Kristiina Huttunen

Kristiina Huttunen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Aalto University's School of Business. She was recently appointed to a tenured position, as evidenced by her participation in the university's Tenured Professors' Installation Talks series.

Her research focuses on the socioeconomic impacts of job displacement, with particular expertise in labor market outcomes, health consequences, and family dynamics following employment loss. Her work bridges economic theory with real-world policy implications, examining how economic shocks affect individuals across multiple dimensions of wellbeing.

Professor Huttunen's research demonstrates strong interdisciplinary connections between economics, public health, and social policy, with particular attention to gender differences in how job loss affects mortality and family structures. Her installation talk highlighted findings showing that job displacement can have severe consequences on affected workers, with specific attention to women's job loss effects on mortality.

Her work contributes to critical policy discussions about unemployment insurance systems, worker retraining programs, and social safety nets designed to mitigate the multi-dimensional costs of economic displacement.