Emma Lamberg

CV

Academic education

Current post

Postdoctoral researcher in sociology, University of Turku, Deparment of Social Research
1.7.2024–30.6.2028
Currently, I work as a postdoctoral researcher in a personal, four-year research project “Care deficits: Social reproduction, households and everyday in a withdrawing welfare state”. Funding: Kone Foundation.

Previous posts

Postdoctoral researcher in sociology, University of Turku, Department of Social Research,
1.3.2023–30.6.2024
Research project: Equality to economics, feminism to fiscal policy: Tensions of feminist knowledge and politics in the strategic state. PI: Hanna Ylöstalo. Funding: Kone Foundation.

Project researcher in gender studies, Tampere University, Unit of Social Research
1.8.2022–28.2.2023
Research project: Tasa-arvo-ohjelmien vaikuttavuus ja toimivuus (TAOVA) [Effectiveness and functioning of Government Action Plans for Gender Equality]. Funding: Finnish Government, Government’s Analysis, Assessment and Research Activities. PIs: Anna Elomäki & Hanna Ylöstalo.

Project researcher in sociology, University of Turku, Department of Social Research
1.10.2021–31.7.2022
Research project: Equality to economics, feminism to fiscal policy: Tensions of feminist knowledge and politics in the strategic state. PI: Hanna Ylöstalo. Funding: Kone Foundation.

Doctoral researcher in sociology, University of Turku, Department of Social Research
1.1.2018–31.10.2021
Working full-time on my doctoral thesis Becoming workers: How young women negotiate their imagined futures in the Finnish work society. Funders: Alfred Kordelin Foundation, University of Turku Department of Social Research and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Turku Graduate School.

Teaching and pedagogic education

I have taught several university courses on qualitative research methodologies and held lectures on a variety of themes, including sociology of work and feminist political economy. I have conducted studies in university pedagogy (18 ECTS).

Positions of Trust

• Board Member: Finnish Society for Political Economy Research, 2024–
• Editorial Board Member:
  • Tiede & edistys, 2023–
  • Ilmiö – Sosiologinen media kaikille, 2024–
  • Poliittinen talous [Finnish Journal of Political Economy Research], 2025–
• Permanent advisor: The Council for Gender Equality, Subcommittee on Gender, Economy and Power, 2023-2027 (Deputy to Hanna Ylöstalo)
• Coordinator: Culture and interaction Researcher Network KULTVA, University of Turku, 2017–2021.