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Tuomas Leppiaho is a Researcher and Doctoral Researcher affiliated with the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Lapland, specifically within the Discipline-specific doctoral programme. His research focuses on social work in crisis contexts, including disaster relief, pandemic responses, and digital adaptation in social services. He has contributed to projects addressing humanitarian governance, climate change impacts, and global-local interconnections in social work practices.
Key research interests include disaster social work methodologies, relationship-based practices in digital environments, and the sociopolitical dimensions of humanitarian crises. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical applications, emphasizing proximity-based approaches in crises and adaptive governance strategies.
Leppiaho collaborates on projects like AGEMERA (2022-2025) exploring Arctic governance and KATA (2022-2024) addressing disaster social work. He has presented at international conferences on themes such as humanitarian power dynamics and reconstructive social work in crises. His research outputs include peer-reviewed articles and edited volumes analyzing pandemic impacts and disaster response mechanisms.
