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Project management and coordination

Professor, universities of Turku and Jyväskylä
Child and youth loneliness, participation and the experiences of outsiderhood (ostracism)
niina.junttila@utu.fi
Director of WP 3
Associate Professor, University of Jyväskylänoona.h.kiuru@jyu.fi

Chief of loneliness work, HelsinkiMissiomaria.lahteenmaki@helsinkimissio.fi


Communications and interaction

Research Manager, Sote-akatemia, University of Turku
Societal interaction and science communications
miia.laasanen@utu.fi
Societal interaction and science communications
petra.e.heikkinen@utu.fi
Individual level biopsychosocial mechanisms of loneliness and ostracism

MD, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Centre for Population Health Research, FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study
University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Department of Clinical Medicine, Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Prenatal and early life stress exposures and their influences on child socioemotional development and (mental) health outcomes
linnea.karlsson@utu.fi
Professor, universities of Turku and Jyväskylä
Child and youth loneliness, participation and the experiences of outsiderhood (ostracism)
niina.junttila@utu.fi
Child socioemotional development and stress regulation
katja.tervahartiala@utu.fi
Emotion perception and empathy in early childhood
mikko.peltola@tuni.fi
Hormonal stress response
sukort@utu.fi

Neuroscientist and an expert on multimodal MRI and interdisciplinary research of (developmental) cognitive neuroscience.
jjtuul@utu.fi


Developmental trajectories and consequences of loneliness and ostracism: individual and contextual intervening mechanisms

Director of WP 3
Associate Professor, University of Jyväskylänoona.h.kiuru@jyu.fi

Youth well-being, principals’ and teachers’ work well-being
katariina.salmela-aro@helsinki.fi

Adolescent health psychology from motivation and uptake of mindfulness exercises to loneliness trajectories and their antecedents and consequences
marguerite.beattie@helsinki.fi




Preventing and decreasing loneliness and ostracism in the context of schools

Professor, Aalto University
Economics of education, societal experiments
matti.sarvimaki@aalto.fi
Children’s learning, well-being and loneliness in school environment, teacher-student relationship, classroom interaction
marja-kristiina.lerkkanen@jyu.fi
Teacher-student interactions and teacher-student relationships, children’s learning, motivation, social skills and well-being
eija.k.pakarinen@jyu.fi
The effects of the two-year pre-primary education trial and quality of classroom interactions on students’ social skills and feelings of loneliness and belonging.
heli.j.muhonen@jyu.fi
Educators’ and learners’ socio-emotional and interaction competencies, diverse needs and inclusive practices, loneliness, and family relationships and well-being.
anne-elina.salo@utu.fiServices to belong – Children as co-creators of integrated service systems combating loneliness and ostracism

Research Professor, Director of Development, Itla Children's Foundationtiina.ristikari@itla.fi

Visiting professor, University of Helsinki
Child well-being, longitudinal survey methodology, youth political and civic engagement
g.pollock@mmu.ac.uk
