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Professor of Urban Theology, Docent of Church and Social Studies, Doctor of Theology
PL 3 (Fabianinkatu 33)
00014
Finland
PL 4 (Vuorikatu 3)
HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO
Finland
Research activity per year
Henrietta Grönlund is Professor of Urban Theology, in the University of Helsinki since 2019. She has specialized in research on prosocial behavior, civil society, and welfare, and especially the role of religion and values in relation to these themes. Her current research interests include the ways in which religion, both in its organized and lived forms, manifests in urban contexts and interacts with urbanity, especially in relation to questions of inequality and wellbeing.
Professor Grönlund has conducted empirical research on these themes in several national and international research projects. Her researh has been published as monographs and in volumes and journals of theology and religious studies, social sciences, and urban studies. Professor Grönlund's work has been awarded with several national and international academic prizes, and she is a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
Professor Grönlund’s recent projects include 'Covid-19 at the margins of the welfare state' (2021-2023, funded by European Social Fund), 'Community resilience and its segregation in the neighborhoods of Helsinki' (2020-2022, funded by the Ministry of the Environment), 'Urban poverty today (2017-2019, funded by Jane and Aatos Erkko foundation), and an international EU Erasmus+ project 'Europe Engage’ (2015-2017), which developed service learning in 12 European universities.
In her teaching of Urban Theology, Professor Grönlund stresses community based, experiential, and ethnographic approaches. She has especially developed service-learning in Finnish and European higher education, for example, in UNA Europa and the academic committee of the European Observatory of Service-Learning in Higher Education. The pedagogical approach combines community engagement and reflection with theoretical contents and promotes learning from working on a real world problem.
Professor Grönlund holds the title of Docent in Church and social studies at University of Helsinki, and is affiliated with Helsinki Inequality Initiative (INEQ) and Helsinki Institute of Urban and Regional Studies (URBARIA) in addition to the Faculty of Theology. She has previously held the positions of University Lecturer (Urban Theology), Postdoctoral Researcher (Church and social studies) and University Researcher (Church and social studies) at the Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki during 2012-2019. She has also worked as Visiting Researcher at Boston University, Sociology Department.
In addition to her academic career, Professor Grönlund has from 2007 until 2016 worked in the Finnish non-profit sector as Director of Civic Engagement, Director of Research and Development, and Education Officer. In these positions she has developed and directed a range of projects and working methods related to urban loneliness, volunteerism, and cross-sectoral cooperation (between cities, non-profits, and businesses). She is a popular lecturer and expert in different organizations and the media, especially in relation to questions of urban religion, civil society, and philanthropy.
Theology, Doctor of Theology, University of Helsinki
Award Date: 10 Sep 2012
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Grönlund, H., Hokkanen, J. M., Huotari, R. & Järvinen, J.
01/01/2021 → 31/08/2023
Project: Research project
Grönlund, H., Mäenpää, P. & Turk, J. B.
01/10/2020 → 30/09/2022
Project: Research project
Grönlund, H. & Seppälä, T.
01/06/2017 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
Grönlund, Henrietta (Recipient), 28 Mar 2017
Prize: Prizes and awards
Grönlund, Henrietta (Recipient), Nortomaa, Aura Inkeri (Recipient), Spännäri, Jenni Anna-Liisa (Recipient), Pessi, Anne Birgitta (Recipient) & Hopia, Anne (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prizes and awards
Grönlund, Henrietta (Recipient), 22 Nov 2013
Prize: Prizes and awards
Grönlund, Henrietta (Recipient), 18 Jan 2017
Prize: Prizes and awards
Henrietta Grönlund (Attendee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Henrietta Grönlund (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Henrietta Grönlund (Attendee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Pasi Mäenpää (Speaker) & Henrietta Grönlund (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Henrietta Grönlund (Speaker: Presenter) & Joni Mikael Hokkanen (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
11/09/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
01/06/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
25/04/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
25/11/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media