Olli Kangas - Curriculum Vitae#
WORK EXPERIENCE
- 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
UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION
- Administrative Board University of Lapland 2018 - 2021
- Faculty council, University of Tampere 2017 - 2020
- Chair of Social Policy, University of Turku 1996 - 2003
- Faculty council, University of Turku, 2001 - 2003
TITLE OF DOCENT (associated professor)
Social Policy, University of Turku 1992; Sociology, University of Stockholm 1993; Sociology, University of Tampere 1994; Department Political Science, University of Southern Denmark 2009- (part-time Professor); Social Policy, University of Helsinki 2010.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Social protection, income transfer systems, income distribution, poverty, political economy of the welfare state, comparative analysis, future challenges of welfare states, social policy and development, global social policy, politics and political discourses on welfare state, experiments in social research.
