{"id":5816,"date":"2018-12-16T13:50:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T11:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gerec.fi\/tutkimus\/elamankulku-elakoityminen-ja-toimijuus\/immuunisysteemin-vanheneminen-solu-ja-molekyylitason-mekanismit-mikko-hurme-2-9\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T08:42:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T05:42:26","slug":"two-speed-finland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gerec.fi\/en\/research\/lifecourse\/two-speed-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards a Two-speed Finland? \/ Pirjo Nikander, Kirsi Lumme-Sandt, Clas-H\u00e5kan Nyg\u00e5rd","raw":"Towards a Two-speed Finland? \/ Pirjo Nikander, Kirsi Lumme-Sandt, Clas-H\u00e5kan Nyg\u00e5rd"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div id=\"parent-fieldname-description\" class=\"documentDescription\">Towards a Two-speed Finland? \u2013 Longer Working Life, Retirement Pathways and Inequality<\/div>\n<div id=\"viewlet-above-content-body\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"content-core\">\n<div id=\"parent-fieldname-text-4c9b1626d68540db814d49fe157a65bb\" class=\"\">\n<p>This research project focuses on the day-to-day life and agency of the elderly unemployed. Ageing and demographic change are global megatrends that challenge the labour market in many ways. Prolonging work careers and treating the elderly worker as a resource are ideals often voiced in political rhetoric. Paradoxically, however, age-based inequality, and ageism in the workplace means that elderly workers are, simultaneously, moved into early retirement or made redundant as part of cooperation negotiation.<\/p>\n<p>In our research project we study the aim of extending careers at their end from the viewpoint of an ever more heterogeneous group of aged workers. While the political debate, media coverage and the ongoing pension reform are largely based on demographic statistics and the idea of an &#8220;average worker&#8221;, this research project focuses on the day-to-day life of the people who are left unemployed of retire as a result of corporate lay-offs. This is done via a longitudinal qualitative approach as well as utilising media analysis. On top of these, survey data will be collected. This research challenges the idea of a &#8220;one size fits all&#8221; paradigm that is simply based on chronological age. Instead, we emphasize the great variation there is in the population that is close to retirement, their agency and their ability to decide for their own.<\/p>\n<p>We will ask:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What processes of inclusion and exclusion, also related to age based discrimination, are relevant to aged workers? How do they account for their retirement, the timing of it as well as their own well-being?<\/li>\n<li>How to break a period of unemployment that takes place in the later years of an individual career and how to break through back to work life?<\/li>\n<li>Who, in the end, will have the chance to extend their careers? What is the impact of ending up as unemployed in terms of daily coping, well-being as well as the notion of future pensioners?<\/li>\n<li>How is the reality of retirement constructed in the present day media and how do the aged workers themselves account for their careers and their working abilities?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The research project will produce new knowledge about the possibilities of the aged workers&#8217; chances of keeping up with the labour markets as well as their coping strategies and adaptation in relation to retirement. What is more, on top of the\u00a0 empirical results the project will ignite public discussion and debate as our results will be publicized via the Finland&#8217;s national public service broadcasting company (YLE).<\/p>\n<p><b>Funding<\/b><br \/>\nKone Foundation and Ty\u00f6suojelurahasto<\/p>\n<p><b>Research group<\/b><br \/>\nPirjo Nikander (principal investigator), pirjo.nikander@tuni.fi<br \/>\nKirsi Lumme-Sandt, kirsi.lumme-sandt@tuni.fi<br \/>\nClas-H\u00e5kan Nyg\u00e5rd, clas-hakan.nygard@tuni.fi<br \/>\nJari Luomanen, jari.luomanen@tuni.fi<br \/>\nAnna Siukola, anna.siukola@tuni.fi<br \/>\nElisa Virkola, elisa.virkola@tuni.fi<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uta.fi\/yky\/2ts\/en.html\">More information<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false,"raw":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\n<div id=\"parent-fieldname-description\" class=\"documentDescription\">Towards a Two-speed Finland? \u2013 Longer Working Life, Retirement Pathways and Inequality<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"viewlet-above-content-body\"><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"content-core\">\r\n<div id=\"parent-fieldname-text-4c9b1626d68540db814d49fe157a65bb\" class=\"\">\r\n\r\nThis research project focuses on the day-to-day life and agency of the elderly unemployed. Ageing and demographic change are global megatrends that challenge the labour market in many ways. Prolonging work careers and treating the elderly worker as a resource are ideals often voiced in political rhetoric. Paradoxically, however, age-based inequality, and ageism in the workplace means that elderly workers are, simultaneously, moved into early retirement or made redundant as part of cooperation negotiation.\r\n\r\nIn our research project we study the aim of extending careers at their end from the viewpoint of an ever more heterogeneous group of aged workers. While the political debate, media coverage and the ongoing pension reform are largely based on demographic statistics and the idea of an \"average worker\", this research project focuses on the day-to-day life of the people who are left unemployed of retire as a result of corporate lay-offs. This is done via a longitudinal qualitative approach as well as utilising media analysis. On top of these, survey data will be collected. This research challenges the idea of a \"one size fits all\" paradigm that is simply based on chronological age. Instead, we emphasize the great variation there is in the population that is close to retirement, their agency and their ability to decide for their own.\r\n\r\nWe will ask:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>What processes of inclusion and exclusion, also related to age based discrimination, are relevant to aged workers? How do they account for their retirement, the timing of it as well as their own well-being?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How to break a period of unemployment that takes place in the later years of an individual career and how to break through back to work life?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Who, in the end, will have the chance to extend their careers? What is the impact of ending up as unemployed in terms of daily coping, well-being as well as the notion of future pensioners?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How is the reality of retirement constructed in the present day media and how do the aged workers themselves account for their careers and their working abilities?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe research project will produce new knowledge about the possibilities of the aged workers' chances of keeping up with the labour markets as well as their coping strategies and adaptation in relation to retirement. What is more, on top of the\u00a0 empirical results the project will ignite public discussion and debate as our results will be publicized via the Finland's national public service broadcasting company (YLE).\r\n\r\n<b>Funding<\/b>\r\nKone Foundation and Ty\u00f6suojelurahasto\r\n\r\n<b>Research group<\/b>\r\nPirjo Nikander (principal investigator), pirjo.nikander@tuni.fi\r\nKirsi Lumme-Sandt, kirsi.lumme-sandt@tuni.fi\r\nClas-H\u00e5kan Nyg\u00e5rd, clas-hakan.nygard@tuni.fi\r\nJari Luomanen, jari.luomanen@tuni.fi\r\nAnna Siukola, anna.siukola@tuni.fi\r\nElisa Virkola, elisa.virkola@tuni.fi\r\n\r\n<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uta.fi\/yky\/2ts\/en.html\">More information<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row column_spacing=\"50\" bg_style=\"stretch\" css=\".vc_custom_1544814296502{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_column_text font_size=\"14px\"] Kohti kaksitahti-Suomea? \u2013 Ty\u00f6urien pidennys, el\u00e4k\u00f6itymisen polut ja eriarvoistuva vanhuus T\u00e4ss\u00e4 tutkimushankkeessa tarkastellaan ik\u00e4\u00e4ntyneidenty\u00f6ntekij\u00f6iden ja ty\u00f6tt\u00f6mien arkea. Ik\u00e4\u00e4ntyminen on globaali megatrendi, joka n\u00e4kyy ty\u00f6markkinoilla monin tavoin ja pakottaa kehittyneet teollisuusmaat hakemaan&hellip;","protected":false,"raw":""},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5662,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_fi_post_content":"[vc_row column_spacing=\"50\" bg_style=\"stretch\" css=\".vc_custom_1544814296502{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_column_text font_size=\"14px\"]\r\n<div id=\"content-core\">\r\n<div id=\"parent-fieldname-text-471151cc5fae4096b0fa7a8a7ca87f04\" class=\"\">\r\n<div id=\"parent-fieldname-description\" class=\"documentDescription\">Kohti kaksitahti-Suomea? \u2013 Ty\u00f6urien pidennys, el\u00e4k\u00f6itymisen polut ja eriarvoistuva vanhuus<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"viewlet-above-content-body\"><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"content-core\">\r\n<div id=\"parent-fieldname-text-7406782dbad44c3f92d93d5b4512486a\" class=\"\">\r\n\r\nT\u00e4ss\u00e4 tutkimushankkeessa tarkastellaan ik\u00e4\u00e4ntyneidenty\u00f6ntekij\u00f6iden ja ty\u00f6tt\u00f6mien arkea. Ik\u00e4\u00e4ntyminen on globaali megatrendi, joka n\u00e4kyy ty\u00f6markkinoilla monin tavoin ja pakottaa kehittyneet teollisuusmaat hakemaan uusia ratkaisuja ty\u00f6urien pident\u00e4miseen ja el\u00e4kkeelle siirtymisen aikataulutukseen. Hankkeen l\u00e4ht\u00f6kohtana on paradoksi, joka syntyy yht\u00e4\u00e4lt\u00e4 tarpeesta pident\u00e4\u00e4 ty\u00f6uria elinajan odotteen mukaisesti ja luoda t\u00e4lle toimiva k\u00e4yt\u00e4nt\u00f6. Toisaalta vallitseva taloussuhdanne tuottaa lis\u00e4\u00e4ntyv\u00e4\u00e4 ty\u00f6tt\u00f6myytt\u00e4, toistuvia yt-neuvotteluja ja samalla ty\u00f6nantajalle kalliiksi k\u00e4yv\u00e4n keski-ik\u00e4isen ja ik\u00e4\u00e4ntyneen ty\u00f6v\u00e4est\u00f6n tuntuvaa ja tavanomaista aikaisempaa poistumista ty\u00f6markkinoilta.\r\n\r\nTutkimushankkeessamme tarkastellaan ty\u00f6urien pident\u00e4mistavoitetta niiden loppup\u00e4\u00e4n, el\u00e4m\u00e4ntilanteiltaan yh\u00e4 heterogeenisemman ik\u00e4\u00e4ntyneen ty\u00f6ntekij\u00e4ryhm\u00e4n n\u00e4k\u00f6kulmasta. Poliittisen p\u00e4\u00e4t\u00f6ksenteon, mediakeskustelun ja k\u00e4ynniss\u00e4 olevan el\u00e4keuudistuksen tukeutuessa pitk\u00e4lti demografiselle numero- ja tilastotiedolle sek\u00e4 \"keskim\u00e4\u00e4r\u00e4isen ty\u00f6llisen\" idealle, t\u00e4ss\u00e4 hankkeessa el\u00e4kkeelle siirtymist\u00e4 tarkastellaan sek\u00e4 media-analyysin ett\u00e4 el\u00e4k\u00f6ityvien arkiel\u00e4m\u00e4n tasolla liikkuvan laadullisen pitkitt\u00e4isseurannan ett\u00e4 kyselytutkimuksen keinoin. Tutkimus kyseenalaistaa kronologiselle kalenteri-i\u00e4lle pohjaavan \"yksi koko sopii kaikille\" -ajattelumallin ty\u00f6urista puhuttaessa ja korostaa el\u00e4k\u00f6itymisen kynnyksell\u00e4 olevan v\u00e4est\u00f6n moninaisuutta, p\u00e4\u00e4t\u00f6ksentekoa ja toimijuutta.\r\n\r\nKysymme:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Mitk\u00e4 mukaan ottamisen ja poissulkemisen, my\u00f6s ik\u00e4syrjint\u00e4\u00e4n liittyv\u00e4t mekanismit koskevat ik\u00e4\u00e4ntyneit\u00e4 ty\u00f6ntekij\u00f6it\u00e4 ja miten he itse el\u00e4kkeelle siirtymisen, sen ajoittamisen ja oman hyvinvointinsa ja ty\u00f6kykyns\u00e4 mielt\u00e4v\u00e4t?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Miten rikkoa ty\u00f6uran loppupuolelle sijoittuva ty\u00f6tt\u00f6myysjakso ja selvit\u00e4 takaisin ty\u00f6el\u00e4m\u00e4\u00e4n?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Keill\u00e4 lopulta on mahdollisuus pident\u00e4\u00e4 ty\u00f6uraansa ja mit\u00e4 ty\u00f6el\u00e4m\u00e4n ulkopuolelle ja ty\u00f6tt\u00f6myyskortistoon p\u00e4\u00e4tyminen tarkoittaa arkip\u00e4iv\u00e4n selviytymisen, hyvinvoinnin ja tulevaisuuden el\u00e4kel\u00e4isyyden n\u00e4k\u00f6kulmasta?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Miten el\u00e4k\u00f6itymisen todellisuus rakentuu nykyisess\u00e4 mediajulkisuudessa ja miten ik\u00e4\u00e4ntyv\u00e4t ty\u00f6ntekij\u00e4t itse j\u00e4sent\u00e4v\u00e4t omaa ty\u00f6uraansa ja ty\u00f6ss\u00e4jaksamistaan?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Open Sans; font-size: 14px;\">Hankkeessa on tuotettu monitieteist\u00e4 tietoa sek\u00e4 ik\u00e4\u00e4ntyvien ty\u00f6ntekij\u00f6iden mahdollisuuksista jatkaa ty\u00f6el\u00e4m\u00e4ss\u00e4 ett\u00e4 siirty\u00e4 el\u00e4kkeelle. Aineisto on koottu vuosina 2015-2018.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: Open Sans;\">Tutkimuksen rahoittajat<\/span>\r\nKoneen s\u00e4\u00e4ti\u00f6 ja Ty\u00f6suojelurahasto\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Tutkijaryhm\u00e4<\/b>\r\n\r\nVastuulliset tutkijat\r\n\r\nPirjo Nikander (hankkeen johtaja), pirjo.nikander@tuni.fi\r\n\r\nKirsi Lumme-Sandt, kirsi.lumme-sandt@tuni.fi\r\n\r\nClas-H\u00e5kan Nyg\u00e5rd, <a href=\"mailto:clas-hakan.nygard@tuni.fi\">clas-hakan.nygard@tuni.fi<\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMuut tutkijat\r\n\r\nSubas Neupane <a href=\"mailto:subas.neupane@tuni.fi\">subas.neupane@tuni.fi<\/a>\r\n\r\nPrakash K.C. <a href=\"mailto:prakash.kc@tuni.fi\">prakash.kc@tuni.fi<\/a>\r\n\r\nAnna Siukola, <a href=\"mailto:anna.siukola@tuni.fi\">anna.siukola@tuni.fi<\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nV\u00e4it\u00f6skirjatutkijat\r\n\r\nKatri Keskinen, <a href=\"mailto:katri.keskinen@tuni.fi\">katri.keskinen@tuni.fi\r\n<\/a>Ty\u00f6tt\u00f6myyden, toimijuuden ja ageismin dynamiikat laadullisen seurannan keinoin\r\n\r\nHanna Kosonen, <a href=\"mailto:hanna.kosonen@tuni.fi\">hanna.kosonen@tuni.fi<\/a>\r\n\r\nIk\u00e4\u00e4ntyvien ty\u00f6ntekij\u00f6iden toimijuus: rajoittavat ja mahdollistavat tekij\u00e4t\r\n\r\nSaila Kyr\u00f6nlahti <a href=\"mailto:saila.kyronlahti@tuni.fi\">saila.kyronlahti@tuni.fi<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","_fi_post_name":"kohti-kaksitahti-suomea","_fi_post_excerpt":"","_fi_post_title":"Kohti kaksitahti-Suomea?","_en_post_content":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\n<div id=\"parent-fieldname-description\" class=\"documentDescription\">Towards a Two-speed Finland? \u2013 Longer Working Life, Retirement Pathways and Inequality<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"viewlet-above-content-body\"><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"content-core\">\r\n<div id=\"parent-fieldname-text-4c9b1626d68540db814d49fe157a65bb\" class=\"\">\r\n\r\nThis research project focuses on the day-to-day life and agency of the elderly unemployed. 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