Work Loneliness Is Increasing – A New Project Launched in the JATKOT Research Group Focuses on the Relationship Between Work Loneliness and Workplace Learning
Work loneliness has become a broad societal challenge today. One in five working-age Finns and one in three young adults experience loneliness at work. According to the 2026 loneliness barometer conducted by the Finnish Red Cross, experiences of loneliness have increased since 2025, as 65% of respondents reported feeling lonely at least sometimes. Loneliness thus […]
Invited lectures and workshops – making research accessible, disseminating results and building new collaborations
The past couple of years in the JATKOT group have involved not only active research but also the dissemination of research knowledge. The most typical way to spread research findings – in the university context – is naturally through teaching. The traditional idea in universities has been, and still is, that researchers also teach and […]