Research Output per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
I am Associate Professor (Tenure Track) of Sociology at the University of Helsinki, Department of Social Research. I joined the Discipline of Sociology in 2011 after having been a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism, Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex. I hold a D.Phil in Migration Studies from the University of Sussex and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Helsinki.
My research interests include sociology of work, care, ageing, globalisation, sociology of migration, gender studies, ethnic and racial studies, social theories and ethnographic methods. I am currently leading a research project Struggles over Home and Citizenship funded by Kone Foundation (2018-2021). Previously, I have led a project entitled Migrant Youth Employment - Politics of Recognition and Boundaries of Belonging (RECOGNITION) funded by the University of Helsinki, Kone Foundation and Emil Aaltonen Foundation (2014-2017) and Insecure Lives - Irregular Migration and Precarious Work in Finland (INSECURE) funded by the Academy of Finland (2015-2018).
My work has been published e.g. in Sociology, Men and Masculinities, Ethnic and Racial Studies and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. I am the editor-in-chief of Nordic Journal of Migration Research and vice-head of discipline of Sociology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. In 2017-2019 I served as Vice-President of European Sociological Association and in 2015-2017 I served as a board member of European Sociological Association.
Education information
Docent in Sociology, University of Helsinki 2013
PhD in Sociology, University of Helsinki 2012
DPhil in Migration Studies, University of Sussex 2009
Master of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki 2003
PhD in Sociology, University of Helsinki 2012
DPhil in Migration Studies, University of Sussex 2009
Master of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki 2003
Fields of Science
- 5141 Sociology
- Migration Studies
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications
Agency as Capabilities: Ukrainian Women's Narratives of Social Change and Mobility
Näre, L., 31 Oct 2014, In : Women's Studies International Forum. 47, p. 223-231 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Ideal Workers and Suspects: Employer’s Politics of Recognition and the Migrant Division of Care Labour in Finland
Näre, L., 17 Jun 2013, In : Nordic Journal of Migration Research. 3, 2, p. 72-81Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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The Moral Economy of Domestic and Care Labour: Migrant Workers in Naples, Italy
Näre, L. M., 2011, In : Sociology. 45, 3, p. 396–412 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Sri Lankan Men Working as Cleaners and Carers: Negotiating Masculinity in Naples
Näre, L. M., 25 Sep 2010, In : Men and Masculinities. 13, 1, p. 65-86 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Migrancy, Gender and Social Class in Domestic and Social Care Labour in Italy: An Intersectional Analysis of Demand
Näre, L. M., 15 Feb 2013, In : Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 39, 4, p. 601-623 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Prizes
Article nominated for the best article published in Sosiologia 2010-2013
Näre, Lena (Recipient), 27 Mar 2014
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
Nordic Journal of Migration Research (Journal)
Lena Näre (Editor in chief)
1 Jan 2013 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal
Etnisten suhteiden ja kansainvälisen muuttoliikkeen tutkimusseura ETMU ry (External organisation)
Lena Näre (Board member)
1 Jan 2012 → …
Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
Nordic Migration Research - research association (External organisation)
Lena Näre (Board member)
1 Jan 2013 → …
Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
Custos at Kaisu Koskela's PhD examination
Lena Näre (Participant)
13 Aug 2020
Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - Other