Tampere Graduate Centre for Social Sciences (TAMCESS) is a cooperative unit for postgraduate (Ph.D. level) education, formed to serve the departments of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Tampere. The functions of TAMCESS include organising doctoral courses, contributing to the development of joint theoretical and methodological postgraduate education in the Faculty, securing cooperation between different graduate schools, and providing various information services and internationalisation opportunities for postgraduate students and their departments. The International School of Social Sciences coordinates the activities of TAMCESS. The director of TAMCESS is professor Pertti Alasuutari. Professor Alasuutari is on leave of absence until 31.12.2013. The responsibilities are taken care of by Professor Risto Kunelius.

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The Philosophical Foundations of Multidisciplinary Social Science

 
Political responses to terrosrism

YTM Teemu Sinkkosen valtio-opin alaan kuuluva väitöskirja tarkastetaan perjantaina 27. marraskuuta 2009 klo 12 yliopiston Pinni -rakennuksen salissa B1100 (Kanslerinrinne 1).
 
Vanhemmuus työpaikoilla

YTL Riikka Kivimäen sosiologian alaan kuuluva väitöskirja tarkastetaan lauantaina 28. marraskuuta 2009 klo 12 yliopiston päärakennuksen salissa A1( Kalevantie 4).
 
Arjen rutiinit ja yllätykset - etnografia lastenkotityöstä

KM Riitta Laakson sosiaalityön alaan kuuluva väitöskirja tarkastetaan lauantaina 28. marraskuuta 2009 klo 12 yliopiston Väinö Linna - salissa (K104, Kalevantie 5).
 
More Vibes in India: Westerners in Search of a Better Life in Varanasi

The public defence of M.Soc.Sc Mari Korpela’s doctoral dissertation in the field of Social Anthropology will be held on Friday the 4th of December 2009 at 12 o’clock Pinni –building, hall B 1100
 
Achievement of Intersubjectivity in Airline Cockpit Interaction

YTM Petra Auvisen sosiaalipsykologian alaan kuuluva väitöskirja tarkastetaan lauantaina 5. joulukuuta 2009 klo 12 yliopiston Väinö Linna –salissa (Linna –rakennus K 104; Kalevantie 5).
 
TYÖ, SUKUPUOLI, HYVINVOINTI -TUTKIMUSSEMINAARI

loppuvuoden 2009 ohjelma
 
Työttömyyseläkejärjestelmä ja muuttuvat intressit

YTM Anna-Kaisa Ikosen sosiaalipolitiikan alaan kuuluva väitöskirja tarkastetaan julkisesti perjantaina 11. joulukuuta 2009 klo 12 yliopiston Pinni -rakennuksen salissa B1097(Kanslerinrinne 1).
 

Board members

professor Anneli Anttonen, Chairman of the Board
professor Risto Kunelius, Director
professor Kirsi Juhila 
professor Ilkka Arminen 
senior assistant Jaana Vuori 
senior assistant Ilkka Ruostetsaari
professor Mikko Lehtonen 
professor Jari Hietanen 
professor Satu Kalliola 
senior assistant Pasi Pyöriä 
postgraduates Kari Koljonen (in reserve Laura Ruusunoksa) and Tapio Häyhtiö
Head of Educational Affairs Marja Jukola-Aho, secretary of the board and administrative coordinator

Research profile of the Faculty

The Departments in the Faculty of Social Sciences have compiled descriptions of their research profiles. On the basis of these descriptions, the strong areas in the Faculty's research can be described as follows. The research activity of the Faculty of Social Sciences focuses on people's everyday life, on the central institutions of society, and on how activity and its structural determinants affect one another. Strong areas of research are the following: 

• Social capability and mental health
• Family and Childhood
• Gender
• Working life
• Political participation
• Welfare state and service systems
• Media and journalism
• Europe

The global system and transnational processes of change It is characteristic of the research at the faculty of Social Sciences to approach topics listed above from the viewpoint of cultural studies, social constructionism, or theory of action.  On the other hand, in many investigations there is a particular interest in social systems and institutions, often approached from an international comparative perspective. Social interaction and behavioral research, social theory and history of ideas are also among the topics studied in the Faculty.