Professor Emerita, Tampere University
Pidin esitelmän ”Maailmankuvien, arvojen ja identiteettien muodostuminen pitkittäistutkimuksen näkökulmasta” nuorisotutkimuspäivillä marraskuussa 2025 Tampereen yliopistossa. Esitys pdf muodossa.
Sain kunnian olla mukana ”Nuoruuden kolme vuosikymmentä” juhlabarometrissä. Muistelinkin Helsingin Tiedekulmassa 19.3.2025 järjestetyssä. julkaisemistilaisuuden paneelissa ensimmäisen barometrin tiedonkeruun indikaattorien suunnittelua nuorisotutkimusseuran silloisen puheenjohtajan roolissa. Oli ilo olla mukana Nuorisotutkimusseuran erikoistutkija Antti Kivijärjen kanssa kirjoittamassa yhteistä artikkelia ”Jatkuvuuksia ja hitaita muutoksia – nuorten aikuisten tulevaisuushorisontteja kolmella vuosikymmenellä” 30-vuotis juhlabarometriin. Artikkelissa peilaamme kolmenkymmenen vuoden aikana tapahtuneita muutoksia ja pysyvyyksiä Read more about Nuoruuden kolme vuosikymmentä[…]
I had the honor of being a keynote speaker and chairing the panel ’Child, Youth, and Old Age Population: Indicators of Development’ at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) 2024 in Lucknow, India: https://www.icpd2024.com/KeySpeakers.aspx My presentation at International Conference on Population and Development 2024: Download as pdf file. My presentation highlighted Finnish Youth Research Insights with Read more about Keynote Speaker & Panel Chair: ICPD 2024, Lucknow, India. Slides and photo[…]
I presented my research paper, Solidarity Attitudes and Values of Young Millennials and Generation X at the Nordic Youth Research Symposium 2024, held at Tampere University,. The symposium provided a platform to share insights and connect with peers in the field of youth studies. My presentation at the Nordic Youth Research Symposium 2024: Downdload presentation as Read more about Research Presentation at NYRIS 2024. Slides[…]
A book launch event on young adults’ coronavirus experiences on Wednesday, took place on May 29th at 3 pm at the main building of the University of Tampere. The event was hosted by author Elina Hirvonen and the book’s editors Päivi Honkatukia, Mirja Määttä and Jenni Kallio introduced the book. I participated in the panel Read more about A book launch event on young adults’ coronavirus experiences[…]
Toivoa tutkimassa: Ekologisten, sosiaalisten ja taloudellisten arvojen vertaileva analyysi X-sukupolven ja milleniaalien nuoruudessa This paper delves into a comprehensive exploration of ecological, social, and economic values, focusing on the attitudes of hope, within the context of Generation X and Millennials. The study specifically investigates the youth of Finland from Generation X (born in the 1960s Read more about Nuorisotutkimuspäivät 2023 esitys: Toivoa tutkimassa[…]
31.3.2024 ilmestyy uusi artikkeli kirjassa Elämää korona-ajassa — Poikkeusolot nuorten aikuisten kokemana (Honkatukia, Päivi; Määttä, Mirja) https://vastapaino.fi/sivu/tuote/elamaa-korona-ajassa/5005057
JS-148.1 – Helena Helve. Hermeneutic-Phenomenological Research on Young People´s Individual Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Thoughts about Future Abstract The study analyzes the individual experiences of young people with the COVID-19 pandemic, describing them with own youth spoken language, and interpreting the essential contents of the meanings hermeneutic-phenomenologically. In the spring of 2021, I Read more about Presentation at the XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (with Powerpoint slides)[…]
Values and Solidarity of Young Finnish Millennials and Generation X article was publiched in Youth 2023, 3(1), 401-413; https://doi.org/10.3390/youth3010027 Abstract It has been claimed that, in many countries and societies, there has been a generational change in youth values towards postmodern values that indicate postmaterialism. This paper tests that proposition by comparing youth values and solidarity attitudes in Read more about New Open Access Article: Values and Solidarity of Young Finnish Millennials and Generation XNew Open Access Article[…]
Helve, H.M.(2022) Hermeneutic-Phenomenological Interpretation of Coronavirus Experiences, Their Meanings, and the Prospects of Young Finns in Education and the Labor Market in Lapland. Societies 2022, 12, 112. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/12/4/112 Abstract In this paper I reflect on the methodological concepts of youth research, utilizing a hermeneutic-phenomenological approach to the interpretation of interview data from young adults who have been on short-term work Read more about New Open Access Article: Hermeneutic-Phenomenological Interpretation of Coronavirus Experiences[…]