Research output per year
Research output per year
PL 54 (Unioninkatu 37)
00014
Finland
Finland
Research activity per year
I work as university lecturer in social work at University of Helsinki and as researcher in the following research projects: ReJustice - Linguistic justice, global migration and the Nordic welfare state, LIVICS - Identifying and counteracting language-based vulnerabilities in social work with children through the lens of professional discretion, SWORD - Social work dissertations in Finland 2007-2022.
My research has concerned migrant families' encounters with social services and social work in Finland, linguistic diversity and vulnerability in Finnish social services, and the transnational migration of Latin American women in Spain. I have written, for example, on the role of public service interpreters in social work and social services, transnational care and family relations, transnational daughtering, and research ethics in qualitative research.
During the academic year 2024–25, I teach courses on qualitative research methods, knowledge production in social work, and social work Master's thesis seminars.
I am member of the Sosnet (Finnish National University Network for Social Work) committee on collaboration in research and doctoral training and co-editor of Social work research blog https://sosiaalityontiedeblogi.home.blog/.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific
Research output: Conference materials › Paper › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
Kara, H. (Co-Principal Investigator), Heino, E. (Participant) & Hela, J. (Participant)
01/07/2024 → 31/12/2026
Project: Ministry funding
Kara, H. (Participant)
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2027
Project: Other funder
Gustafsson, K. (Principal Investigator), Nordberg, C. (Co-Principal Investigator), Nikolaidou, Z. (Participant), Åberg, L. (Participant), Tolvanen, E. (Participant) & Kara, H. (Project manager)
01/08/2023 → 31/07/2027
Project: Research project
Puurunen, P. (Principal Investigator), Kara, H. (Participant), Lähteinen, S. (Participant) & Suonio, M. (Participant)
01/01/2022 → …
Project: Research project
Heino, E. (Principal Investigator), Tapola-Haapala, M. (Principal Investigator), Tarkiainen, L. (Principal Investigator) & Kara, H. (Principal Investigator)
01/10/2016 → …
Project: Research project
Kulmala, M. (Speaker), Heino, E. (Speaker) & Kara, H. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Heino, E. (Chair of organizing committee), Jäppinen, M. (Member of organizing committee), Kara, H. (Member of organizing committee), Söderström, I. M. (Member of organizing committee), Simola, J. (Member of organizing committee), Livholts, M. B. (Member of organizing committee), Virokannas, E. (Member of organizing committee), Kalm-Akubardia, M. H. (Member of organizing committee) & Hagelin, A. M. H. (Member of organizing committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Nordberg, C. (Invited speaker) & Kara, H. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Kara, H. (Speaker), Heino, E. (Speaker) & Nordberg, C. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Heino, E. (Speaker), Kara, H. (Speaker) & Nordberg, C. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation