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Juvenia – Youth Research and Development Centre

Our goal in Juvenia – Youth Research and Development Centre is to support equal and participatory youth by combining effective research and development work.

We support equal and participatory youth!

For Stakeholders and students – How can we help you?

Our goal in Juvenia – Youth Research and Development Centre is to support equal and participatory youth by combining effective research and development work. Our activities focus on strengthening young people’s inclusion, citizenship and communality, and preventing marginalization. In the youth sector, we promote, among other things, environmental awareness, digitalization and internationalization.

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We employ more than 30 researchers and developer experts who implement local, national and international research and development projects that focus on multidisciplinary youth research, as well as the development and evaluation of youth services and methods in the youth field. In addition, we offer training and expert services. During its years of operation, Juvenia has implemented more than 80 research, development and training projects related to young people.

Our core competence is youth-oriented research and development. As a learning environment for co-development, Juvenia brings together young people, stakeholders and Xamk’s own students as well as international trainees and researchers.

Juvenia´s photo gallery

Juvenia fair stand in youthwork event.
Juvenia´s corridor. Posters on the wall.
Collection of pictures and articles of Juvenia.
Juvenia staff sitting in meeting room.
Juvenia staff in hybrid-meeting.
Juvenia staff sitting and talking outside.

Ongoing projects in Juvenia

Contact details

Phone
+358406411504
Email
Arto.Pesola@xamk.fi
Social media
Department
Active Life Lab

I am driven by a desire to improve everyday life and to find new, better solutions to societal challenges. My research combines high scientific quality with practical impact. I believe that prevention is the foundation of sustainable healthcare, and promoting it requires interdisciplinary collaboration.

My areas of research include the physiological mechanisms of prolonged sitting, measurement and analysis technologies for physical activity, and randomized controlled intervention studies across different age groups—particularly among people with type 2 diabetes.

Arto Pesola
Head of RDI Unit
+358406411504
Arto.Pesola@xamk.fi
Social media
Phone
+358401626713
Email
Sari.Tuuva-Hongisto@xamk.fi
Department
Nuorisoalan tutkimus- ja kehittämisyksikkö Juvenia
Sari Tuuva-Hongisto
Research Manager
+358401626713
Sari.Tuuva-Hongisto@xamk.fi
Phone
+358504001276
Email
Mirja.Maatta@xamk.fi
Department
Nuorisoalan tutkimus- ja kehittämisyksikkö Juvenia
Mirja Määttä
Research Manager
+358504001276
Mirja.Maatta@xamk.fi

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