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Christian Hakulinen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Helsinki, affiliated with the Helsinki Inequality Initiative (INEQ). He focuses on psychosocial factors and health, particularly the interplay between socioeconomic status, mental disorders, and long-term outcomes such as employment and education. He supervises doctoral candidates in the Doctoral Programmes in Cognition, Learning, Instruction and Communication, and Population Health.
- Key Research Areas: Mental health epidemiology, social inequality, and life course outcomes.
- Awarded grants include an Academy of Finland Research Fellowship (2023–2027) and Ministry-funded projects on cognitive performance and teacher well-being.
- Media engagement includes coverage on social isolation risks and parental income impacts on mental health.
His work bridges population health data with individual-level analyses, emphasizing register-based cohort studies. Recent projects explore spillover effects of mental disorders in social networks, intergenerational transmission of mental health issues, and environmental exposures' role in psychiatric outcomes.
