I had the honor of being a keynote speaker and chairing the panel ’Child, Youth, and Old Age Population: Indicators of Development’ at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) 2024 in Lucknow, India: https://www.icpd2024.com/KeySpeakers.aspx My presentation at International Conference on Population and Development 2024: Download as pdf file. My presentation highlighted Finnish Youth Research Insights with Read more about Keynote Speaker & Panel Chair: ICPD 2024, Lucknow, India. Slides and photo[…]

I presented my research paper, Solidarity Attitudes and Values of Young Millennials and Generation X at the Nordic Youth Research Symposium 2024, held at Tampere University,. The symposium provided a platform to share insights and connect with peers in the field of youth studies. My presentation at the Nordic Youth Research Symposium 2024: Downdload presentation as Read more about Research Presentation at NYRIS 2024. Slides[…]

Toivoa tutkimassa: Ekologisten, sosiaalisten ja taloudellisten arvojen vertaileva analyysi X-sukupolven ja milleniaalien nuoruudessa This paper delves into a comprehensive exploration of ecological, social, and economic values, focusing on the attitudes of hope, within the context of Generation X and Millennials. The study specifically investigates the youth of Finland from Generation X (born in the 1960s Read more about Nuorisotutkimuspäivät 2023 esitys: Toivoa tutkimassa[…]

JS-148.1 – Helena Helve. Hermeneutic-Phenomenological Research on Young People´s Individual Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Thoughts about Future Abstract The study analyzes the individual experiences of young people with the COVID-19 pandemic, describing them with own youth spoken language, and interpreting the essential contents of the meanings hermeneutic-phenomenologically. In the spring of 2021, I Read more about Presentation at the XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (with Powerpoint slides)[…]

Esityksessäni pohdin hermeneuttis-fenomenologista lähestymistapaa nuorten aikuisten koronakokemusten tulkinnassa ja niiden perusrakenteiden kuvaamisessa. Kiinnostukseni kohteena on miten nuoret Lapin hiihtokeskuksissa ovat kokeneet koronan ja miten se on vaikuttanut heidän elämäänsä ja tulevaisuuden näkymiinsä? Haastattelin yhteensä kymmentä (5 naista ja 5 miestä) 18–26- vuotiasta nuorta keväällä 2021. Haastattelut olivat keskustelunomaisia avoimista aiheeseen liittyvistä teemoista ilman strukturoitua haastattelurunkoa. Read more about Hermeneu’sfenomenologinen tulkinta nuorten koronakokemuksista ja tulevaisuuden näkymistä. Nuorisotutkimuspäivät 4 – 5.11.2021[…]

I gave a keynote ’Adolescence, identity formation and school-to-work transitions’ in the 26th Annual Conference of the Japan Society of Youth and Adolescent Psychology 27-28 October 2018 at Kyoto University and a lecture about youth citizenship values in the research seminar. The picture is taken from the Society’s board members at the after conference  geisha party. Read more about Keynote at 26th Annual Conference of the Japan Society of Youth and Adolescent Psychology[…]