Olli Kangas#

• 2022 Research Director at the University of Turku, Department of Social Research
• 2015 - 2021 Program Leader, Strategic Research Council, Academy of Finland (part-time)
• 2007 - 2015 Director of the Research Department, Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)
• 2003 - 2006 Research professor, Institute for Social Research, Copenhagen
• 1994 - 2003 Professor of Social Policy, University of Turku
• 2015 Olof Palme Professor, Department of Political Science, Uppsala University
• 2010 H.C. Andersen Professor at the University of Southern Denmark
• 2000 Visiting Research Fellow, Centrum für Sozialpolitik, Univeristy of Bremen
• 1999 Visiting professor, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales
• 1997 Visiting Professor, Institute for Social Research, University of Stockholm

• Macro-historical studies
• Inequality and poverty
• Basic income and minimum income protection
• Comparative studies
• Social policy in the developmental perspective
• Comparative welfare state research
• Inclusive labour market

• 2016 Honorary Doctor at the Åbo Akademi University
• 2013 Honorary award of the Finnish Social Policy Association
• 2013 Kone Foundation’s Award of the best article published in Finnish social sciences
• 2010 Title of Docent, Social and Public Policy, University of Helsinki
• 2009 Honorary Professor, Centre for Welfare State Studies, University of Southern Denmark
• 2008 Invited member of the Finnish Academic Society for Letters and Sciences
• 1998 Teacher of the Year Award, University of Turku (1998)
• 1994 Research prize by the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health
• 1994 Title of Docent, Department of Sociology, University of Tampere
• 1993 Title of Docent, Department of Sociology, University of Stockholm
• 1992 Title of Docent, Department of Social Policy, University of Turku

Curriculum Vitae

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Highlights of my work and anecdotes

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