Lea Pulkkinen

Lea Pulkkinen

Professor, Emerita
Unit
Faculty of Education and Psychology
Department / Division
Department of Psychology
Email
lea.r.pulkkinen@jyu.fi
Mobile
+358445524892

Biography

Lea Pulkkinen, Professor of Psychology, emerita, has studied and worked at the University of Jyväskylä since 1958 complemented by international visits. She was appointed in the 1990s as Academy Professor and Director of the national Centre of Excellence for Research entitled Human Development and Its Risk Factors. She has studied human development from middle childhood to middle age, genetic and environmental factors in twins’ social behavior and health, and applied issues relating to school. She was President of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development in 1991-1996. She has received the Finnish Science Award (2001) and other awards and honors.

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Publications

Publication
2024

Developmental Perspectives on Transitions at Age 60 : Individuals Navigating Across the Lifespan (TRAILS) – latest data collection in a longitudinal JYLS study

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies.
Kokko, Katja
Fadjukoff, Päivi
Reinilä, Emmi
Ahola, Johanna
Kinnunen, Marja-Liisa
Kroger, Jane
Laakkonen, Eija K.
Pitkänen, Tuuli
Pulkkinen, Lea
Rantanen, Taina
Staudinger, Ursula M.
Taipale, Sakari
Törmäkangas, Timo
Kekäläinen, Tiia
Saajanaho, Milla
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