Expertise Sought
- Researchers with interests in social and health services, including welfare state, gender and generational relations, and costs of care
- Researchers with interest in gerontological social work are also of interest
Possible Joint Activities
- Conduct comparative or other joint research
- Apply research funding Aof/NIH
- Act as visiting scholars
- Organize joint courses or give individual lectures
- Apply funding for shared courses.
Research Project Idea
Minna Zechner's research has mainly focused on elder care from different perspectives—for example family care, care policies, experiences of using care services, care work, care in transnational families. Zechner is beginning research on costs of care for individuals and families, leading a work package in the project, "Economic and social sustainability across time and space in an ageing society" (which you can find here). Welfare state, gender, and generational relations and costs of care are central in this project. Ageing and gerontological social work are also of interest.
Recent research from Minna Zechner can be found here.
Most Recent Publications
- Zechner, Minna (2022) Economisation of Care for Older Adults. In Rajendra Baikady, Sajid SM, Jaroslaw Przeperski, Varoshini
- Nadesan, M Rezaul Islam & Gao Jianguo (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems. London: Palgrave. (accepted for publishing).
- Vabø, Mia, Zechner, Minna, Stranz, Anneli, Graff, Lea & Sigurðardóttir, Sigurveig H. (2022) Is Nordic eldercare facing a (new) collaborative turn? Social Policy & Administration. (accepted for publishing).
- Zechner, Minna & Anttonen, Anneli (2022) Care as work. In Costanzo Ranci & Tine Rostgaard (eds.) Research Handbook of Social Care Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing (accepted for publishing).
- Zechner, Minna, Näre, Lena, Karsio, Olli, Olakivi, Antero, Sointu, Liina, Hoppania, Hanna-Kaisa & Vaittinen, Tiina (2022) The politics of Ailment. A New Approach to Care. Bristol: Policy Press (accepted for publishing).
- Morgan, Fiona & Zechner, Minna (2021) Uncovering Familialism: Cash-for-Care Schemes in England and Finland. International Journal of Care and Caring (pre-published)
- Åkerman, Sarah, Zechner, Minna, Nyqvist, Fredrika & Nygård,Mikael (2021) Capabilities in care for older adults in Finnish familialistic policy transformations: a longitudinal one-case study. International Journal of Care and Caring 5(2), 229–246.