Meri Kulmala
Biographic Data
| ID | 4218532 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meri Kulmala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meri |
| FAMILY NAME | Kulmala |
| SIGNATURE | KULMALA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3834-9385 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Lived Experience as the Basis of Collaborative Knowing. Inclusivity and Resistance to Stigma in Co-Research
Social scientific research has become increasingly aware of power asymmetries and the elitist and exclusive nature of scientific knowledge production. These debates have resulted in more inclusive and participatory research practices. In this article, we focus on co-research, which is a participatory and multi-perspective research strategy that invites the people whom the research concerns to participate as active and influential agents throughou…
The Fragmented Deinstitutionalisation of Russian Child Welfare
The essay discusses the ongoing child-welfare reforms in Russia, conceptualised as deinstitutionalisation, which link Russia closely to international trends in child rights-based child-welfare systems. Drawing from the neo-institutional framework, we ask what kind of institutional change has followed the new ideals of care, with what consequences, and what factors explain the obvious flaws. The essay is the outcome of two research projects and di…
Global deinstitutionalisation policy in the post-Soviet space
This article compares how the global policy of deinstitutionalisation (DI) of child welfare travelled, was translated and institutionalised in two post-Soviet countries – Russia and Kazakhstan. These countries share a Soviet legacy of child-welfare systems dominated by residential care and have recently introduced similar DI reforms based on the global child rights framework. However, despite similar institutional legacies and post-Soviet conditi…
The Ideal Organization of Care for Children Left without Parental Care
NGOs and the policy‐making process in Russia
This article explores the issue of the major reform of the child welfare sector that has been carried out in Russia in recent years. Focusing on deinstitutionalization and a child's right to a family, this reform moves Russia in the direction of international trends in this area and represents a break with previous state‐ and institution‐dominated approach to “problem families.” The article explores how and why this process has come about in a tr…
In its complexity it’s work, in its soul it’s family”
The Carrot or the Stick? Constraints and Opportunities of Russia’s CSO Policy
Interest Representation and Social Policy Making
The essay investigates how Russian veterans’ organisations represent the concerns of their constituency vis-à-vis the Russian state. An interest group approach is applied to investigate the ‘brokering’ function exercised by veterans’ organisations to lobby on behalf of their constituency. The analysis is based on the study of selected veterans’ organisations in Karelia and St Petersburg. The research finds that veterans’ organisations operate in …
Street-level Practice of Russia's Social Policymaking in Saint Petersburg
Despite the growth in studies of Russian social policy, the reality of the social policy process - most of which is regionally based - remains a puzzle. In this article, we stake a claim for the importance of studying street-level social service provision in Russia's regions to advance the understanding of social policymaking in authoritarian-leaning regimes. We show that - albeit in small ways in only some places - Russia has expanded its welfar…
NGOs and the policy‐making process in Russia
This article explores the issue of the major reform of the child welfare sector that has been carried out in Russia in recent years. Focusing on deinstitutionalization and a child's right to a family, this reform moves Russia in the direction of international trends in this area and represents a break with previous state‐ and institution‐dominated approach to “problem families.” The article explores how and why this process has come about in a tr…
The Carrot or the Stick? Constraints and Opportunities of Russia’s CSO Policy
Interest Representation and Social Policy Making
The essay investigates how Russian veterans’ organisations represent the concerns of their constituency vis-à-vis the Russian state. An interest group approach is applied to investigate the ‘brokering’ function exercised by veterans’ organisations to lobby on behalf of their constituency. The analysis is based on the study of selected veterans’ organisations in Karelia and St Petersburg. The research finds that veterans’ organisations operate in …
Lived Experience as the Basis of Collaborative Knowing. Inclusivity and Resistance to Stigma in Co-Research
Social scientific research has become increasingly aware of power asymmetries and the elitist and exclusive nature of scientific knowledge production. These debates have resulted in more inclusive and participatory research practices. In this article, we focus on co-research, which is a participatory and multi-perspective research strategy that invites the people whom the research concerns to participate as active and influential agents throughou…
Global deinstitutionalisation policy in the post-Soviet space
This article compares how the global policy of deinstitutionalisation (DI) of child welfare travelled, was translated and institutionalised in two post-Soviet countries – Russia and Kazakhstan. These countries share a Soviet legacy of child-welfare systems dominated by residential care and have recently introduced similar DI reforms based on the global child rights framework. However, despite similar institutional legacies and post-Soviet conditi…
Street-level Practice of Russia's Social Policymaking in Saint Petersburg
Despite the growth in studies of Russian social policy, the reality of the social policy process - most of which is regionally based - remains a puzzle. In this article, we stake a claim for the importance of studying street-level social service provision in Russia's regions to advance the understanding of social policymaking in authoritarian-leaning regimes. We show that - albeit in small ways in only some places - Russia has expanded its welfar…
The Fragmented Deinstitutionalisation of Russian Child Welfare
The essay discusses the ongoing child-welfare reforms in Russia, conceptualised as deinstitutionalisation, which link Russia closely to international trends in child rights-based child-welfare systems. Drawing from the neo-institutional framework, we ask what kind of institutional change has followed the new ideals of care, with what consequences, and what factors explain the obvious flaws. The essay is the outcome of two research projects and di…
Interest Representation and Social Policy Making
The essay investigates how Russian veterans’ organisations represent the concerns of their constituency vis-à-vis the Russian state. An interest group approach is applied to investigate the ‘brokering’ function exercised by veterans’ organisations to lobby on behalf of their constituency. The analysis is based on the study of selected veterans’ organisations in Karelia and St Petersburg. The research finds that veterans’ organisations operate in …
Street-level Practice of Russia's Social Policymaking in Saint Petersburg
Despite the growth in studies of Russian social policy, the reality of the social policy process - most of which is regionally based - remains a puzzle. In this article, we stake a claim for the importance of studying street-level social service provision in Russia's regions to advance the understanding of social policymaking in authoritarian-leaning regimes. We show that - albeit in small ways in only some places - Russia has expanded its welfar…
In its complexity it’s work, in its soul it’s family”
The Carrot or the Stick? Constraints and Opportunities of Russia’s CSO Policy
The Ideal Organization of Care for Children Left without Parental Care
NGOs and the policy‐making process in Russia
This article explores the issue of the major reform of the child welfare sector that has been carried out in Russia in recent years. Focusing on deinstitutionalization and a child's right to a family, this reform moves Russia in the direction of international trends in this area and represents a break with previous state‐ and institution‐dominated approach to “problem families.” The article explores how and why this process has come about in a tr…
Global deinstitutionalisation policy in the post-Soviet space
This article compares how the global policy of deinstitutionalisation (DI) of child welfare travelled, was translated and institutionalised in two post-Soviet countries – Russia and Kazakhstan. These countries share a Soviet legacy of child-welfare systems dominated by residential care and have recently introduced similar DI reforms based on the global child rights framework. However, despite similar institutional legacies and post-Soviet conditi…
The Fragmented Deinstitutionalisation of Russian Child Welfare
The essay discusses the ongoing child-welfare reforms in Russia, conceptualised as deinstitutionalisation, which link Russia closely to international trends in child rights-based child-welfare systems. Drawing from the neo-institutional framework, we ask what kind of institutional change has followed the new ideals of care, with what consequences, and what factors explain the obvious flaws. The essay is the outcome of two research projects and di…
Lived Experience as the Basis of Collaborative Knowing. Inclusivity and Resistance to Stigma in Co-Research
Social scientific research has become increasingly aware of power asymmetries and the elitist and exclusive nature of scientific knowledge production. These debates have resulted in more inclusive and participatory research practices. In this article, we focus on co-research, which is a participatory and multi-perspective research strategy that invites the people whom the research concerns to participate as active and influential agents throughou…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Welfare (4 works) · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (3 works)