Con­tact us

Anne Air­aksin­en

Pro­ject Spe­cial­ist, part-time teach­er

050 411 9954

anne.airaksinen@karelia.fi

- Know­ledge port­fo­lio of age-friend­li­ness

Piia Kauhan­en

Guid­ance coun­sel­lor, Lec­turer

050 435 3142

piia.kauhanen@karelia.fi

- Bach­el­or’s Degree Pro­gramme in Applied Geron­to­logy- Mas­ter­’s Degree Pro­gramme in Active Ageing

Arja Jämsén

Devel­op­ment Spe­cial­ist, part-time teach­er, member of Kare­lia UAS’s expert pool 

arja.jamsen@karelia.fi

- Memory-friendly soci­ety

- Study unit in Memory com­pet­ence for every­day life

Päivi Franssila

Lec­turer

050 315 6571

paivi.franssila@karelia.fi

- Age friendly work­ing life

- Man­aging well-being at work

Eini Hyp­pön­en

Pro­ject spe­cial­ist, Lec­turer

050 405 8586

eini.hypponen@karelia.fi

- Centre for memory-friendly soci­ety

- Age friendly work­ing life / EAFS pro­ject

- Com­ple­ment­ary stud­ies in memory health

Raija Kuisma

Prin­cip­al Lec­turer, Pro­ject man­ager

050 349 4363

raija.kuisma@karelia.fi

- EMMA pro­ject (European Master on Active Ageing and Age Friendly Soci­ety)

- Mas­ter­’s Degree Pro­gramme in Active Ageing

- Bach­el­or’s Degree Pro­gramme in Physio­ther­apy

Elina Ker­ätär

Pro­ject Man­ager, part-time teach­er

050 356 8868

elina.keratar@karelia.fi

- Digit­al and tech­no­lo­gic­al solu­tions

- EMMA pro­ject (European Master on Active Ageing and Age Friendly Soci­ety)

Terhi Myller

Prin­cip­al Lec­turer

050 566 6032

terhi.myller@karelia.fi

- Bach­el­or’s Degree Pro­gramme in Applied Geron­to­logy

- Mas­ter­’s Degree Pro­gramme in Active Ageing

- Age-friendly envir­on­ments

- Doc­tor­al dis­ser­ta­tion in 2022: Pro­fes­sion­al cul­ture of social work in rural and urban areas.

Heli Makkon­en

Prin­cip­al Lec­turer

050 568 6378

heli.makkonen@karelia.fi

- EAFS pro­ject (Excel­lence in cre­at­ing Age Friendly Soci­ety in Remote Areas)

- Age-friendly work­ing life

Tuija Kain­u­lain­en

Lec­turer in Hos­pit­al­ity Man­age­ment

050 336 0484

tuija.kainulainen@karelia.fi

- Mul­tidiscip­lin­ary module on com­ple­ment­ary com­pet­ence in age-friend­li­ness

- Age-friendly tour­ism

Jonna Puustin­en

Lec­turer in Com­pet­ence in Ageing

050 596 9151

jonna.puustinen@karelia.fi

- Bach­el­or’s Degree Pro­gramme in Applied Geron­to­logy

- Mas­ter­’s Degree Pro­gramme in Active Ageing

- Com­ple­ment­ary Stud­ies in Memory Health

- Centre for Age-friendly Envir­on­ments

- Cur­rently work­ing on her doc­tor­al dis­ser­ta­tion on Indi­vidu­al­ity in plan­ning the care and ser­vices for older people in home care? (Nurs­ing sci­ence, Uni­ver­sity of Turku)

Tuula Kukkon­en

Prin­cip­al Lec­turer

050 467 5923

tuula.kukkonen@karelia.fi

- Prin­cip­al lec­turer respons­ible for the Mas­ter­’s Degree Pro­gramme in Active Ageing

- KAFS Centre for Age-Friendly Soci­ety (as part of the EAFS pro­ject)

- EMMA pro­ject (European Master on Active Ageing and Age Friendly Soci­ety)

- Editor of the online pub­lic­a­tion IkäNYT!

- Study pro­gramme in Silver Eco­nomy and age-friendly enter­prise

- Study unit in Man­aging age diversity

- Doc­tor­al dis­ser­ta­tion in 2009: Redis­tri­bu­tion of respons­ib­il­ity : work abil­ity and employ­ment of per­sons with dis­ab­il­it­ies from the per­spect­ive of com­pan­ies.

Katri Palp­atzis

Lec­turer in Com­pet­ence in Ageing

050 405 9986

katri.palpatzis@karelia.fi

- Bach­el­or’s Degree Pro­gramme in Applied Geron­to­logy

- Mas­ter­’s Degree Pro­gramme in Active Ageing

- Green Care sup­port­ing active, healthy and func­tion­al ageing

Ulla Kärnä

Lec­turer in Mar­ket­ing

050 404 6861

ulla.karna@karelia.fi

- Mul­tidiscip­lin­ary module on com­ple­ment­ary com­pet­ence in age-friend­li­ness