Youth Research and Development Unit Juvenia
Together with young people and our partners, we carry out impactful research and development that strengthens young people’s wellbeing, participation, and confidence in the future.
Inclusion – equality – faith in the future!
Sustainable Wellbeing Research units:
- Active Life Lab
- Juvenia
Mental Wellbeing and Safe Growing Up
We develop solutions that support young people’s mental wellbeing and help create safe everyday lives.
Our goal is to understand what strengthens young people’s wellbeing and how safe and positive youth development can be supported in a changing world.
We produce research-based knowledge about young people’s everyday lives, experiences, and needs, while developing youth-centred solutions together with young people and our partners


Equality and Inclusion for All Young People
We promote equality and inclusion for young people in different environments and communities.
Together with our partners, we develop the youth sector and services. We renew practices and create solutions that support equal opportunities for all young people.
Faith in the future and Inclusion
We strengthen young people’s faith in the future and create opportunities for meaningful participation and inclusion.
Young people are actively involved in our work as co-developers and contributors to knowledge. We amplify young people’s voices, strengthen their agency, and create opportunities for them to influence their everyday lives and society.

Ongoing projects
Sufficiency solutions for a resilient, green, and just Finland (SISU)
PeaceAct
Tupa – fresh expertise for youth services
Culture supporting well-being – the impact and implementation of art-based interventions for youth
Altius – Centre of Expertise of Regional Knowledge Production on Youth Work
Nuoska – Center of expertice of Youth work at schools and educational institutions
Mind Over Screens
Peace4Europe
Helper – Sustainable employment paths for immigrants
Juvenia´s news
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BRIDGING FUTURE COACHING AND PEACE EDUCATION IN MIKKELI
Blooming in Finland: A Guide to Career Opportunities for Immigrant Women in South Savo
PeaceAct – Training of Trainers: democracy and peace education on an international training mission
Do you feel connected?
Everything is fearful for the first time!
Midsummer workshop with working life quests
Past projects
Participating together
Developing Professional Competencies for Demanding Residential care for Children and Youth
Triangle – Building Youth-Orientated Family Cooperation in Education Institutions
GEIN equal play, equal say
Social Entrepreneurship for Youth Empowerment in Finland and Latvia
YWIS – Youth work in schools
Neighbours Discovering Internationality Together!
Jelppis – expertise and support for project development
DEQUAL: Capturing Digital Social Inequality Young digi-natives’ asymmetrical agencies within socio-technical imperatives and imaginaries
Targeted youth work centre of expertise
Centre of Expertise of Municipal Youth Work
MAP – Mission to Accomplish Participation!
VET4ALL
Guidance Center “Olkkari” 2.0
Increase – youth employment on the increase in Kouvola
Together forward
Young people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities and their opportunities to physical activities
Education Gateway – Strengthening the attractiveness of Southern Savonia as a region of education