Kathrin Komp-Leukkunen
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I am professor of social sustainability and welfare research. I am particularly interested in how population ageing, labour market changes, and welfare policies interact. My research focusses on questions of work and retirement, such as the digitalization of work, options to work after the state pension age, and self-employment. To study these topics, I often apply a life-course perspective and utilize advanced quantitative and qualitative research methods. I am working at the Department of Social Sciences, LUT University, Finland. Additionally, I am the Vice-Chair of the Research Network on Quantitative Methods.
About my work
Europe currently is the oldest continent in the world and it is still ageing. The following book argues that social inequalities and time-delayed effects ("life-course effects") are important for understanding population ageing. Additionally, this book shows how practitioners and policy-makers can utilize life-course effects in their work.
The ageing of Europe's population affects societies, labour markets, welfare states, families, and individuals. The following book explains in an easily-accessible way how population ageing transforms Europe:
A new phenomenon in ageing populations is the increasing number of healthy retirees ("third-agers" or "the young old"). If you would like to know more about this group of older people, have a look at this book:
On this homepage you can find out more about my research. Just choose a topic from the menu at the left-hand side of the screen.
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