Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Research fields:
- Globalisation, (welfare) state and diversity
- Citizenship and allegiances
- Sociology of health and health care, health care professions
- Comparative social research and qualitative comparative methods
Ongoing research projects:
- Centre of Excellence for Research on Ageing and Care Research: Group 3 Migration, Care and Ageing. Project leader. (Academy of Finland, 2018-2025, exit phase with University of Helsinki funding 2026-2027.)
Completed research projects:
- Lääkäreiden urapolkujen kapeikot, umpikujat ja kiihdytyskaistat. Sairaala- ja terveyskeskusurajärjestelmien sosiaalinen kestävyys. Projektinjohtaja. (Työsuojelurahasto, 2020-2022) / Career Paths of Medical Doctors. The Social Sustainability of Hospital and Health Centre Career Systems. Project leader. (The Finnish Work Environment Fund, 2020-2022)
- The Shaping of Occupational Subjectivities of Migrant Care Workers: A Multi-Sited Analysis of Glocalising Elderly Care. (Academy of Finland, University of Helsinki, Jan Magnus Janssons Fond, 2010-2015)
- Glocal Care Work and Negotiations on Occupational Subjectivities: The Rise of New Ethnic Hierarchies. (2010-2014)
- Mothers and Workers? Women’s Movements and the Gendered Development of Social Rights in Canada, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, 1870-1950 (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2006-2009)
- The position of immigrants in Finnish working life. (The Finnish Work Environment Fund, 2007-2008)
- The New Dynamics of Professionalism within Caring Occupations. (Academy of Finland, 2003-2008)
Most important professional appointments:
- 1/4/2019 - Professor, sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences & Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki
- 1/1/2018-31/12/2025 Centre of Excellence for Research on Ageing and Care, Vice leader.
- 1/8/2013-31/3/2019 University Lecturer in Sociology (appointed in 2010, leave 1/8/2015-31/7/2016)
- 1/8/2015-31/7/2016 Professor, Ethnic Relations
- 1/8/2011-31/7/2013 Core fellow, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
- 1/8/2003-31/7/2008 Academy Research Fellow, Academy of Finland.
Education information
Doctor of Social Sciences, sociology, Åbo Akademi University, 2001
Title of Docent, sociology, University of Helsinki, 2005
Links:
- Faculty of Social Sciences https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-social-sciences
- Swedish School of Social Science https://www.helsinki.fi/en/swedish-school-of-social-science
- Centre of Excellence for Research on Ageing and Care https://www.jyu.fi/hytk/fi/laitokset/yfi/en/research/projects/agecare/ikaantymisen-ja-hoivan-tutkimuksen-huippuyksikko-coe-agecare-2018-2025
- Migration, Care and Ageing (MICA) research group https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/migration-care-and-ageing
Education information
Doctor of Social Sciences, sociology, Åbo Akademi University, 2001Fields of Science
- 514 Sociology
- 5141 Sociology
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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The Making of Medico-Managerial Care Work Culture in Public Home Care for the Elderly
Wrede, S. & Henriksson, L., 2012, Perspectives on Care at Home for Older People. Ceci, C., Björnsdóttir, K. & Purkis, M. E. (eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 171-185 (Routledge studies in health and social welfare; no. 6).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Työn glokalisaatio Sosiologia-lehden teemanumero
Näre, L. (ed.), Wrede, S. (ed.) & Zechner, M. (ed.), 2012, 3 ed. The Westermarck Society ry.Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
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Työn glokalisaatio ja eriarvoisuus.
Translated title of the contribution :The glocalisation of work and inequality. Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review
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Caring Beyond Borders: Comparing the Relationship between Nursing Work and Migration Patterns in Canada and Finland
Bourgeault, I. L. & Wrede, S., 1 Feb 2011, Valuing Care Work: Comparative Perspectives. Benoit, C. & Hallgrimsdottir, H. (eds.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, p. 65-86 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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In Search of Equity and Dignity in Maternity Care: Canada in Comparative Perspective
Benoit, C., Wrede, S. & Einarsdóttir, Þ., 2011, Valuing Care Work: Comparative Perspectives. Benoit, C. & Hallgrimsdottir, H. (eds.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, p. 45-64 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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The Shaping of Occupational Subjectivities of Migrant Care Workers: A Multi-Sited Analysis of
Näre, L., Wrede, S., Nordberg, C., Olakivi, A. & Saukkonen, M.
01/09/2011 → 31/08/2015
Project: Research project
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CoE AgeCare: Centre of Excellence for Research on Ageing and Care Research Group 3 Migration, Care and Ageing
Wrede, S., Nordberg, C., Olakivi, A., Buchert, U., Kouvonen, A., Riitaoja, A., May, V., Kemppainen, L., Asikainen, A., Pirhonen, J. P. T., Harju, M. E., Laakkonen, R., Blomqvist, K., Simola, A., Laisi, I., Safarov, N., Pietilä, I., Begum, S., Takahashi, E., Avdeeva, A., Shindo, R. & Niemi, M.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research project
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Citenization in the everyday-life of immigrant families. Street-level bureaucracies, informal networks and social engagement with Finland
Wrede, S., Seppälä, U., Aerschot Van, P., Nordberg, C., Lillrank, A., Holm, G. & Törrönen, M.
01/09/2010 → 31/12/2017
Project: Research project
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Glocal Care Work and Negotiations on Occupational Subjectivities: The Rise of New Ethnic Hierarchies
01/01/2010 → 31/12/2014
Project: Research project
Activities
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Uudenlainen potilas-lääkärisuhde - mitä pitäisi tutkia?
Sirpa Wrede (Speaker)
11 Jan 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Potilaslähtöisyys - mitä se tarkoittaa? (Patient orientation - what does it mean?)
Sirpa Wrede (Speaker)
31 Oct 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Potilaat ja lääkärin autonomia (Patients and the autonomy of the physician)
Sirpa Wrede (Speaker)
19 May 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Vaativa työ ja työssä selviytyminen nuorten lääkäreiden puheessa (Demanding work and coping at work in the talk of young doctors)
Sirpa Wrede (Speaker)
24 Nov 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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University of Western Australia
Sirpa Wrede (Visiting researcher)
26 Nov 2017 → 6 Dec 2017Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
Press/Media
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Utelias mieli: Millainen on siirtolaisen vanhuus Suomessa?
04/11/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Suomen maaseudulla synnytettiin saunassa vielä sotien jälkeenkin – äitiyspakkauksen emalinen pesuvati houkutteli monet äitiyshoidon piiriin
29/08/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Innovationsforskare: "Varför är vi så förbannat dåliga på att göra reklam för de äldre?"
13/12/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Suomessa työelämän eriarvoisuus on etnistymässä ja syvenemässä (In Finland inequality in working life is deepening and becoming racialized )
29/06/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media