalavuo from the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare…
Join the INVEST Ecosystem to be part of the network for a new welfare state The INVEST Welfare Research and Innovation Ecosystem brings together the efforts of 200 researchers and advances cross-disciplinary research. We also…
Let’s Cope Together website offers families ways to manage worries about coronavirus Finnish parents felt that the Let’s Cope Together website, which is based on behavioural therapy methods, helped them and their…
Youngest children in class are more likely to be diagnosed with a learning disability Children born in December are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with a learning disorder than those born in…
Jani Erola was invited as a new member to the The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters invites Finnish academics and scientists who have distinguished themselves in their own fields…
Professor André Sourander was granted European Research Council funding for digitally assisted parent training intervention research Professor André Sourander has received substantial research funding from the European Research Council (ERC). Sourander received ERC Advanced Grant funding…
