Johanna

Latva

My research interests are related to cultural health research, social sustainability, attitudes towards women's appearance and, in particular, women's baldness. 

In my ethnological dissertation, completed in May 2025, I investigate how women's hairlessness has been perceived in Finnish society and how women themselves have experienced baldness. I examined women's hairlessness as an everyday phenomenon, as part of people's well-being.  I examine women's hairlessness as an everyday phenomenon, as part of human well-being. My research focuses on the experiences of women without hair and the public debate on hairlessness.