Emma Lamberg

CV

Bio

Emma Lamberg is a postdoctoral researcher in sociology at the University of Turku, Finland. Her research lies at the intersections of feminist political economy, political sociology, sociology of work, and gender studies. She currently works on the Care Deficits project, funded by the Kone Foundation, examining social reproduction, care, and welfare state transformation.

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.

Academic education

Research interests

Feminist political economy
Social reproduction
Sociology of work
Economic expertise and policymaking
Welfare state transformationGender and inequality
Qualitative and ethnographic methods

Selected achievements

Awarded a four-year personal postdoctoral grant from the Kone Foundation for the project Care Deficits: Social Reproduction, Households and Everyday Life in a Withdrawing Welfare State (2024-2028).

Co-author of Feminismiä talouteen: Opas kriittiseen talouslukutaitoon (Gaudeamus, 2024). Co-creator of the podcast Feminismiä talouteen!

Recipient of the State Award for Public Information (Tiedonjulkistamisen valtionpalkinto, 2025), together with Hanna Ylöstalo, Heini Kinnunen and Inna Perheentupa.

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 completed 25 ECTS credits in University Pedagogy (Basic Studies).

Awards and honors

Hanna Ylöstalo, Heini Kinnunen, Emma Lamberg & Inna Perheentupa got State Award for Public Information [Tiedonjulkistamisen valtionpalkinto] 2025 . The group was commended for enriching the public debate on the economy through a multi-voiced approach supported by a peer-reviewed Finnish-language book Feminismiä talouteen and a podcast series Feminismiä talouteen!

Nominee for Vuoden tiedekynä 2025: Kinnunen Heini, Lamberg Emma & Ylöstalo Hanna (2023) Sukupuolinäkökulmia korona-aikaan: koronakriisi sosiaalisen uusintamisen kriisinä. In: Mäkikangas, Anne & Pyöriä, Pasi (eds.) Koronapandemia, työ ja yhteiskunta. Helsinki: Gaudeamus, 105-123.

Nominee for Vuoden työväentutkimus 2024: Lamberg, Emma (2023): How young women negotiate their imagined futures in the Finnish Work Society. Doctoral dissertation, University of Turku.

Positions of Trust

• Board Member: Finnish Society for Political Economy Research, 2024– (as Vice President from 2025)
• 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.