Curriculum vitae FULL NAMES Anja Riitta Lahikainen DATE AND ...

Curriculum vitae
FULL NAMES
Anja Riitta Lahikainen
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Born 1946 in Kuopio, Finland.
CURRENT POSITION:
Professor of social psychology in the University of Tampere since 1997-
The leader and board member of Research Unit of Family and Childhood Studies in the University
of Tampere since 2001-
Leader of the project "Digital Childhood; Children's Well-being and Media in Societal and Cultural
Context" since 2003-
Docent in Social Psychology in the University of Helsinki since 1987-
EDUCATION
1987 Docent in social psychology in the University of Helsinki
1984 Doctor in social psychology in the University of Helsinki
1976 Licensiate of political sciences in the University of Helsinki
1970 Graduated in social psychology in the University of Helsinki
1965-1970 Master of Social Sciences, majors: social psychology and social policy, minors:
statistics, sociology, philosophy, psychology and physics in the University of Helsinki.
CAREER HISTORY
1998- Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Psychology in the University of
Tampere
1996-1998 Acting professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Psychology in the
University of Tampere
1994-1995, 1999-2000, 2006-2007 Senior scientist in the Academy of Finland
1989-1997 Associate professor in social psychology in the Department of Social Sciences in the
University of Kuopio
1985-1989 Senior researcher in the Department of Social Psychology in the University of Helsinki
1984 Acting associate professor in the Department of Social psychology in the University of
Helsinki
1976-1989 Lecturer in social psychology in the Department of Social Psychology in the University
of Helsinki
1971-1976 Assistant in social psychology in the Department of Social Psychology in the University
of Helsinki
1970-1971 Research assistant, acting senior inspector National Board of Education
MAIN RESEARCH AREAS
Comparative study of family and day care institutions
Comparative study of childhood and early socialization
Identity and context, occupational socialization
Subjective well-being, media and children
GRANTS
1979 The Church Research Institute

1978, 1977, 1976 the Finnish Cultural Foundation
2007, Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
2010 -2014 Leader of the project “Family Interaction, Media, Children’s Well-being” Suomen
Akatemia
2003- Leader of the project "Digital Childhood, Children's Well-being and Media in Societal and
Cultural Context"
2007 Scientific expert member in Children’s media education evaluation group, Ministry of
Education
2006-2007 Scientific expert member in the project Children and Social Capital, Finnish Federation
for Mental Health
2003-2005 Member of the Board of the Project “Culture, Identity and Development” The Finnish
Cultural Foundation
Member of the Scandinavian network of researchers of early education.
2002-2005 Member of the Board of “Children and Information Society”-project, Information
Society Institute, University of Tampere
1997-1998, 2002-2004 Member of the Board in the Graduate Centre for Social Sciences, University
of Tampere.
1993- Social psychological expert in the follow-up research project "Children's social and physical
well-being" (the ENO-project led by Aulikki Nissinen) funded by the Academy of Finland.
1992- Leader of the project "Social Integration and Social Exclusion in Childhood in Estonia and in
Finland" funded by the Academy of Finland.
1989-2000 Co-leader in the project "Insecurity, its causes and coping" funded by the Academy of
Finland
1988-1989 Scientific consultations for the National Agency for Welfare and Health- Member of the
board of the committee for early educational growth
1987-1989 Scientific expert of the research project "Can municipal day care services be improved"
funded by the National Agency for Welfare and Health.
1987 Member of the advisory committee of the Central Agency for Child Welfare
1986-1989 Scientific consult in the research project on supervision of personal vocational choice
funded by the Ministry of Labour
1985-1989 Co-leader and co-researcher of the Finnish part in Scandinavian research project
"Barndom, samhälle och utveckling i Norden" (Childhood, society and development in the Nordic
Countries) funded by NOS-S and the Academy of Finland.
1983-1984 Leader of the research project "Educational motivation and occupational choice of
young people from the point of view of stratification" funded by the Academy of Finland

1976-1984 Leader of the research project "Social-emotional development of young children at
home and in day care" funded by the University of Helsinki.
Connections
Member of International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), Member of European Society on
Family Relations (ESFR), of the Network of Baltic-Nordic Family researchers (NFR) and of the
network of family researchers coordinated by the Institute of Family Research in the University of
Jyväskylä
Scientific expert in evaluation of applicants for professorship of Early Education, (University of
Oulu) 1997, for professorship of Social Work especially with Children (University of Helsinki)
2004 and 2001, for professorship of Psychology especially for Social Work With Children
(University of Kuopio), 2004, for professorship of Family Sociology (Riitta Jallinoja, University of
Helsinki), for docentship of psychology (Jarl Wahlström, 1999 and of social psychology, Karin
Österman, 2008 University of Helsinki, for docentship of social work (Maritta Törrönen, University
of Joensuu) 2004, for Docentship of education especially of social-emotional development and
support (Anna Rönkä, University of Jyväskylä) 2005. Tigerstedt (2007) for Docentship of Social
Psychology (Österman), University of Helsinki, 2008, kasvatussosiologian desentuuri, (Virtanen)
Joensuun yliopisto, 2009, Kasvatustieteen dosentuuri, erikoisalana kasvatuskulttuurit, (Alasuutari
M,) Tampereen yliopisto.
Examiner of six Doctoral Dissertations (Littunen-Perälä 2003, Lallukka 2003 (Jyväskylän
yliopisto), Lahti 2004 (Oulun yliopisto), Koev 2004 (Turun yliopisto) Tolppi-Sinkkonen, 2005,
Antikainen, 2007 (Kuopion yliopisto)
Opponent of five Doctoral Dissertations (Satu Littunen-Perälä, 2003 (Jyväskylän yliopisto),
Kristi Koev,(Turun yliopisto 2004), Tolppi-Sinkkonen, 2005(Kuopion yliopisto) Hanna- Maija
Sinkkonen, 2007 (Helsingin yliopisto), Hannariikka Linnavuori, 2007 (Jyväskylän yliopisto)
Supervisor of doctoral theses
Erja Rusanen, University of Helsinki, doc. 1996,
Merja Borgman, University of Tampere, doc.1998,
Tiina Kirmanen, University of Kuopio, doc. 2000,
Riitta Vornanen, University of Kuopio, doc. 2000,
Aino Ritala-Koskinen, University of Tampere, doc. 2001,
Raimo Lahti, University of Joensuu, doc. 2001,
Mervi Rouvinen, University of Tampere, doc. 2003,
Eriikka Oinonen, University of Tampere, doc. 2004,
Ari Väänänen, University of Tampere, doc. 2005,
Anne Koponen, University of Helsinki, doc. 2006,
Atte Oksanen, University of Tampere, doc. 2006
Merle Taimalu, University of Tartu, Estonia, doc. 2007
Piia Korhonen, University of Kuopio, doc 2008
Mirja Malmberg, Turun yliopisto, 2010
Satu Valkonen, University of Tampere,
Mira Roine, University of Tampere,
Jukka Partanen, University of Tampere,
Leena Ahrio, Tampereen yliopisto
Minna Murtorinne-Lahtinen, University of Jyväskylä,

Maritta Wacklin, University of Tampere,
Marja Lindqvist, University of Tampere
and the other participants of the post graduate courses in Childhood and Family Research Unit
2001-2009
in excess of 200 pro gradu thesis.
CONFIDENTIAL POSTS
2007- Board member of Finnish doctor school of Family Research
2006- Board member of Child Affairs
2002-2004 Head of the Department of Sociology and Social Psychology in the University of
Tampere
2002-2004 Member of the Board in the Graduate Centre for Social Sciences, University of Tampere
1998-1999 Vice Head of the Department of Sociology and Social Psychology in the University of
Tampere
1997-1998 Member of the Board in the Graduate Centre for Social Sciences, University of Tampere
1995-1999 Co-chair of the Board of the Institute of Childhood Research in Helsinki and a member
of the founding group
1995-1996, 2001 Chairman of the Department of Social Psychology of the Finnish Association of
Psychology.
1993-1994, Vice Head of the Department of Social Sciences, University of Kuopio
1982-1984 Member of the board of the educational committee in the Therapeia-Foundation,
Helsinki
2004- Editorial Board Member of Childhood and Family Research Net-Publication-series, Tampere
University Press
1992- Referee for Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Child Indicators Research,
Acta sociologica, European Journal of Psychological Assessment, Psykologia, Janus, Kasvatus,
Kasvatustieteellinen aikakauskirja,.
Organizer of six international seminars/congresses
What’s New? Nordic-Baltic Perspectives on Childhood and Family Research 2003, University of
Tampere
Round table seminar: Early Childhood, Identity and Development 2004, University of Tampere
Round table seminar: Culture: Educational and Developmental Home of Child 2004, University of
Tampere
Children and Play Cultures 2004, Stakes, University of Tampere
Symposium on Children and Globalisation 2004 Tampere, Childhood and Family Research Unit
Finnish-Israeli Symposium on Studying Children in Israel 1992 Jerusalem, Israel
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1971-1981 Lecturing introductory courses of social psychology in schools of nursing
1982-1992 Counselling and lecturing in further education of day care personnel
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