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Tiina Ahonen is a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland's Department of Social Sciences within the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. Her work focuses on capability theory and mental wellbeing promotion among high-risk populations in Finland, with active involvement in the PREWELL project (2025-2028) and the Social work research and education team since 2023.
Her research centers on applying the capability approach to real-world social challenges, particularly examining how long-term unemployed individuals perceive access to resources and conversion factors affecting wellbeing. She specializes in quantitative methodologies within Finnish social policy contexts, with strong emphases on mental health promotion, labor market integration, and social work interventions. Her work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical applications in public health and social services.
Analysis of her publication history reveals a clear trajectory from labor market studies (2016-2020) toward contemporary mental wellbeing research (2024-2025), increasingly incorporating digital interventions and gamification. Her cross-disciplinary work spans social sciences, public health, and emergency response evaluation, consistently addressing Finnish societal challenges through empirical, quantitative approaches.
Ahonen actively contributes to major research initiatives including the PREWELL project's digital mental health interventions for high-risk adults and the concluded PROMEQ consortium's participatory wellbeing promotion framework. Within the Social work research and education team, she develops evidence-based methodologies for social work practice while advancing capability-focused wellbeing metrics through collaborative, multi-institutional research efforts.
