Lotta Mäkipää

Title: Planning Officer
Tel. +358 29 524 8529
E-mail: [email protected] 

Expertise

• Migration and cultural diversity
• Equality in services
• Human trafficking phenomenon in Finland
• Research and research communication

Primary duties

• Planning officer, Aktiivinen toimijuus -project  
• Member of THL's Expert Group for Cultural Diversity (MONET)

Education

• 2024–, Doctor of Social Sciences, Social Policy, Åbo Akademi
• 2020, Master of Social Sciences, Social policy, University of Tampere

Professional background

• 2023–2024, Planning Officer, MoniTieto-project
• 2022–2023, Planning Officer, MoniSuomi-survey
• 2021–2022, Project Coordinator, FinMonik2 Project, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
• 2020–2021, Project Coordinatior, Waaberi-project, Suomi-Somalia Seura ry
• 2019, Benefits Officer, income support, KELA / Social Insurance Institution of Finland
• 2018, Trainee, TE-Services

Language skills

• Finnish (native)
• English (excellent)
• German (excellent)
• Spanish (good)
• Swedish (good)

Current projects

• Aktiivinen toimijuus - yhdenvertaisuutta, syrjimättömyyttä ja osallisuutta edistävät palvelut

Former projects

• National survey on health, well-being and service use among foreign-born population (MoniSuomi)
• A high-quality database to support equality in Finland: National and regional integration (MoniTieto)
• Solid knowledge base and research-based information about integration (FinMonik2)

Publications

• Klemettilä, K. Lilja, E.; Mäkipää, L.; Garcia-Velazquez, R.; Litewka-Anttolainen, A.; Kuusio, H. (2023). Multilingual research assistants activate foreign-born persons to respond a survey in Finland. European Journal of Public Health, Volume 33, Issue Supplement_2, October 2023.

Statistical reports

• Health and well-being of the adult population with a foreign background – MoniSuomi 2022 One in three immigrants do not receive a sufficient amount of doctor’s services  (THL statistical report, 2022) 
   

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