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Minna van Gerven is a Professor in Social Policy at the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences, and a key member of the Helsinki Inequality Initiative (INEQ). Her work focuses on social policy analysis, digitalization of welfare systems, and comparative studies of European and global welfare states. She leads doctoral programs and participates in multidisciplinary research projects.
- Affiliation: University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences
- Academic Role: Professor in Social Policy
- Research Networks: Helsinki Inequality Initiative, DEFEN-CE project, REPAIR project
Her research explores the political economy of social policy, with emphasis on digitalization, labor market reforms, and welfare state sustainability. Recent projects investigate algorithmic governance in social assistance and innovative working time arrangements in low-wage sectors.
The 15 most recent articles highlight themes such as digital welfare implementation, EU policy coordination, and social inequality. Key subfields include algorithmic systems, activation policies, cross-cultural policy transfer, and post-pandemic labor market transitions.
Minna actively contributes to policy debates through invited talks, media commentary, and EU-level project deliverables. She supervises doctoral candidates and collaborates with international researchers on topics like social investment, governance of integrated activation, and sociotechnical limits of digitalization.
- Projects: DEFEN-CE, REPAIR, INNOVAWORKING
- International Collaboration: EU, China, Vietnam, Netherlands
