Olavi
Kangas
Docent, Social Policy
Sociology
PhD, Docent
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Biography
Olli Kangas is Director of Equal Society research programme at the Academy of Finland and Professor of Practice at the Department of Social Research, University of Turku. Previously he has been the Director of Governmental Relations (2015-2018) and Research Director (2007-2014) at the Social Insurance Institution of Finland. He has worked as Olof Palme Professor at the Uppsala University; H.C. Andersen Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, Professor at the Danish National Institute for Social Research (2004-2007), Professor in Social Policy, University of Turku (1994-2003) and research fellow at the Academy of Finland 1987-1993. His research interests revolve around comparative analysis of social policy systems, their causes and consequences in terms of macro-economy, income distribution and legitimacy of social institutions. Currently he is the leader of the research group evaluating the Finnish basic income experiment.
Publications
Trust, Capabilities, Confidence and Basic Income (2021)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Information and legitimacy: results from an experimental survey on attitudes to the 2017 pension reform in Finland, (2021)
Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Social protection and inclusion policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis (2021)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Työlupamenettely kaipaa uudistamista (2021)
Turun Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Evaluation of the experiment (2021)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Raamatun pakolaiset (2021)
Turun Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Finland reforms the family leave system (2021)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Aavan meren tällä puolen... (2021)
Turun Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Increased Trust in the Finnish UBI Experiment - Is the Secret Universalism or Less Bureaucracy? Basic Income Studies, (2021)
Basic Income Studies
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Ansiot vaiko tarpeet – sadun moraali (2021)
Turun Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))