Welfare State Research

The Welfare State Research Unit

• researches the health and social service system and social security
• researches social sustainability as a phenomenon, its construction and manifestation in society, factors affecting it and its links to economic and ecological sustainability
• researches and anticipates health and social service needs and develops the funding of the health and social service system
• develops health and social service systems, services and benefits with the aim of creating an interoperable and effective entity
• produces data to support decision-making and expertise for both the scientific community and the general population
• supports legislative drafting and assesses the impacts of legislation and participates in national and international working groups as a specialist body.

Unit teams

• Financing and Fairness
• Processes and Policies
• Social Security and Services
• Socially Sustainable Society

Contact details

Mikko Peltola | Expertise
Head of Unit
tel. +358 29 524 7458
E-mail: [email protected]

Postal address
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Welfare State Research Unit
P.O. Box 30
FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland