About
Outi Jolanki is a Senior Researcher and Research Director at Tampere University, affiliated with the Faculty of Social Sciences and Health Sciences. She is a key member of the Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care (CoE AgeCare), a multidisciplinary initiative spanning multiple institutions. Her work bridges social gerontology, sociology of health and illness, and care policy, with a focus on aging agency, housing models, and digitalization’s impact on senior wellbeing.
- Current projects: AISola (social isolation and technology), Kotiluontoon (access to nature), and collaborations with SoWell, AgeWell, and AHAVA projects.
- Academic affiliations: Adjunct Professor (University of Helsinki, 2015), PhD in Sociology (Tampere University, 2009).
Her research emphasizes qualitative methods, particularly discourse analysis, to explore topics like senior housing policies, digital environment interactions, and family caregiving dynamics. She has contributed to debates on communal housing models, sustainable aging, and migration in care contexts.
Outi actively shapes academic discourse as an editor for The International Journal of Care and Caring and on editorial boards of journals like Journal of Ageing Studies and Gerontologia. She engages in national policy networks (IKÄ-verkosto) and industry collaborations (KALON-project) to align housing innovation with UN Sustainable Development Goals.
