The Finnish Home and Sustainable Welfare Interconnections
Funded by Sustainable Welfare Systems PRFI 5 seed-funding, the context of our study is the Finnish home. We seek to provide understanding of residents’ everyday life and the diverse practices, needs and meanings that are connected to the concept of home and to create interdisciplinary knowledge of the connections and implications between sustainable welfare and our living environments.
GOAL
Understanding the complex interconnections between the home, the design of living environments (for a diversity of people and needs), and citizen’s health and well-being, with implications for welfare systems, is fundamental to avoid ’locking in’ unsustainable welfare policies or housing infrastructures for decades to come.
IMPACT
Only by understanding the links between physical, lived, and experienced environments and wellbeing can we create sustainable welfare policies and sustainable housing designs that prioritise residents’ health and well-being. This seed-funding will enable us to start mapping these connections and make a real impact in these different disciplinary areas.
FUNDING SOURCE
Sustainable Welfare Systems -ohjelman kautta.
Also part-funded by RESCUE project (ACADEMY OF FINLAND FUNDING).
PEOPLE
Katja Maununaho, Sofie Pelsmakers, Raul Castano Rosa, Elli Aaltonen, Juho Saari (Social Sciences and Social and Health Policies), Jenni Kulmala, Mari Aaltonen, Outi Jolanki (Gerontology) and other scholars.
Website here.
GOAL
Understanding the complex interconnections between the home, the design of living environments (for a diversity of people and needs), and citizen’s health and well-being, with implications for welfare systems, is fundamental to avoid ’locking in’ unsustainable welfare policies or housing infrastructures for decades to come.
IMPACT
Only by understanding the links between physical, lived, and experienced environments and wellbeing can we create sustainable welfare policies and sustainable housing designs that prioritise residents’ health and well-being. This seed-funding will enable us to start mapping these connections and make a real impact in these different disciplinary areas.
FUNDING SOURCE
Sustainable Welfare Systems -ohjelman kautta.
Also part-funded by RESCUE project (ACADEMY OF FINLAND FUNDING).
PEOPLE
Katja Maununaho, Sofie Pelsmakers, Raul Castano Rosa, Elli Aaltonen, Juho Saari (Social Sciences and Social and Health Policies), Jenni Kulmala, Mari Aaltonen, Outi Jolanki (Gerontology) and other scholars.
Website here.
