Sirpa Wrede
Biographic Data
| ID | 304855 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sirpa Wrede |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sirpa |
| FAMILY NAME | Wrede |
| SIGNATURE | WREDE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7358-2097 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 145 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Belonging and Discrimination in Times of Social Disruption: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study of Long-Settled Older Russian-Speaking Migrants
At its core, migrants’ integration involves developing a sense of belonging to their society of residence, which may be particularly challenging for older migrants. Even if belonging has been established, it is an ongoing and dynamic process that responds to sociopolitical events. This study examines the sense of belonging among long-settled older Russian-speaking migrants in Finland. It examined the period between 2019 and 2022, which included t…
Paths to Subjective Poverty Among Midlife and Older Russian‐Speaking Migrants: A Data Mining Approach Using the General Unary Hypotheses Automaton
In the Nordic countries, older migrants experience higher poverty rates compared with the majority population. Research on this issue highlights a gap in understanding the complex interplay of ageing, migration and poverty risks. Using the General Unary Hypotheses Automaton (GUHA) data mining approach, we identified various factor combinations that contribute to subjective poverty experiences. We analysed data from the 2019 Care, Health, and Agei…
Persisting inequalities in the digitalized society: Migrant women facing coercive dimensions of everyday digitalization
Understanding the ubiquitous digitalization of everyday life and associated inequalities presupposes rich conceptualizations of the associated social dynamics. Accordingly, we investigate digital service domestication as a social dimension of people’s lives, building on concepts that center users’ everyday lives and agency. We adopt the perspective of people who find the use of digital services difficult and examine the hurdles they face when att…
Migration and Diverse Belongings in a Neighbourhood Context: Population‐Based Study of Older Russian‐Speaking Migrants in Finland
Belonging is a fundamental human experience that plays a critical role in shaping individuals' connections to their communities. Establishing a sense of belonging to a destination society can be particularly challenging for older migrants. Neighbourhood factors and the broader regional context may influence one's sense of belonging to various communities. However, research exploring how neighbourhood‐level factors relate to different types of bel…
Vårdarbetets "Marior" och "Marthor" skrev ner sina minnen
Recension av: Hoitotyön muistot. Red. Helga Tahvanainen & Juha Nirkko. Helsinki 2000 (SKS). 384 s., ill.
Neighbourhood Ethnic Density, Local Language Skills, and Loneliness among Older Migrants—A Population-Based Study on Russian Speakers in Finland
So far, little attention has been paid to contextual factors shaping loneliness and their interaction with individual characteristics. Moreover, the few existing studies have not included older migrants, identified as a group who are vulnerable to loneliness. This study examined the association between neighbourhood ethnic density (the proportion of own-group residents and the proportion of other ethnic residents in an area) and loneliness among …
Is digitalisation of public health and social welfare services reinforcing social exclusion? The case of Russian-speaking older migrants in Finland
Governments are rapidly digitalising public services to increase cost-effectiveness of the public sector. This study examines older migrants’ use of digital public health and social welfare services from the perspective of social exclusion. The study uses a mixed methods approach, drawing on representative survey data of Russian-speaking migrants in Finland and qualitative interviews with third-sector representatives who assist Russian-speaking m…
On not 'being there: Making sense of the potent urge for physical proximity in transnational families at the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic
This paper investigates transnational families' experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and the accompanying sudden and unexpected travel restrictions. Our data consist of written stories collected in April-June 2020 from migrants with ageing kin living in another country. For many respondents, the situation provoked an acutely felt urge for physical proximity with their families. By analysing their experiences of 'not being there', we seek…
Health and self-perceived barriers to internet use among older migrants: A population-based study
In general, older migrants with declining health experience more barriers to internet use than their counterparts with better health. To provide better access to healthcare for older adults, including older migrants, rapidly changing devices, software and apps need to be modified and adapted for those with specific health-related needs
Love's Labour's Lost? Separation as a Constraint on Displays of Transnational Daughterhood
This article develops sociological knowledge on daughterhood through an analysis of how separation shapes the emotional and moral dynamics of transnational daughterhood. Building on Finch, we look at daughtering as a set of concrete social practices that constitute kinship and carry the symbolic dimension of displaying the family-like character of relationships. Within this framework, we analyse how Latin American women living in Barcelona discus…
Digital Information Technology Use and Transnational Healthcare: A Population-Based Study on Older Russian-Speaking Migrants in Finland
This study examines the association between digital information technology (DIT) use and the utilization of transnational healthcare (THC) in older migrants, and investigates how this relationship depends on social integration or perceived discrimination in health services in the destination country. The data from a population-based study conducted in Finland in 2019, which targeted Russian-speaking residents aged 50 and above (n = 1082) nationwi…
Young EU migrant citizens’ access to financial independence in conditions of precarious work: A tripartite approach to welfare conditionality
Young EU citizens are encouraged to enhance their ‘employability’ by taking advantage of intra-EU mobility, but, for many, moving to another EU country can instead generate disadvantages in the labour market. Drawing on a qualitative study on the experiences of university-educated young Nordics and southern Europeans working in precarious jobs in Brussels, we examine how their access to income support in the context of mobility shapes their acces…
Street-Level Engagements: Migrated Families Encountering the Local Welfare State
Glocalising Care in the Nordic Countries: An Introduction to the Special Issue
Jurisdictional Boundaries in the Making: The Case of Parish Diaconal Work in Finland
Diaconal workers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland have traditionally worked on the borderline between parish work and public welfare services. However, the role of parish diaconal workers in social services and nursing services has diminished as the Finnish welfare state has expanded. In conjunction with this downsizing, the so-called intra-church diaconate process has re-demarcated parish diaconal work. Andrew Abbott’s theory of how…
Born in the USA: Exceptionalism in Maternity Care Organisation among High-Income Countries
In lay terms, childbirth is regarded as a purely biological event: what is more natural than birth and death? On the other hand, social scientists have long understood that 'natural' events are socially structured. In the case of birth, sociologists have examined the social and cultural shaping of its timing, outcome, and the organization of care throughout the perinatal period. Continuing in this tradition, we examine the peculiar social design …
Social Service Professional or Market Expert: Maternity Care Relations under Neoliberal Healthcare Reform
Recent developments in the organization and practice of healthcare, driven by the introduction of (quasi-) markets and privatization, are altering traditional forms of professionalism found in high- and middle-income countries. Yet there remains debate about whether these neoliberal trends are universal or country specific, and whether they have any effect (positive or negative) on health service delivery. This article develops a comparative anal…
Encountering Globalization: Professional Groups in an International Context
The market for professional services is increasingly international but comparisons have not been made between different professions nor on how state policies affect opportunities for mobility. This article considers three professions: engineers, physicians and psychologists and explores the similarities and differences in international labour market demand for occupations. It examines how state policies in four countries, Canada, Finland, France …
Care Work in Crisis: Reclaiming the Nordic Ethos of Care
Welfare policies in the Nordic countries have been restructured, due to economic and demographic constraints, and claims for efficiency, but also with respect to the competence required. The authors discuss the crisis in care work, its recruitment problems, educational models and care work cultures. They show that values and the ethos of welfare policy affect the care for both the clients and the workers. This book is of interest to students, res…
Caring Beyond Borders: Comparing the Relationship between Work and Migration Patterns in Canada and Finland
Equity and Dignity in Maternity Care Provision in Canada, Finland and Iceland
Unpacking gendered professional power in the welfare state
Purpose Recent scholarship reveals the imagery of the professional as the “ideal citizen”. The linkage between professionalism and citizenship is here approached from the perspective of democratic social justice in order to examine the persistence of gendered inequalities in the health care system. The paper aims to examine the ideas framing professionalism, both in sociological theory and historically, asking what gendered hierarchies mean in mo…
Understanding Professional Projects in Welfare Service Work: Revival of Old Professionalism
The professional terms for occupations that provide welfare services are changing, and here the introduction of new public management in the Nordic countries since the 1990s is indicative of wider developments. The article explores professional projects in welfare service work from both conceptual and empirical perspectives. The aim is to produce a gender‐sensitive analysis of the professional projects at the lower levels of the occupational hier…
Decentred comparative research: Context sensitive analysis of maternal health care
The Politics of Birth
Decentred comparative research: Context sensitive analysis of maternal health care
Understanding the social organisation of maternity care systems: Midwifery as a Touchstone
Theories of professions and healthcare organisation have difficulty in explaining variation in the organisation of maternity services across developed welfare states. Four countries - the United Kingdom, Finland, the Netherlands and Canada - serve as our case examples. While sharing several features, including political and economic systems, publicly-funded universal healthcare and favourable health outcomes, these countries nevertheless have dis…
Understanding Professional Projects in Welfare Service Work: Revival of Old Professionalism
The professional terms for occupations that provide welfare services are changing, and here the introduction of new public management in the Nordic countries since the 1990s is indicative of wider developments. The article explores professional projects in welfare service work from both conceptual and empirical perspectives. The aim is to produce a gender‐sensitive analysis of the professional projects at the lower levels of the occupational hier…
On not 'being there: Making sense of the potent urge for physical proximity in transnational families at the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic
This paper investigates transnational families' experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and the accompanying sudden and unexpected travel restrictions. Our data consist of written stories collected in April-June 2020 from migrants with ageing kin living in another country. For many respondents, the situation provoked an acutely felt urge for physical proximity with their families. By analysing their experiences of 'not being there', we seek…
Street-Level Engagements: Migrated Families Encountering the Local Welfare State
Social Service Professional or Market Expert: Maternity Care Relations under Neoliberal Healthcare Reform
Recent developments in the organization and practice of healthcare, driven by the introduction of (quasi-) markets and privatization, are altering traditional forms of professionalism found in high- and middle-income countries. Yet there remains debate about whether these neoliberal trends are universal or country specific, and whether they have any effect (positive or negative) on health service delivery. This article develops a comparative anal…
Equity and Dignity in Maternity Care Provision in Canada, Finland and Iceland
Glocalising Care in the Nordic Countries: An Introduction to the Special Issue
Unpacking gendered professional power in the welfare state
Purpose Recent scholarship reveals the imagery of the professional as the “ideal citizen”. The linkage between professionalism and citizenship is here approached from the perspective of democratic social justice in order to examine the persistence of gendered inequalities in the health care system. The paper aims to examine the ideas framing professionalism, both in sociological theory and historically, asking what gendered hierarchies mean in mo…
Love's Labour's Lost? Separation as a Constraint on Displays of Transnational Daughterhood
This article develops sociological knowledge on daughterhood through an analysis of how separation shapes the emotional and moral dynamics of transnational daughterhood. Building on Finch, we look at daughtering as a set of concrete social practices that constitute kinship and carry the symbolic dimension of displaying the family-like character of relationships. Within this framework, we analyse how Latin American women living in Barcelona discus…
Encountering Globalization: Professional Groups in an International Context
The market for professional services is increasingly international but comparisons have not been made between different professions nor on how state policies affect opportunities for mobility. This article considers three professions: engineers, physicians and psychologists and explores the similarities and differences in international labour market demand for occupations. It examines how state policies in four countries, Canada, Finland, France …
Young EU migrant citizens’ access to financial independence in conditions of precarious work: A tripartite approach to welfare conditionality
Young EU citizens are encouraged to enhance their ‘employability’ by taking advantage of intra-EU mobility, but, for many, moving to another EU country can instead generate disadvantages in the labour market. Drawing on a qualitative study on the experiences of university-educated young Nordics and southern Europeans working in precarious jobs in Brussels, we examine how their access to income support in the context of mobility shapes their acces…
Born in the USA: Exceptionalism in Maternity Care Organisation among High-Income Countries
In lay terms, childbirth is regarded as a purely biological event: what is more natural than birth and death? On the other hand, social scientists have long understood that 'natural' events are socially structured. In the case of birth, sociologists have examined the social and cultural shaping of its timing, outcome, and the organization of care throughout the perinatal period. Continuing in this tradition, we examine the peculiar social design …
Migration and Diverse Belongings in a Neighbourhood Context: Population‐Based Study of Older Russian‐Speaking Migrants in Finland
Belonging is a fundamental human experience that plays a critical role in shaping individuals' connections to their communities. Establishing a sense of belonging to a destination society can be particularly challenging for older migrants. Neighbourhood factors and the broader regional context may influence one's sense of belonging to various communities. However, research exploring how neighbourhood‐level factors relate to different types of bel…
Is digitalisation of public health and social welfare services reinforcing social exclusion? The case of Russian-speaking older migrants in Finland
Governments are rapidly digitalising public services to increase cost-effectiveness of the public sector. This study examines older migrants’ use of digital public health and social welfare services from the perspective of social exclusion. The study uses a mixed methods approach, drawing on representative survey data of Russian-speaking migrants in Finland and qualitative interviews with third-sector representatives who assist Russian-speaking m…
Caring Beyond Borders: Comparing the Relationship between Work and Migration Patterns in Canada and Finland
Birth By Design: Pregnancy, Maternity Care and Midwifery in North America and Europe
Dictionary of Social Sciences
Understanding the social organisation of maternity care systems: Midwifery as a Touchstone
Theories of professions and healthcare organisation have difficulty in explaining variation in the organisation of maternity services across developed welfare states. Four countries - the United Kingdom, Finland, the Netherlands and Canada - serve as our case examples. While sharing several features, including political and economic systems, publicly-funded universal healthcare and favourable health outcomes, these countries nevertheless have dis…
Understanding Professional Projects in Welfare Service Work: Revival of Old Professionalism
The professional terms for occupations that provide welfare services are changing, and here the introduction of new public management in the Nordic countries since the 1990s is indicative of wider developments. The article explores professional projects in welfare service work from both conceptual and empirical perspectives. The aim is to produce a gender‐sensitive analysis of the professional projects at the lower levels of the occupational hier…
Decentred comparative research: Context sensitive analysis of maternal health care
The Politics of Birth
Genetic Governance
Care Work in Crisis: Reclaiming the Nordic Ethos of Care
Welfare policies in the Nordic countries have been restructured, due to economic and demographic constraints, and claims for efficiency, but also with respect to the competence required. The authors discuss the crisis in care work, its recruitment problems, educational models and care work cultures. They show that values and the ethos of welfare policy affect the care for both the clients and the workers. This book is of interest to students, res…
Caring Beyond Borders: Comparing the Relationship between Work and Migration Patterns in Canada and Finland
Equity and Dignity in Maternity Care Provision in Canada, Finland and Iceland
Unpacking gendered professional power in the welfare state
Purpose Recent scholarship reveals the imagery of the professional as the “ideal citizen”. The linkage between professionalism and citizenship is here approached from the perspective of democratic social justice in order to examine the persistence of gendered inequalities in the health care system. The paper aims to examine the ideas framing professionalism, both in sociological theory and historically, asking what gendered hierarchies mean in mo…
Born in the USA: Exceptionalism in Maternity Care Organisation among High-Income Countries
In lay terms, childbirth is regarded as a purely biological event: what is more natural than birth and death? On the other hand, social scientists have long understood that 'natural' events are socially structured. In the case of birth, sociologists have examined the social and cultural shaping of its timing, outcome, and the organization of care throughout the perinatal period. Continuing in this tradition, we examine the peculiar social design …
Social Service Professional or Market Expert: Maternity Care Relations under Neoliberal Healthcare Reform
Recent developments in the organization and practice of healthcare, driven by the introduction of (quasi-) markets and privatization, are altering traditional forms of professionalism found in high- and middle-income countries. Yet there remains debate about whether these neoliberal trends are universal or country specific, and whether they have any effect (positive or negative) on health service delivery. This article develops a comparative anal…
Encountering Globalization: Professional Groups in an International Context
The market for professional services is increasingly international but comparisons have not been made between different professions nor on how state policies affect opportunities for mobility. This article considers three professions: engineers, physicians and psychologists and explores the similarities and differences in international labour market demand for occupations. It examines how state policies in four countries, Canada, Finland, France …
Jurisdictional Boundaries in the Making: The Case of Parish Diaconal Work in Finland
Diaconal workers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland have traditionally worked on the borderline between parish work and public welfare services. However, the role of parish diaconal workers in social services and nursing services has diminished as the Finnish welfare state has expanded. In conjunction with this downsizing, the so-called intra-church diaconate process has re-demarcated parish diaconal work. Andrew Abbott’s theory of how…
Glocalising Care in the Nordic Countries: An Introduction to the Special Issue
Street-Level Engagements: Migrated Families Encountering the Local Welfare State
Young EU migrant citizens’ access to financial independence in conditions of precarious work: A tripartite approach to welfare conditionality
Young EU citizens are encouraged to enhance their ‘employability’ by taking advantage of intra-EU mobility, but, for many, moving to another EU country can instead generate disadvantages in the labour market. Drawing on a qualitative study on the experiences of university-educated young Nordics and southern Europeans working in precarious jobs in Brussels, we examine how their access to income support in the context of mobility shapes their acces…
Digital Information Technology Use and Transnational Healthcare: A Population-Based Study on Older Russian-Speaking Migrants in Finland
This study examines the association between digital information technology (DIT) use and the utilization of transnational healthcare (THC) in older migrants, and investigates how this relationship depends on social integration or perceived discrimination in health services in the destination country. The data from a population-based study conducted in Finland in 2019, which targeted Russian-speaking residents aged 50 and above (n = 1082) nationwi…
Health and self-perceived barriers to internet use among older migrants: A population-based study
In general, older migrants with declining health experience more barriers to internet use than their counterparts with better health. To provide better access to healthcare for older adults, including older migrants, rapidly changing devices, software and apps need to be modified and adapted for those with specific health-related needs
Love's Labour's Lost? Separation as a Constraint on Displays of Transnational Daughterhood
This article develops sociological knowledge on daughterhood through an analysis of how separation shapes the emotional and moral dynamics of transnational daughterhood. Building on Finch, we look at daughtering as a set of concrete social practices that constitute kinship and carry the symbolic dimension of displaying the family-like character of relationships. Within this framework, we analyse how Latin American women living in Barcelona discus…
Vårdarbetets "Marior" och "Marthor" skrev ner sina minnen
Recension av: Hoitotyön muistot. Red. Helga Tahvanainen & Juha Nirkko. Helsinki 2000 (SKS). 384 s., ill.
Neighbourhood Ethnic Density, Local Language Skills, and Loneliness among Older Migrants—A Population-Based Study on Russian Speakers in Finland
So far, little attention has been paid to contextual factors shaping loneliness and their interaction with individual characteristics. Moreover, the few existing studies have not included older migrants, identified as a group who are vulnerable to loneliness. This study examined the association between neighbourhood ethnic density (the proportion of own-group residents and the proportion of other ethnic residents in an area) and loneliness among …
Is digitalisation of public health and social welfare services reinforcing social exclusion? The case of Russian-speaking older migrants in Finland
Governments are rapidly digitalising public services to increase cost-effectiveness of the public sector. This study examines older migrants’ use of digital public health and social welfare services from the perspective of social exclusion. The study uses a mixed methods approach, drawing on representative survey data of Russian-speaking migrants in Finland and qualitative interviews with third-sector representatives who assist Russian-speaking m…
On not 'being there: Making sense of the potent urge for physical proximity in transnational families at the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic
This paper investigates transnational families' experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and the accompanying sudden and unexpected travel restrictions. Our data consist of written stories collected in April-June 2020 from migrants with ageing kin living in another country. For many respondents, the situation provoked an acutely felt urge for physical proximity with their families. By analysing their experiences of 'not being there', we seek…
Sociology (23 works) · Political science (20 works) · Law (12 works) · Economics (11 works) · Health care (9 works) · Social science (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Welfare (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Welfare state (7 works)