Mia Hakovirta
miahak@utu.fi +358 29 450 2183 +358 40 751 1168 Assistentinkatu 7 Turku Office: 388 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0947-3985 |
Family Policy, Lone Parenthood, Child Maintenance and Child Support Policy, Child poverty, Finanacial Social Work
I completed my MA at the University of Tampere (1994) and did my PhD at the University of Turku (2006). My doctoral dissertation explored the employment and incomes of lone mothers in different welfare states. I have worked as a senior lecturer and post-doctoral and academy reserach fellow project funded by the Academy of Finland I am a PI of three projects: Economic well-being of shared care families (EconShared) funded by Academy of Finland, Financial Social Work among families with children(TALSOS) funded by Minsitry of Social Affairs and Children First: Nordic policies and children’s well-being funded by NordForsk. I have been a visiting scholar at the Norwegian Social Research Center, Social Policy Research Center (SPRU) at the University of York (UK), Rutgers University (USA), University of Wisconsin, Madison (USA) and as Endeavour Scholar in RMIT University, Melbourne (Australia).
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Pro gradu -seminaari I II
- Measuring the standard of living in shared-care families—Challenges and insights (2026)
- International Journal of Social Welfare
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Nuorten näkemyksiä hyvinvoinnista ja koulunkäynnistä pandemian jälkeisessä ajassa (2026) Jusslin, Venla; Hakovirta, Mia; Lindroos, Eija; Lyytinen, Anu; Niemelä, Mikko; Repo, Juuso
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Ruokaturvattomuuden yleisyys ja taustatekijät Suomessa 2019
(2026)- Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Separated families’ use of formal and informal childcare across 12 European countries (2026)
- Journal of Family Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Children’s physical custody arrangements and mothers’ employment in 11 European countries (2025)
- Community, Work and Family
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Gender, family policies and the gendered impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland (2025) Gender, Family and Policy: International Perspectives Mesiäislehto, Merita; Salin, Milla; Hakovirta, Mia
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - How much are fathers asked to contribute when children live with low-income mothers? New evidence from Colombia, Finland, Peru, Uruguay, and the United States (2025)
- Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Joint physical custody and mothers' life satisfaction in Belgium, Finland, and Germany (2025)
- Journal of Family Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Menetetyt vuodet? Koronapandemian jäljet lasten ja nuorten elämässä (2025)
- Yhteiskunnasta, rakkaudella -blogi
(E1 Popularised blog post) - Process Evaluation of a Financial Capability Intervention: A Qualitative Study Embedded in a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial (2025)
- Child & youth services
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



