INVEST
INVEST Research Flagship Centre provides 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 has evaluated and developed various universal and targeted interventions to improve the efficiency of the current welfare state institutions at critical points of the early life course.
News
21.1.2026
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...
15.1.2026
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...
8.1.2026
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...
8.1.2026
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...
19.12.2025
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...
12.12.2025
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...
Events
David Reimer: Can a Role Model Intervention Decrease Inequality in Access to Higher Education?
05.02.2026
David Reimer (University of Iceland) will present his work, titled Can a Role Model Intervention Decrease Inequality in Access to...
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...
