Get ready: Call for abstracts for INVEST Conference 2026 will open on Monday 1st Dec. The conference theme is: Building equal societies: from scientific findings to societal transformation. Follow for updates!
More info on the conference: invest.utu.fi/conference/
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How can science build fairer, more resilient societies?
Join us in Turku for the 3rd INVEST Conference 6–8 May 2026.
Keynotes by Kathryn Paige Harden @kph3k.bsky.social (first time in Finland!) and Philip N. Cohen @philipncohen.com
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Today I had opportunity to talk about the effects of income comparisons on happiness of Poles and Ukrainians living in Poland while being in the happiest country in the world at #InvestConference. 🇫🇮
Others’ income matters for our subjective well-being and there are multiple reference groups we use!
Conferene organizers.
Thank you all for the amazing two days! 💎😍🙏
The next INVEST Conference will take place from May 6 to 8, 2026. We look forward to seeing you then!
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Michael Ungar.
Day two of the conference! Today’s keynote speaker Michael Ungar explained how to assess childhood resilience in a contextually sensitive and culturally relevant way. He also discussed how to use these assessments to guide practice and policy.
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Henna M. Leino.
Coffee Break.
During the parallel sessions, we discuss topics such as social inequality, mental health, peer relations, family socioeconomics, and social experiments and interventions.
These conversations will, of course, continue during the coffee break ☕️
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Professor Mary Daly.
Could resilience be the Big New Idea in social policy? What would a social policy model inspired by resilience look like?
These questions are addressed by our first keynote speaker, Professor Mary Daly from the University of Oxford 🤩
#InvestConference #Resilience
INVEST Conference info desk.
INVEST leader Jani Erola & coordinator Vesa-Matti Paasivaara.
The second INVEST Conference in history is underway! 🤩🤩
200 researchers from 27 countries have gathered to discuss our theme, Uncertainty and Resilience in Changing Societies.
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People in the Museum.
#INVESTConference 2025 is underway!
We began with a visit to Aboa Vetus—the only archaeological museum in Finland, showcasing medieval ruins beneath Turku.
The main program kicks off tomorrow with research, insights & discussion on #Uncertainty and #Resilience.
Two person with balloons.
We are ready for the #INVESTConference!
The Pre-Conference #OpenScienceImpactFestival is underway, and the actual conference starts in the morning with a keynote from Professor Mary Daly.
Welcome!
🕒 ONE WEEK LEFT TO REGISTER!
🌍 INVEST Conference 2025 – Uncertainty and Resilience in Changing Societies
📅 May 14–16, 2025 | Turku, Finland
Keynotes Mary Daly & Michael Ungar + 100 session presentations
👉 Registration dl 30 April
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#INVESTConference #Conference
Potrait of Mary Daly.
🌍 What if #resilience became the next big thing in #socialpolicy?
At #INVESTConference, 15 May, Prof. Mary Daly, @ox.ac.uk, explores how this powerful concept could reshape how we understand the welfare state.
📅 Register by April 30 👉 invest.utu.fi/conference/r...
#welfarestate #MaryDaly
Potrait of Michael Ungar.
👨👩👧👦 How do families, communities and services help children thrive in uncertain times?
🌍 Join top resilience expert Dr. Michael Ungar at the INVEST Conference in Turku, Finland, 14–16 May!
📅 Register by April 30 🔗 invest.utu.fi/conference/r...
#INVESTconference #resilience #MichaelUngar
Social policy is one of the fields that resilience has not yet been widely applied to. At #INVESTConference Professor Mary Daly @ox.ac.uk will ask: Can #resilience help us understand / strengthen #WelfareStates?
📅 Register by 30 April to join us in Turku, 14–16 May:
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The image of the conference and photos of Mary Daly, Professor of Sociology at the University of Oxford and Michael Ungar, Director of the Resilience Research Centre at Dalhousie University.
🧑🤝🧑 Join us at INVEST Conference 2025! 🧑🤝🧑
🔹 #Uncertainty and #Resilience in Changing #Societies
📍 Turku, Finland
📅 14–16 May 2025
🌟 Keynote speakers:
🔸 Mary Daly
🔸 Michael Ungar
💡 Plus 100+ session presentations
📢 Register now! 🔗 invest.utu.fi/conference/r...
#INVESTConference #Research
Today is the last day for early bird registration! 🕊️
Join us at INVEST Conference 2025 in Turku, Finland (May 14–16) to explore Uncertainty and Resilience in Changing Societies.
Keynotes: Mary Daly & Michael Ungar + 100 session talks.
Register now: invest.utu.fi/conference/ ⏳
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Join the INVEST Conference 2025: Uncertainty and Resilience in Changing Societies
📅 14–16 May 2025, Turku, Finland
🔗 Early bird registration 🏹 17.3.
Check out our world-leading keynote speakers and the session titles 👉 invest.utu.fi/conference/ – Register now!
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Mary Dalyn ja Michael Ungarin kuvat INVEST konferenssin julisteen päällä.
🔥 INVEST Conference 2025 – Early Bird -liput 17.3. asti!
📅 Pääpuhujinamme
✨ professori Mary Daly, University of Oxford
✨ professori Michael Ungar, Dalhousie University
📍 Lue lisää & ilmoittaudu: invest.utu.fi/conference/
#INVESTConference #Resilienssi #Hyvinvointi #Tutkimus #Tiedetaivas
🎤 We are delighted to announce that Professor Michael Ungar, founder and Director of the #Resilience Research Centre at Dalhousie University, will be delivering the keynote speech at the #INVESTConference on 16 May.
🔗 Register now at invest.utu.fi/conference/
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🎤 We are delighted to welcome Professor Mary Daly as our keynote at the #INVESTConference in May. Currently, her research explores #resilience and its application to families under the @reusilience.bsky.social
See @mikkoniemela.bsky.social's expectations,
Sign up 👉 invest.utu.fi/conference/
Abstract submission deadline: Monday February 16 ⌛
The #INVESTConference "Uncertainty and Resilience in Changing Societies" invites abstracts from researchers in social sciences, psychology, child psychiatry, statistics, economics, political science, demography...
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📢 Submit Your Abstract!
Join us for the #INVESTConference taking place on 14–16 May 2025, under the theme: #Uncertainty and #Resilience in Changing Societies. 🌍✨
The call for abstracts is now open (DL 10 February) 📅.
🔗 Learn more and submit your abstract invest.utu.fi/conference/
#AcademicSky
We are happy to announce that Michael Ungar, the founder and Director of the Resilience Research Centre at Dalhousie University, will be one of our keynote speakers at #InvestConference May 2025.
#AcademicSky #social #psychological #resilience #conference
Read more 👉 invest.utu.fi/conference/
Phopto of Mary Daly and text INVEST Conference 2025 Turku Finland 14-16 May 2025
We are happy to announce: our #Keynote in #InvestConference 2025 15th May is:
Professor of #Sociology and #SocialPolicy Mary Daly, University of Oxford.
#AcxademicSky #LongTermCare #GenderInequality #FamilyPolicy #Poverty #WelfareStateReform.
Read more 👉 invest.utu.fi/conference/
At this point, we dare to say that the conference was a success 🥳 Thanks to all the speakers, participants and organisers!
See you all again next spring ✨
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Speaker in the front of room and audience.
The final sessions in #InvestConference are dealing themes: cross-cultural research on mental health, Genetics, Peer relations, Covid-19 and wellbeing & Work-family dynamic and time to use. Xu Zhong from Uni of Helsinki tells childhood adversity & mental health of the elderly during Covid-19.
Rechearcher speaking in parallel session.
After enriching keynote speak from Eva Serlachius #InvestConference continues in 9 parallel sessions & over 40 presentations. Afternoon themes are register-based research in health, family formation, social experiments, stress and health.
Photo of Eva Serlachius.
Our keynote Eva Serlachius told about MAX, new trial linked to internet-driven CBT. The pilot phase has started with 51 families, in the future there will be follow-up for 12 months & 500 patients. “We have learned a lot about anxiety disorder.”
#LundUniversity #InvestConference
Speaker at the front of the auditorium.
Our keynote, professor of Lund University & @karolinskainst.bsky.social Eva Serlachius presented the work of her group developing, making pilot study & implementing internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT). “ICBT for youth with anxiety disorders is promising”.
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Person at the lecture hall door showing the programme.
Day 2 is about to begin. Welcome to the #InvestConference!
