Hanna Rantala

About me

I work as a specialist in the Correctional Services research group. I am interested in themes of participation, psychosocial wellbeing, and peer support, which is also the topic of my doctoral research. I enjoy applying participatory methods to my work. For example, in the MoveOn project, which aims to prevent and interrupt young people’s cycles of offending, I facilitate community workshops that are based on the Change Laboratory (Funded: Ministry of Social Affairs and Health 2025-2027).

Education

MSc Public Policy, MA International Studies. PhD student in Social Work.

Research group

Correctional Services Research Group

Projects

Re-entry and desistance from crime in a digital era – a cross national comparative

Publications

F.-Dufour, Farrall, S., Järveläinen, E., Rantala, H., Rennie, A., Tetri, B. & Ihamouine-Molto, L. (forthcoming). Re-Entry and Desistance from Crime in a Digital Era. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Re-Entry-and-Desistance-from-Crime-in-a-Digital-Era/F-Dufour-Farrall-Jarvelainen-Rantala-Rennie-Tetra-Ihamouine-Molto/p/book/9781041256540

Juvonen, T., Rantanen, T., Rantala, H., & Suonio, M. (2026). “Opportunities and challenges in digital social work with people re-entering society from prison : – Qualitative analysis of Finnish social workers’ views.” Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.1921/swssr20252620

Lund, V., Närvä, T., Rantala, H., & Ziessler, N. (2024). “Digituen saavutettavuutta kehittämässä: Digituen symboli yhtenä ratkaisuna?” Aikuiskasvatus, 44(4), 282-289. https://doi.org/10.33336/aik.130397