Katariina Mankinen
Official title: Planning Officer
Tel. 029 524 7866
E-mail: [email protected]
Expertise
- Equality
- Cultural diversity
- Health and wellbeing of migrants
- Asylum seekers' mental health
- Qualitative research
Primary duties
- Planning Officer, Migration and Cultural Diversity Team
- Researcher, Qualitative Research on Asylum Seekers’ Mental Health, TAVATA-project
- Coordinator, PALOMA Center of Expertise, project coordinator
- Member, THL’s Expert Group for Cultural Diversity
Education
- 2021, Master of Social Sciences, Social psychology (Contemporary societies), University of Helsinki
- 2015, Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Professional background
- 2023-, Planning Officer, TAVATA-project
- 2023-, Project Coordinator, PALOMA Center of Expertise, THL
- 2022, Project Coordinator, PALOMA3 , THL
- 2021-2022, Project Coordinator, Manifold More (ESR), THL
- 2020-2021, Researcher, Gambling Problems Qualitative Data Collection, THL
- 2020, Intern and Research assistant, Pomela Project, THL
- 2017-2018, Volunteer Coordinator, Suomen Diakoniaopisto Oy (Sovinto)
Language skills
- Finnish (native)
- English (excellent)
- Swedish (fair)
Current projects
Former projects
- Strengthening and Widening the National PALOMA Centre of Excellence to Support Refugee Rental Health (PALOMA3) -project
- 2021-2022, Manifold more - Leverage to the professional careers of immigrant background women (ESR)
- Social scientific gambling research (e.g. Covid-19 and gambling interview research)
- Positive mental health, quality of life and social support experienced by people living alone in Finland (Pomela project)
Current positions of trust
- Member of the Expert Group in IP Istanbul Protocol Training -project
Publications and research
- Rask, S., Mankinen, K., Nykänen, S., Teräsaho, M. (2022). Monimuotoisuutta edistävä rekrytointi ja kielitietoisuus ratkaisuina osaajapulaan. Työn tuuli 2/2022.
- Pasanen, T.P., Tamminen, N., Martelin, T., Mankinen, K., & Solin, P (2021). Profiles of subjective health among people living alone: a latent class analysis. BMC Public Health 21, 1335.
- Tamminen, N; Pasanen T, Martelin, T; Mankinen, K ja Solin P (2020) Sosiaaliset suhteet tärkeitä yksinasuvien positiiviselle mielenterveydelle. Tutkimuksesta tiiviisti 27/2020, THL.
Blog posts
- Fact-check your biases – Five myths about the “immigrant woman” (THL-blog 2022)
