Anne Kouvonen
Person
- 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health - Epidemiology, Social epidemiology, Public health
- 5142 Social policy
- 5141 Sociology
Research areas
Description of research and teaching
Dr Anne Kouvonen is Professor of Social Policy. She is also Honorary Lecturer in Social Epidemiology in the UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast (UK), and Research Associate Professor in the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Wroclaw, Poland.
Anne is the Director of Master's Programme in Contemporary Societies (COS).
Anne is one of the Co-Investigators of the Administrative Data Research Centre (ADRC-NI) in Northern Ireland (http://adrn.ac.uk/about/research-centre-n-ireland ), which is a part of the UK-wide ESRC-funded Administrative Data Research Network. She is also a Senior Researcher at the Academy of Finland funded Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care (https://www.jyu.fi/hytk/fi/laitokset/yfi/en/research/projects/agecare). Anne’s research focuses on the social determinants of health. In particular, she has been investigating employee mental health. Her other current interests regard the investigation of ageing and care in migrants; and migrant health. Her research involves the application of social epidemiological methods and administrative record linkage as well as large-scale prospective survey designs.
Curriculum Vitae
Career
2018 -ongoing Professor of Social Policy (permanent), University of Helsinki, Finland
2017 Professor of Social Policy (fixed-term), University of Helsinki, Finland
2014-16 ― University Lecturer; Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland
2014―ongoing Honorary Lecturer in Social Epidemiology; UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health (NI), Queen’s University Belfast, UK
2014― ongoing Research Associate Professor; SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Wroclaw, Poland
2012–2014 Lecturer; School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work; and UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health (NI), Queen’s University Belfast
2011 Assistant Professor; University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty in Wroclaw
2006–2010 Research Fellow; Institute of Work, Health and Organisations (I-WHO), The University of Nottingham, UK
2005–2006 Special Lecturer; I-WHO, The University of Nottingham
2004-2006 Post Doc Research Fellow; Institute of Behavioral Sciences, University of Helsinki
2003–2004 Visiting Research Fellow; I-WHO, The University of Nottingham
2002-2003 Research Fellow; Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Other esteem markers:
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2013-)
Senior Fellow; Institute of Mental Health, The University of Nottingham (2008- )
Member; International Society for Social Capital and Health (2010- )
Language skills
Finnish (native), English (bilingual/fluent), Swedish (satisfactory), Polish (basics)
Latest publications
Physical inactivity, cardiometabolic disease, and risk of dementia: an individual-participant meta-analysis
IPD-Work Consortium, Kivimäki, M., Singh-Manoux, A., Pentti, J., Sabia, S., Nyberg, S. T., Alfredsson, L., Goldberg, M., Knutsson, A., Koskenvuo, M., Koskinen, A., Kouvonen, A., Nordin, M., Oksanen, T., Strandberg, T., Suominen, S. B., Theorell, T., Vahtera, J., Väänänen, A., Virtanen, M. & 10 others, 17 Apr 2019, In : BMJ : British Medical Journal. 365, 12 p., 1495.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Long-term exposure to heavy physical work, disability pension due to musculoskeletal disorders and all-cause mortality: 20-year follow-upintroducing Helsinki Health Study job exposure matrix
Ervasti, J., Pietiläinen, O., Rahkonen, O., Lahelma, E., Kouvonen, A., Lallukka, T. & Mänty, M., Apr 2019, In : International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 92, 3, p. 337-345 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Common mental disorders and trajectories of work disability among midlife public sector employees - A 10-year follow-up study
Hiilamo, A., Shiri, R., Kouvonen, A., Manty, M., Butterworth, P., Pietilainen, O., Lahelma, E., Rahkonen, O. & Lallukka, T., 15 Mar 2019, In : Journal of Affective Disorders. 247, p. 66-72 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Latest activities
Sosiaaliset oikeudet ja hyvinvointi- ja terveyserot nykypäivän Suomessa.
Anne Kouvonen (Speaker)16 May 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Tutkimuksen vaikuttavuus: 20 vuotta tutkimusta Helsingin kaupungin henkilöstön hyvinvoinnista
Anne Kouvonen (Speaker)30 Apr 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Long-term exposure to adverse working conditions: implications for health in later life
Anne Kouvonen (Speaker)24 Apr 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Latest prizes
Dean’s Award for a Responsible Role in the University Educational Reform
Anne Kouvonen (Recipient), Nov 2017
Prize: Prizes and awards
Senior Fellow at the Institute of Mental Health (UK)
Anne Kouvonen (Recipient), 1 Jun 2008
Prize: Prizes and awards
Latest projects
CoE AgeCare: Centre of Excellence for Research on Ageing and Care Research Group 3 Migration, Care and Ageing
Wrede, S., Nordberg, C., Olakivi, A., Buchert, U., Kouvonen, A., Riitaoja, A., May, V., Kemppainen, L. & Asikainen, A.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research project
Young employees' work ability and the use of occupational health services
Kouvonen, A., Lahelma, E., Rahkonen, O., Sumanen, H., Lallukka, T., Mänty, M., Pietiläinen, O., Piha, K. & Harkko, J.
The Finnish Work Environment Fund (Työsuojelurahasto)
01/04/2018 → 31/10/2019
Project: Research project
ID: 96541
