Pekka Räsänen
Ph.D.
pekras@utu.fi +358 29 450 2686 +358 50 567 2230 Assistentinkatu 7 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7472-6355 |
Areas of expertise
Economic sociology, Information technology, Digital inequality, Consumer behavior, Lifestyle, Research methods.
Economic sociology, Information technology, Digital inequality, Consumer behavior, Lifestyle, Research methods.
Biography
Education: MA 1997, SocLic 2000; PhD 2003 (University of Turku, Sociology).
Docenships: 2005 (University of Turku, Sociology), 2009 (University of Eastern Finland, Sociology of Wellbeing and Social Stratification).
Professorship: 2009 (Turku School of Economics [University of Turku], Economic Sociology).
Publications
- Assessment of service integration in Finland – using SCIROCCO-tool in organizationally integrated health and social services (2025)
- International Journal of Integrated Care
(Abstract) - Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world (2025)
- Nature Climate Change
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset (2025)
- Scientific Data
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Preliminary Analysis of the Social and Cost Effectiveness – A Pilot Study of the Outpatient Clinic for Functional and Fatigue Disorders in Finland (2025) Tiirinki, Hanna; Haltia, Ossi; Salminen, Marika; Laivoranta-Nyman, Susanna; Räsänen, Pekka
(Abstract) - Public Communication about Science in 68 Countries: Global Evidence on How People Encounter and Engage with Information about Science (2025)
- Science Communication
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries (2025)
- Nature Human Behaviour
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Vihapuheen tuottajat rikoksentekijöinä : Vihapuhe, rikoskäyttäytyminen ja viharikollisuus suomalaisnuorten keskuudessa (2025) Vihapuhe : Syyt, seuraukset ja kontrollointi Vepsäläinen, Janne; Kaakinen, Markus; Vauhkonen, Teemu; Räsänen, Pekka
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - A Look Ahead: How to Better Handle the Next Pandemic and Other Crises (2024) Perceptions of a Pandemic: A Cross-Continental Comparison of Citizen Perceptions, Attitudes, and Behaviors During Covid-19 Hawdon James; Sedgwick Donna; Cozette Comer C.; Räsänen Pekka
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Assessing the maturity of integration of health and social care in Finland - findings from a pilot study (2024)
- Journal of Integrated Care
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Cross-country comparison analysis of individual and institutional factors of anomie and online offending (2024)
- European Journal of Criminology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



