Lotta Mäkipää

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

Expertise

• Migration and cultural diversity
• Inclusion and equality in Finland
• Communications 
• Population studies

Primary duties

• Planning Officer, MoniSuomi-survey
• Planning Officer, MoniTieto-project
• Member of THL's Expert Group for Cultural Diversity (MONET)

Education

• 2020, Master of Social Sciences, Social policy, University of Tampere

Professional background

• 2023-, Planning Officer, MoniTieto-project
• 2022-, 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

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

Former projects

• Solid knowledge base and research-based information about integration (FinMonik2)

Publications

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) 
   

More information 

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