Developmental Psychology Research Group

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(Information about our research group and teaching in finnish)

Developmental Psychology Research Group is part of the Institute of Behavioural Sciences which in turn is a part of the faculty of Behavioral Sciences in the University of Helsinki. We focus on the developmental aspects of human growth and early life stress and their effects on the well-being of an individual.

The research group is led by professor Katri Räikkönen. Other members include four post-doctoral researchers: Kati Heinonen, Anu-Katriina Pesonen, Niina Komsi and Jari Lahti; and six doctoral students: Riikka Pyhälä, Antti-Jussi Pyykkönen, Soile Tuovinen, Ferdinand Faroff, Kimmo Feldt, and Marius Lahti. Heidi Jokinen is our research nurse and our research assistants are Jarkko Volanen, Ville-Matti Nieminen, Katri Kuusela, Tiina Yliherne, Eeva Kauppinen, Kaisa Nykänen, Maarit Lehtinen and Sara Sammallahti. Furthermore, we work in close collaboration with a research group led by Professor Johan Eriksson and Adjunct Professor Eero Kajantie at the National Institute of Health and Welfare.

Feel free to browse our website. In here, you can find information about our research including publications and research projects, teaching we provide within the Department of Psychology, and also important links concerning our research field with current events the broader networks provide us.

Contact informations are seen here in the main page on the left. Individual and more accurate contact information are found in the personnel -section.