The SOSKIELI research project brings together a multidisciplinary team of researchers to examine language diversity and new vulnerability regimes in a diversifying and digitalising social work context. Drawing on methods of co-creative research the aim is to advance linguistic justice based social work theory, research and practice through the empirical lens of four categories of non-native speaking service users: families with disabled and nondisabled children, young people and persons 65 and over.

Research group
PD Camilla Nordberg, PI
PD Meri Kulmala
PD Camilla Granholm
PD Eveliina Heino
PD Hanna Kara
PM Anni-Mari Lassila
PD Antero Olakivi

Research collaboration

Ordering the ‘Migrant Family’: Power Asymmetry Work and Citizenization in Welfare Professional Bureaucracies, MigraFam (2017–2023), Finlands akademi, https://www.abo.fi/en/project/ordering-the-migrant-family/

Professional expertise in the multilingual landscape of welfare service work in Finland (2021–2022), Högskolestiftelsen i Österbotten

Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care, CoE AgeCare (2018–2025), Finlands akademi, https://www.jyu.fi/hytk/fi/laitokset/yfi/en/research/projects/agecare

INEQ – Helsinki Inequality Initiative, Helsingfors universitet, https://www2.helsinki.fi/en/ineq-helsinki-inequality-initiative

Satakieli – monikielisyyden tutkimus hyvinvointivaltiossa, https://blogs.helsinki.fi/satakieli/

Time to Get Heard: Co-creating Avenues for Youth Participation for Socially Sustainable Child Protection Services (2021-2023), Nordiska ministerrådet, https://blogs.helsinki.fi/timetogetheard/

Kanssatutkimuksen tutkijaverkosto, https://blogs.helsinki.fi/kanssatutkimus/