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Virve Repo is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Tampere University's Unit of Social Research, Faculty of Social Sciences. She investigates intersections of space, power, and institutional control within healthcare and carceral systems. Her work emphasizes carcerality in mental health care, aging populations' spatial needs, and the sociological dimensions of confinement.
Research focuses include carceral geographies, spatial justice in healthcare, and the affective dimensions of aging. She critiques systemic structures that regulate bodies through environments, particularly in prisons, psychiatric facilities, and nursing homes.
Recent studies analyze institutional atmospheres (e.g., psychiatric hospitals for prisoners), spatial solidarity among elderly communities, and the ethics of restraint in dementia care. Her interdisciplinary approach combines urban studies, criminology, and medical sociology.
