ACTIVITIES

2020

Kara, Hanna, Nordberg, Camilla, Jäppinen, Maija & Riitaoja, Anna-Leena: Relations of ruling defining the ’migrant family’ in institutional encounters between Finnish welfare state professionals and migrant background service-users. The Finnish Family Research Conference 2020/Perhetutkimuksen päivät 2020, Online conference/University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 19 November 2020, workshop presentation.

Jäppinen, Maija, Kara, Hanna, Riitaoja, Anna-Leena & Nordberg, Camilla: Kuka kuuluu perheeseen? ’Maahanmuuttajaperheen’ rakentumista ohjaavat hallinnan suhteet hyvinvointivaltion ammattilaisten ja maahan muuttaneiden asiakkaiden kohtaamisissa [Who belongs to the family? Ruling relations guiding the constructions of the ‘migrant family’ in the encounters between welfare state professionals and migrant background service users]. National Conference of Social Work Research/Sosiaalityön tutkimuksen päivät, University of Eastern Finland. Kuopio, Finland, 14 February 2020, workshop presentation.

Riitaoja, Anna-Leena, Jäppinen, Maija, Kara, Hanna & Nordberg, Camilla: Miten siirtolaisuudesta ja siirtolaisuuteen liittyvästä kulttuurisesta moninaisuudesta puhutaan sosiaalityön ja sosionomikoulutusten opetussuunnitelmissa? [How to talk about migration and migration-related cultural diversity in the curricula for social work and socio-education?] National Conference of Social Work Research/Sosiaalityön tutkimuksen päivät, University of Eastern Finland. Kuopio, Finland, 13 February 2020, workshop presentation.

Riitaoja, Anna-Leena, Jäppinen, Maija, Kara, Hanna & Nordberg, Camilla: Siirtolaisuus muuttuvassa hyvinvointivaltiossa/Migration in the Changing Welfare State. National Conference of Social Work Research/Sosiaalityön tutkimuksen päivät, University of Eastern Finland. Kuopio, Finland, 13 -14 February 2020, workshop chair.

2019

Jäppinen, Maija: Sosiaalityö ihmisoikeustyönä: tarkastelussa oikeuksille perustuvan työotteen mahdollisuudet maahan muuttaneiden ihmisten kohtaamisessa [Social work as human rights work: examining the possibilities of a rights-based approach in social work encounters with migrants]. Local seminar for social work practitioners of the City of Helsinki. Helsinki, Finland, 25 November 2019, invited talk.

Jäppinen, Maija: Maahanmuuttajaperheiden ja hyvinvointivaltion ammattilaisten kohtaamisia: tarkastelussa valta ja kansalaistuminen [Encounters between migrant families and welfare state professionals: A review of power and citizenship]. Local seminar by Vamos Akatemia, Deaconess Foundation. Helsinki, Finland, 17 October 2019, invited talk.

Jäppinen, Maija: Maahanmuuttajaperheiden ja hyvinvointivaltion ammattilaisten kohtaamisia: tarkastelussa kieli, valta ja kansalaistuminen [Encounters between migrant families and welfare state professionals: Examining language, power, and citizenship]. Local seminar for practitioners of adult social services of the city of Tampere. Tampere, Finland, 25 September 2019, invited talk.

Kara, Hanna: Senses of time and processes of citizenisation in institutional encounters between social service workers and migrant service-users in the immigrant services of Helsinki Metropolitan area. 14th European Sociological Association Conference, University of Manchester. Manchester, UK, 12 September 2019, workshop presentation.

Jäppinen, Maija: Oikeuksille perustuva työote sosiaalityössä maahan muuttaneiden ihmisten kanssa [A rights-based approach to social work with migrants]. National Conference of Social Work Research/Sosiaalityön tutkimuksen päivät, University of Lappland. Rovaniemi, Finland, 9 May 2019, workshop presentation.

Kara, Hanna & Eriksson, Pia: Transnationality and belonging in social work research/ Transnationaali ja kuuluminen sosiaalityön tutkimuksessa. National Conference of Social Work Research/Sosiaalityön tutkimuksen päivät, University of Lappland. Rovaniemi, Finland, 9–10 May 2019, workshop chair.

Jäppinen, Maija & Nordberg, Camilla: Rights-based practice in social work with migrants: Reflections from an ethnographic study on street-level encounters with migrant family service-users and social work practitioners. European Conference of Social Work Research (ECSWR). Leuven, Belgium, 12 April 2019, workshop presentation.

2018

Riitaoja, Anna-Leena: Conceptualisations of migrant encounters with the local welfare state in social work degree courses, course literature and in professional literature. FORSA/NOUSA Nordic Social Work Conference, University of Helsinki. Helsinki, Finland, 23 November 2018, workshop presentation.

Kara, Hanna & Jäppinen, Maija: Negotiating access to and on the ‘field’: Power asymmetries and consent in ethnographic research on street-level encounters between social service professionals and migrant service-users. FORSA/NOUSA Nordic Social Work Conference, University of Helsinki. Helsinki, Finland, 22 November 2018, workshop presentation.

Nordberg, Camilla & Jäppinen, Maija & Kara, Hanna & Riitaoja, Anna-Leena: Migrant encounters with the local welfare state. FORSA/NOUSA Nordic Social Work Conference, University of Helsinki. Helsinki, Finland, 21–23 November 2018, workshop chair.

Riitaoja, Anna-Leena: Representations of the “immigrant” in welfare policies and structuring of services and in higher education degree course literature for social work profession. 19th Nordic Migration Research Conference, University of Linnköping. Norrköping, Sweden, 16 August 2018, workshop presentation

Kara, Hanna: Senses of time, life course and liminalities in the transnational everyday lives of Latin American migrant women in Barcelona. 19th Nordic Migration Research Conference, University of Linnköping. Norrköping, Sweden, 16 August 2018, workshop presentation.

Haikkola, Lotta, Nordberg, Camilla & Kara, Hanna: Immobilities, detours and delays: Migrants in contemporary welfare states. 19th Nordic Migration Research Conference, University of Linnköping. Norrköping, Sweden, 15–17 August 2018, workshop chair.

Kara, Hanna: Two viewpoints to ethics and methodology in migration research: Negotiating access and creative research methods. Centre for Gender Research (FREIA) & Center for the Study of Migration (CoMID), Aalborg University. Aalborg, Denmark, 6 June 2018, presentation at a lunch seminar.

Kara, Hanna: Exploring ’transnational belonging’ in the everyday lives of Latin American migrant women in Barcelona: Intersectional (in)visibility of migrancy and transnational connectivity. Centre for Gender Research (FREIA) & Center for the Study of Migration (CoMID), Aalborg University. Aalborg, Denmark, 15 May 2018, presentation at a lunch seminar.

Kara, Hanna: Ordering the ’migrant family’: Power asymmetry work and citizenisation in restructuring welfare professional bureaucracies – MigraFam. Centre for Gender Research (FREIA) & Center for the Study of Migration (CoMID), Aalborg University. Aalborg, Denmark, 9 May 2018, presentation at a lunch seminar.

Kara, Hanna, Visiting academic at Centre for Gender Research (FREIA) & Center for the Study of Migration (CoMID), Aalborg University. Aalborg, Denmark, 2 May–15 June 2018, academic visit.