Hilkka Lydén

About me

I am a senior specialist, a nurse, a designer, and a socially oriented developer. I am guided by the belief that sustainable change emerges from participation, ethical practice, and taking everyday realities seriously. My work focuses particularly on integration, language learning, and design processes carried out with diverse communities. I have long and wide-ranging experience in socially oriented design, co-design, and participatory methods. My work brings together a research-informed approach, practical design expertise, and a strong understanding of questions related to care, power, and inequality. I am especially interested in how design can support more just and humane solutions.

Education

Doctoral researcher (PhD candidate), licentiate level
Leadership and development in social rehabilitation and health promotion (Master of Health Care)
Registered Nurse (Bachelor of Health Care)
Pedagogical qualification for professional education
Certified sexual counsellor
Educational psychology, basic and intermediate studies
Gender studies, basic and intermediate studies

Research team

DiLing
Integration and Language Learning Living Lab

Projects

VOIKO – Empowering and inclusive language learning
CeMeWE – Central Baltic Mentoring for Migrant Women Seeking Employment
MAKU – A multisensory approach to learning a new language
Wellbeing in healthcare
NETTA – Supporting the employment and competence development of young people with special support needs
MiCare – Supporting migrants’ professional and social integration as carers

Publications

Research.fi portal