Lilli Aini Rokkonen

Lilli Aini Rokkonen is a Researcher at the University of Tampere’s Unit of Social Research, affiliated with the Tampere Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Studies. Her work focuses on gendered dimensions of chronic illness, healthcare systems, and patient advocacy. She actively contributes to interdisciplinary research on societal structures and efficiency dynamics, co-editing the anthology Tehostamisyhteiskunnan jäljet (Traces of the Efficiency Society) in 2023.

Her research interests include analyzing how social systems impact health narratives, particularly in multimorbidity management and chronic disorder advocacy. She has organized multiple workshops on topics like contested concepts in gendered chronic illness and trajectories of health and illness, demonstrating engagement with both academic discourse and policy implications.

Rokkonen collaborates extensively with researchers like Veera Oikkonen, Minna Temmes, and Anu Ganesh, producing peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Sociology of Health and Illness and Australian Feminist Studies. Her work bridges feminist theory, medical sociology, and institutional critique, addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health equity and societal resilience.