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Professor Virpi Timonen

Professor Virpi Timonen

Professor Of, Sch Office - Social Work & Social Policy

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Biography

Virpi Marianna Timonen is Professor of Social Research and Theory at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, and Professor of Social and Public Policy at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She completed her DPhil in Politics at the University of Oxford (Magdalen College) in 2001. Her research spans social policies in ageing societies, sociology of intergenerational relationships, and research methods. Her investigations of intergenerational relations and grandparenting have provided new insights into how older adults contribute to the maintenance of family solidarity but also disrupt established roles. Professor Timonen has theorised how successful and active ageing are socially constructed through policymaking; her Model Ageing theory takes a critical stance on paradigms that dominate policy making for older adults. Her work on qualitative research methods has made Grounded Theory more accessible for researchers across disciplines and substantive fields.

Her current research, funded by the European Research Council's Advanced Grant, generates new insights into material and environmental legacy-making among co-existing generations. Among recent publications, her 2025 book Social Policy: The Quest for Freedom, Equality and Justice, is published by Polity (Cambridge) and available open access. An open access book forthcoming in 2026 with Cambridge University Press, titled Small Worlds: Theorising Material and Environmental Legacies, puts forward her original concept of legacy-making that refers to future-oriented ideation and actions pertaining to the material and environmental effects that humans leave behind.

For research interests and publications in chronological order, please see: https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/virpi-marjaana-timonen/

For publications by citations, please see https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CJzPXEgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

For information about the Legacies ERC project, please see https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/material-and-environmental-legacies-in-the-21st-century

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Timonen, V. and Conlon, C., Beyond Mannheim: Conceptualising how people 'talk' and 'do' generations in contemporary society, Advances in Life Course Research, 24, 2015, p1 - 9Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Kamiya, Y., Timonen, V. and Kenny, R.A., The impact of childhood sexual abuse on the mental, physical health, and health care utilization of older adults, International Psychogeriatrics , 28, (3), 2016, p415-22Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Turning the 'problem' into the solution: Hopes, trends and contradictions in home care policies for ageing populations in, editor(s)Boll, T., Ferring, D. and Valsiner, J. , Cultures of care in aging, Charlotte, NC, Information Age Publishing, 2018, pp39 - 55, [Timonen, V. and Rostgaard, T.]Book Chapter, 2018, TARA - Full Text
  • Theurer, K., Mortenson, B., Stone, R., Suto, M., Timonen, V. and Rozanova, J., The Need for a Social Revolution in Residential Care, Journal of Aging Studies, 2015, p201 - 210Journal Article, 2015, TARA - Full Text
  • Foley G, Timonen V, Hardiman O., "I hate being a burden": The patient perspective on carer burden in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 17, (5-6), 2016, p351 - 357Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Social security in, editor(s)N. Gibson and J. Spencer (eds.) , Economic activity in Ireland: a study of two open economies, Dublin and New York, Gill and Macmillan, 1977, pp104 - 114, [O'Hagan, J.W.]Book Chapter, 1977
  • Galvin M, Corr B, Madden C, Mays I, McQuillan R, Timonen V, Staines A, Hardiman O, Caregiving in ALS - A mixed methods approach to the study of Burden, BMC Palliative Care, 15, (1), 2016, p81-Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Elliott O'Dare, C., Timonen, V. and Conlon, C., Intergenerational friendships of older adults: Why do we know so little about them?, Ageing & Society, 2019, p1 - 16Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • Timonen V, Foley G, Conlon C., Challenges when using Grounded Theory: A pragmatic introduction to doing GT research, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 17, (1), 2018, p1 - 10Journal Article, 2018, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • McGarrigle, C., Timonen, V. and Layte, R., Choice and Constraint in the Negotiation of the Grandparent Role: A Mixed-Methods Study, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2018, 4:23337214Journal Article, 2018, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • McDonald, A., Lolich, L., Timonen, V. and Warters, A., "Time is more important than anything else": Tensions of time in home care of older adults in Ireland, International Journal of Care and Caring, 2019Journal Article, 2019, TARA - Full Text
  • Luciana Lolich, Isabella Riccò, Blanca Deusdad, Virpi Timonen,, Embracing technology? Health and Social Care professionals' attitudes to the deployment of e-Health initiatives in elder care services in Catalonia and Ireland,, Technological Forecasting and Social Change,, 147, 2019, p63 - 71Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Elliott O'Dare, C., Timonen, V. and Conlon, C., Doing intergenerational friendship: Challenging the dominance of age homophily in friendship, Canadian Journal of Aging - La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 2020Journal Article, 2020, TARA - Full Text
  • Conlon C, Timonen V, Elliott O'Dare C, O'Keeffe S, Foley G., Confused about theoretical sampling? Engaging theoretical sampling in diverse grounded theory studies, Qualitative Health Research, 30, (6), 2020, p947 - 959Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • O'Dare, CE, Timonen, V, Conlon, C, Escaping 'The Old Fogey': Doing Old Age through Intergenerational Friendship , Journal of Ageing Studies, 48, 2019, p67 - 75Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • Lolich, L. and Timonen, V., Fortunate and fearful: Emotions evoked by home care policies for older people in Ireland, Emotions and Society, 2, (1), 2020Journal Article, 2020, TARA - Full Text
  • Timonen, V. and Lolich, L., Dependency as status: Older adults' presentations of self as recipients of care, SAGE Open, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL
  • Wilson F, Ng L, O'Sullivan K, Caneiro JP, O'Sullivan P, Horgan A, Thornton J, Wilkie K, Timonen V, 'You're the best liar in the world': a grounded theory study of rowing athletes' experience of low back pain, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • Foley G, Timonen V, Conlon C, Elliott O'Dare C., Interviewing as a vehicle for theoretical sampling in grounded theory, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 20, 2021, p1 - 10Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • Wang, Qi and Timonen, Virpi, Retirement pathways and pensions inequality in China: A grounded theory study, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Lolich, L. & Timonen, V., Fortunate and fearful: Emotions evoked by home care policies for older people in Ireland, Emotions and Society, 2, (1), 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL
  • Policies for active ageing and their family-related assumptions and consequences in, editor(s)M. Daly, N. Gilbert, B. Pfau-Effinger and D. Besharov , International handbook of family policy: A life course perspective, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2022, [Hamilton, M., Timonen, V., Craig, L. and Adamson, E.]Book Chapter, 2022, TARA - Full Text
  • Timonen, V., Greene, J. and Émon, A., 'We're meant to be crossing over but the bridge is broken': 2020 university graduates' experiences of the pandemic in Ireland, YOUNG: Nordic Journal of Youth Research, 2021Journal Article, 2021, TARA - Full Text
  • Casey MB, Wilson F, Ng L, O'Sullivan K, Caneiro JP, O'Sullivan PB, Horgan A, Thornton JS, Wilkie K, Timonen V, Wall J, McGowan E., "There's definitely something wrong but we just don't know what it is": A qualitative study exploring rowers' understanding of low back pain., Journal of science and medicine in sport, 25, (7), 2022, p557-563Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Timonen V, Foley G, Conlon C., Quality in qualitative research: a relational process, Qualitative Research Journal, 26, (2), 2026Journal Article, 2026, DOI
  • Petautschnig C., Timonen V., Elliott O'Dare C., Conlon C., "I'm Going to Put on Bright Clothes now" The Process and Social Dimensions of Resilience Among Older Adults, Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 2025, p1 - 25, p1-25Journal Article, 2025, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Luciana Lolich, Jari Pirhonen, Tuuli Turja, Virpi Timonen, Technology in the Home Care of Older People: Views from Finland and Ireland, Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 37, (2), 2022, p181 - 200, p181-200Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Luciana Lolich, Virpi Timonen, Digitalisation of Public Services as a Challenge to Social Justice, Springer eBooks, 2022, p191 - 200, p191-200Book Chapter, 2022, DOI
  • Jari Pirhonen, Luciana Lolich, Katariina Tuominen, Outi Jolanki, Virpi Timonen, "These devices have not been made for older people's needs" " Older adults' perceptions of digital technologies in Finland and Ireland, Technology in Society, 62, 2020, p101287 - 101287, p101287-101287Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • Virpi Timonen, Luciana Lolich, "The Poor Carer": Ambivalent Social Construction of the Home Care Worker in Elder Care Services, Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 62, (7), 2019, p728 - 748, p728-748Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • Anne McDonald, Luciana Lolich, Virpi Timonen, Austin Warters, "Time is more important than anything else": tensions of time in the home care of older adults in Ireland, International Journal of Care and Caring, 3, (4), 2019, p501 - 515, p501-515Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • Katharine Schulmann, Virpi Timonen, Catherine Conlon, Whose vulnerability? Inverting constructions of older people as a vulnerable group during the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland, SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 9, 2025, p100640 - 100640, p100640-100640Journal Article, 2025, DOI
  • Carla Petautschnig, Virpi Timonen, "I"m Not Worthless, I Do Help Society": Exploring the Lived Experience of Community Placement in Activation Schemes, Social Policy and Society, 24, (4), 2024, p601 - 615, p601-615Journal Article, 2024, DOI
  • Stephen Beasley, Virpi Timonen, Representations of older people in Irish public broadcaster's online news coverage during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, Irish Journal of Sociology, 31, (3), 2023, p305 - 323, p305-323Journal Article, 2023, DOI
  • Kristine A. Theurer, Robyn Stone, Melinda Suto, Virpi Timonen, Susan G. Brown, W. Ben Mortenson, "It Makes You Feel Good to Help!": An Exploratory Study of the Experience of Peer Mentoring in Long-Term Care, Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 41, (3), 2022, p451 - 459, p451-459Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Ayeshah Émon, Jo Greene, Virpi Timonen, Generation covid: Experiences of the coronavirus pandemic among secondary school graduates of 2020 in Ireland, Cogent Education, 8, (1), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • Catherine Elliott O"Dare, Virpi Timonen, Catherine Conlon, "Doing" Intergenerational Friendship: Challenging the Dominance of Age Homophily in Friendship, Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 40, (1), 2020, p68 - 81, p68-81Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • Kristine A. Theurer, Robyn Stone, Melinda Suto, Virpi Timonen, Susan G. Brown, W. Ben Mortenson, 'It makes life worthwhile!' Peer mentoring in long-term care"a feasibility study, Aging & Mental Health, 25, (10), 2020, p1887 - 1896, p1887-1896Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • Virpi Timonen, Better with Age " The Psychology of Successful Aging Alan D. Castel, Oxford University Press, New York, 2019, 236 pp., hbk US $27.95, ISBN 13: 978-0-19-027998-1, Ageing and Society, 40, (2), 2019, p463 - 464, p463-464Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • Ayeshah Émon, Virpi Timonen, Graduate attributes: Social constructions and lived experience of university students in Ireland, Journal of Education Culture and Society, 10, (2), 2019, p133 - 147, p133-147Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • José de São José, Virpi Timonen, Carla A. F. Amado, Sérgio P. Santos, From `active" to `capable": a capability framework for policy and practice on ageing and later life, Policy Press eBooks, 2019, p41 - 60, p41-60Book Chapter, 2019, DOI
  • Virpi Timonen, Tine Rostgaard, Turning The "Problem"Into the Solution, 2018, p39 - 55, p39-55Book Chapter, 2018, DOI
  • Naonori Kodate, Virpi Timonen, Bringing the Family in through the Back Door: the Stealthy Expansion of Family Care in Asian and European Long-Term Care Policy, Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 32, (3), 2017, p291 - 301, p291-301Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • José de São José, Virpi Timonen, Carla A. F. Amado, Sérgio P. Santos, A critique of the Active Ageing Index, Journal of Aging Studies, 40, 2017, p49 - 56, p49-56Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • Kristine A. Theurer, S Brown, W. Ben Mortenson, Melinda Suto, Robyn Stone, Virpi Timonen, IT HAS GIVEN ME A NEW LIFE: PEER MENTORING IN RESIDENTIAL CARE, Innovation in Aging, 1, (suppl_1), 2017, p856 - 856, p856-856Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • Hannele Forsberg, Virpi Timonen, The future of the family as envisioned by young adults in Ireland, Journal of Youth Studies, 21, (6), 2017, p765 - 779, p765-779Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • Kristine A. Theurer, W. Ben Mortenson, Robyn Stone, S Brown, Melinda Suto, Virpi Timonen, THE IMPACT OF PEER MENTORING IN RESIDENTIAL CARE ON THOSE VISITED, Innovation in Aging, 1, (suppl_1), 2017, p238 - 239, p238-239Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • Tine Rostgaard, Virpi Timonen, Turning the problem into the solution: Hopes, trends and contradictions in home care for ageing populations in Europe, 2016Journal Article, 2016
  • Kristine A. Theurer, W. Ben Mortenson, Robyn Stone, Melinda Suto, Virpi Timonen, Julia Rozanova, The need for a social revolution in residential care, Journal of Aging Studies, 35, 2015, p201 - 210, p201-210Review Article, 2015, DOI
  • Catherine Conlon, Virpi Timonen, Gemma M. Carney, Thomas Scharf, Women (Re)Negotiating Care across Family Generations, Gender & Society, 28, (5), 2014, p729 - 751, p729-751Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • Gemma M. Carney, Thomas Scharf, Virpi Timonen, Catherine Conlon, `Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt": Solidarity between generations in the Irish crisis, Critical Social Policy, 34, (3), 2014, p312 - 332, p312-332Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • Catherine Conlon, Gemma M. Carney, Virpi Timonen, Thomas Scharf, `Emergent reconstruction" in grounded theory: learning from team-based interview research, Qualitative Research, 15, (1), 2013, p39 - 56, p39-56Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • Virpi Timonen, Special Issue Expanded, but not regulated: ambiguity in home-care policy in Ireland, 2012Journal Article, 2012
  • Virpi Timonen, Pieter Vanhuysse and Achim Goerres (eds), Ageing Populations in Post-industrial Democracies: Comparative Studies of Policies and Politics, Routledge, Abingdon, UK and New York, 2012, 274 pp., hbk £75.00, ISBN 13: 978 0 415 60382 9., Ageing and Society, 32, (7), 2012, p1264 - 1266, p1264-1266Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Ciara O"Dwyer, Martha Doyle, Elena Moore, Virpi Timonen, `We have all moved on": how grandparents cope with their adult child"s relationship breakdown, Families Relationships and Societies, 1, (2), 2012, p223 - 241, p223-241Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Virpi Timonen, Martha Doyle, Ciara O"Dwyer, "He Really Leant on Me a Lot", Journal of Family Issues, 32, (12), 2011, p1622 - 1646, p1622-1646Journal Article, 2011, DOI
  • Virpi Timonen, Martha Doyle, Migrant Care Workers" Relationships with Care Recipients, Colleagues and Employers, European Journal of Women s Studies, 17, (1), 2010, p25 - 41, p25-41Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • Virpi Timonen, Ciara O"Dwyer, `It is nice to see someone coming in": Exploring the Social Objectives of Meals-on-Wheels, Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 29, (3), 2010, p399 - 410, p399-410Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • Martha Doyle, Ciara O"Dywer, Virpi Timonen, "How Can You Just Cut Off a Whole Side of the Family and Say Move On?" The Reshaping of Paternal Grandparent"Grandchild Relationships Following Divorce or Separation in the Middle Generation, Family Relations, 59, (5), 2010, p587 - 598, p587-598Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • Martha Doyle, Virpi Timonen, The different faces of care work: understanding the experiences of the multi-cultural care workforce, Ageing and Society, 29, (3), 2009, p337 - 350, p337-350Journal Article, 2009, DOI
  • K. A. Theurer, R. I. Stone, M. J. Suto, V. Timonen, S. G. Brown, W. B. Mortenson, The Impact of Peer Mentoring on Loneliness, Depression, and Social Engagement in Long-Term Care, Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • F. Wilson, L. Ng, J.P. Caneiro, P. O"Sullivan, A. Horgan, J. Thornton, K. Wilkie, V. Timonen, "You"re the best liar in the world": A grounded theory study of rowing athletes" experience of low back pain, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2021Journal Article, 2021
  • Virpi Timonen, Grounded Theory in Public Policy, Encyclopedia of Public Policy, 2024Book Chapter, 2024, DOI
  • Norah Keating, Virpi Timonen, Tine Buffel, Healthy ageing policies from regional and global perspectives, A Research Agenda for Ageing and Social Policy, 2024Book Chapter, 2024, DOI
  • Virpi Timonen, Ikääntymis- ja elämänkulkututkimuksen uudet avainsanat, Yhteiskuntapolitiikka, 2024Journal Article, 2024
  • Carla Petautschnig, Virpi Timonen, Catherine Elliott O'Dare, Catherine Conlon, 'I'm Going to Put on Bright Clothes now', Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 2026Journal Article, 2026, DOI
  • José de São José, Virpi Marjaana Timonen, Age is not just a number, Journal of Aging Studies, 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI
  • K.A. Theurer, R.I. Stone, M.J. Suto, Virpi Timonen, S.G. Brown, W.B. Mortenson, It Makes You Feel Good to Help!: An Exploratory Study of the Experience of Peer Mentoring in Long-Term Care, Canadian Journal on Aging, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • L. Lolich, V. Timonen, The ageing entrepreneur: Co-opting older adults into the siliconization of care, Digital transformations in care of older people: Critical perspectives, 2022Book Chapter, 2022
  • Maire-Brid Casey, Fiona Wilson, Leo Ng, Kieran O'Sullivan, J. P. Caneiro, Peter B. O'Sullivan, Alex Horgan, Jane S. Thornton, Kellie Wilkie, Virpi Timonen, Julia Wall, Emer McGowan, ?There's definitely something wrong but we just don't know what it is?, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • C. Conlon, G. Carney, V. Timonen, T. Scharf, Emergent Reconstruction' in Grounded Theory: Learning from Team-Based Interview Research, Qualitative Research, 2015Journal Article, 2015, DOI
  • O'Dwyer, C., Doyle, M., Moore, E., Timonen, V., 'We have all moved on': How grandparents cope with their adult child's relationship breakdown, Families, Relationships and Societies, 1, (2), 2012, p223-241Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • C. O'Dwyer, M. Doyle, E. Moore, V. Timonen, 'We have all moved on': How grandparents cope with their adult child's relationship breakdown, Families, relationships and societies, 2012Journal Article, 2012
  • S. Arber, V. Timonen, Contemporary grandparenting: Changing family relationships in global contexts, 2012Book, 2012
  • S. Arber, V. Timonen, Grandparenting in the twenty-first century: New directions, Contemporary grandparenting: Changing family relationships in global contexts, 2012Book Chapter, 2012
  • Rostgaard, T., Timonen, V., Glendinning, C., Guest editorial: Reforming Home Care in Ageing Societies, Health and Social Care in the Community, 20, (3), 2012, p225-227Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • V. Timonen, S. Arber, Introduction: A new look at grandparenting, Contemporary grandparenting: Changing family relationships in global contexts, 2012Book Chapter, 2012
  • V. Timonen, Review of: 'Ageing populations in post-industrial democracies: Comparative studies of policies and politics' by Pieter Vanhuysse and Achim Goerres, Ageing and Society, 2012Journal Article, 2012
  • Timonen, V., Doyle, M., O'Dwyer, C., "He really leant on me a lot": Parents' perspectives on the provision of support to divorced and separated adult children in Ireland, Journal of Family Issues, 32, (12), 2011, p1622-1646Journal Article, 2011, DOI
  • Virpi Timonen, M. Doyle, C. O'Dwyer, "He really leant on me a lot": Parents' perspectives on the provision of support to divorced and separated adult children in Ireland, Journal of Family Issues, 2011Journal Article, 2011
  • T. Rostgaard, C. Glendinning, C. Gori, T. Kroger, A. Osterle, M. Szebehely, H. Theobald, V. Timonen, M. Vabo, LIVINDHOME: Living Independently at Home. Reforms in Home Care in Nine European Countries, 2011Report, 2011
  • V. Timonen, Y. Kamiya, S. Maty, `Social Engagement of Older People", Fifty plus in Ireland 2011: First results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), 2011Book Chapter, 2011
  • Doyle, M., O'Dywer, C., Timonen, V., "How can you just cut off a whole side of the family and say move on?" The reshaping of paternal grandparent-grandchild relationships following divorce or separation in the middle generation, Family Relations, 59, (5), 2010, p587-598Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • M. Doyle, C. O'Dywer, Virpi Timonen, "How can you just cut off a whole side of the family and say move on?" The reshaping of paternal grandparent-grandchild relationships following divorce or separation in the middle generation, Family Relations, 2010Journal Article, 2010
  • Timonen, V., O'Dwyer, C., 'It is nice to see someone coming in': Exploring the social objectives of meals-on-wheels, Canadian Journal on Aging, 29, (3), 2010, p399-410Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • M. Pierce, V. Timonen, How theories of ageing can influence policy (Executive summary of the `Discussion Paper on Theories of Ageing"), 2010Report, 2010
  • Doyle, M., Timonen, V., Obligations, ambitions, calculations: Migrant care workers' negotiation of work, career, and family responsibilities, Social Politics, 17, (1), 2010, p29-52Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • Timonen, V., Doyle, M., In search of security: Migrant workers' understandings, experiences and expectations regarding 'social protection' in Ireland, Journal of Social Policy, 38, (1), 2009, p157-175Journal Article, 2009, DOI
  • V. Timonen, Ageing societies: A comparative introduction, 2008Book, 2008
  • C. O"Dwyer, V. Timonen, A. Diaz, E. Kelly, The Cherry Orchard Advocacy Pilot Project, 2008Report, 2008
  • C. O"Dwyer, V. Timonen, The Role and Future Development of Meals-on-Wheels in Ireland, 2008Report, 2008
  • K. Theurer, R. Stone, M. Suto, V. Timonen, S. Brown, W.B. Mortenson, It makes life worthwhile!' Peer mentoring in long-term care"a feasibility study, Aging & Mental Health, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • K. Theurer, R. I. Stone, M. J. Suto, V. Timonen, S. G. Brown, W. B. Mortenson, Reducing loneliness and depression: The power of peer mentoring in long-term care,, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • V. Timonen, Conclusions: the grandparents century?, Grandparenting practices around the world, 2019Book Chapter, 2019
  • V. Timonen, Responsibility for the costs of long-term institutional care: A comparative perspective, Older people in modern Ireland: Essays on law and policy, 2006Book Chapter, 2006
  • A. Nolan, B. Whelan, H. Cronin, J. Grimson, Y. Kamiya, R.A. Kenny, A. Moreira, C. O"Regan, V. Timonen, The Development of a Draft Framework for the Collection of Information About the Older Population, 2006Report, 2006
  • V. Timonen, Celtic Tiger Ireland: How has Ireland evolved during the period of prosperity?, Reformfähigkeit und reformstau " ein Europäischer vergleich. Berichte und Studien, 2005Book Chapter, 2005
  • V. Timonen, Irish Social Expenditure in a Comparative International Context: Epilogue, 2005Report, 2005
  • Timonen, V., New Risks-Are They Still New for the Nordic Welfare States?, New Risks, New Welfare: The Transformation of the European Welfare State, 2005Book, 2005, DOI
  • V. Timonen, Policy paradigms and long-term care: Convergence or continuing differences?, Ideas and welfare state reform in Western Europe, 2005Book Chapter, 2005
  • V. Timonen, Evaluation of Homecare Grant Schemes in Ireland, 2004Report, 2004
  • R. Boyle, P. Humphreys, O. O"Donnell, J. O"Riordan, V. Timonen, Changing Local Government: A Review of the Local Government Modernisation Programme, CPMR [Committee for Public Management Research] Research Report 5, 2003Report, 2003
  • V. Timonen, O. O"Donnell, Development of e-Government in Ireland: Remaining issues and challenges, Administration, 2003Journal Article, 2003
  • V. Timonen, Grandparenting practices around the world, 2019Book, 2019
  • V. Timonen, Introduction: Widening the lens on grandparenting, Grandparenting practices around the world, 2019Book Chapter, 2019
  • C. Elliott O'Dare, V. Timonen, C. Conlon, `Escaping "the old fogey": Doing old age through intergenerational friendship, Journal of Aging Studies, 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • A. McDonald, L. Lolich, V. Timonen, A. Warters, `Time is more important than anything else": tensions of time in the home care of older adults in Ireland, International journal of care and caring, 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • V. Timonen, Intressit ja hyvinvointivaltion puolustus: Ay-liike työttömyysturvan leikkauksien vastustajana (Interests and the defence of the welfare state: the trade union movement as an opponent to cuts in unemployment benefits), Lamakirja [anthology on Politics and Policies During the 1990s Recession in Finland], 2003Book Chapter, 2003
  • V. Timonen, Irish Social Expenditure in a Comparative International Context, 2003Report, 2003
  • V. Timonen, Restructuring the welfare state: Globalisation and social policy reform in Finland and Sweden, 2003Book, 2003
  • V. Timonen, Uudet sosiaaliset riskit suomalaisessa ja ruotsalaisessa hyvinvointivaltiossa [New risks in the Finnish and Swedish welfare states], Riskit, Instituutiot ja Tuotokset [Risks, Institutions and Outcomes, a Festschrift for Professor Olli Kangas], 2003Book Chapter, 2003
  • V. Timonen, O. O"Donnell, P. Humphreys, E-Government and the Decentralisation of Service Delivery, CPMR [Committee for Public Management Research] Discussion Paper No. 25, 2002Report, 2002
  • Timonen, V., McMenamin, I., Future of care services in Ireland: Old answers to new challenges?, Social Policy and Administration, 36, (1), 2002, p20-35Journal Article, 2002
  • Virpi Timonen, I. McMenamin, Future of care services in Ireland: Old answers to new challenges?, Social Policy and Administration, 2002Journal Article, 2002
  • McMenamin, I., Timonen, V., Poland's health reform: Politics, markets and informal payments, Journal of Social Policy, 31, (1), 2002, p103-118Journal Article, 2002, DOI
  • V. Timonen, Supporting Carers " A Social Policy Report, Social Policy Series, 2002Report, 2002
  • V. Timonen, Earning Welfare Citizenship: Welfare State Reform in Finland and Sweden, Welfare States Under Pressure, 2001Book Chapter, 2001
  • Timonen, V., What explains public service restructuring? Evaluating contending explanations, Journal of European Public Policy, 8, (1), 2001, p43-59Journal Article, 2001, DOI
  • Virpi Timonen, What explains public service restructuring? Evaluating contending explanations, Journal of European Public Policy, 2001Journal Article, 2001
  • Timonen, V., A threat to social security? The impact of EU membership on the Finnish welfare state, Journal of European Social Policy, 9, (3), 1999, p253-261Journal Article, 1999
  • Virpi Timonen, A threat to social security? The impact of EU membership on the Finnish welfare state, Journal of European Social Policy, 1999Journal Article, 1999
  • C. Conlon, V. Timonen, G. Dowling, Supporting parents communicating with children age 4-9 about relationships, sexuality and growing up, HSE Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme Report No. 27, 2018Report, 2018
  • Timonen, V., J. Convery and S. Cahill, Care revolutions in the making? A comparison of cash-for-care programmes in four European countries., Ageing and Society, 26, (3), 2006, p455 - 474Journal Article, 2006, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Timonen, V. and M. Doyle, From the workhouse to the home. The historical origins and development of domiciliary care services for older people in Ireland, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 28, (3/4), 2008, p76 - 89Journal Article, 2008, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Timonen, V. and M. Doyle, Worlds apart? Public, private and non-profit sector providers of domiciliary care for older persons in Ireland, Journal of Aging Studies, 21, (3), 2007, p255 - 265Journal Article, 2007, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Doyle, Martha and Timonen, Virpi, Breaking the Mould: New Trajectories in the Domiciliary Care of Older People in Ireland, International Journal of Social Welfare, 17, 2008, p324 - 332Journal Article, 2008, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Doyle, M. and Timonen, V., Home Care for Ageing Populations: A Comparative Analysis of Domiciliary Care in Denmark, Germany and the United States., Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2007Book, 2007
  • Ahern, D., Doyle, M. and Timonen, V., Regulating Home Care of Older People: The Inevitable Poor Relation?, Dublin University Law Journal, 29, 2007, p374 - 396Journal Article, 2007
  • Timonen, V. and Doyle, M., In Search of Security: Migrant Workers' Understandings, Experiences and Expectations Regarding 'Social Protection', Journal of Social Policy, 38, (1), 2009, p157 - 175Journal Article, 2009, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Doyle, Martha and Timonen, Virpi, The Different Faces of Care Work: Understanding the Experiences of the Multi-Cultural Care Workforce, Ageing & Society, 29, 2009, p337 - 350Journal Article, 2009, TARA - Full Text
  • O'Brien M, Curry P, O'Neill D, Timonen V., Hospital Professionals' Perceptions Of Older People's Participation In The Acute Hospital Discharge Process: A Phenomenographic Study., Irish Journal of Medical Sciences, 176, (Suppl 6), 2007, ppS235-6Meeting Abstract, 2007
  • O'Dwyer, C. and Timonen, V., 'Doomed to Extinction? The Nature and Future of Volunteering for Meal-on-Wheels Services', Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 20, 2009, p35 - 49Journal Article, 2009, DOI
  • O'Dwyer, C. and Timonen, V., The Role and Future Development of Meals-on-Wheels Services for Older People in Ireland, Dublin, National Council on Ageing and Older People, 2008, 1-240Report, 2008, TARA - Full Text
  • Toward an Integrative Theory of Care: Formal and Informal Intersections in, editor(s)Roberto, Karen A. and Mancini, Jay A. , Pathways of Human Development: Explorations of Change, Lanham, MD, Lexington, 2009, pp307 - 326, [Timonen, V.]Book Chapter, 2009, TARA - Full Text
  • Timonen, Virpi and O'Dwyer, Ciara, Living in institutional care: Residents' experiences and coping strategies, Social Work in Healthcare, 48, (6), 2009, p597 - 613Journal Article, 2009, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • O'Dwyer, Ciara and Timonen, Virpi, Doomed to Extinction? The Nature and Future of Volunteering for Meal-on-Wheels Services, Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 20, (1), 2009, p35 - 49Journal Article, 2009
  • Doyle, M. and Timonen, V., Obligations, Ambitions, Calculations: Migrant Care Workers' Negotiation of Work, Career and Family, Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society, 17, (1), 2010, p29 - 52Journal Article, 2010, TARA - Full Text
  • Doyle, Martha and Timonen, Virpi, Lessons from a Community-Based Participatory Research Project: Older People's and Researchers' Reflections, Research on Aging, 32, (2), 2010, p244 - 263Journal Article, 2010, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Timonen, Virpi and Doyle, Martha, Caring and Collaborating Across Cultures? Migrant Care Workers' Relationships with Care Recipients, Colleagues and Employers, European Journal of Women's Studies, 17, (1), 2010, p25 - 41Journal Article, 2010, TARA - Full Text
  • O'Dwyer, Ciara, Corish, Clare and Timonen, Virpi, Nutritional Status of Irish Older People in Receipt of Meals-on-Wheels and the Nutritional Content of Meals Provided, Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 22, (6), 2009, p521-527Journal Article, 2009, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • O'Dwyer, Ciara and Timonen, Virpi, Rethinking the Value of Residents' Councils: Observations and Lessons from an Exploratory Study, Journal of Applied Gerontology, 29, (6), 2010, p762 - 771Journal Article, 2010, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Timonen, V., Doyle, M. and O'Dwyer, C. (with contributions from E. Moore), The Role of Grandparents in Divorced and Separated Families, Dublin, Family Support Agency and Social Policy and Ageing Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin, November, 2009Report, 2009, TARA - Full Text
  • Timonen, V. and O'Dwyer, C. , 'It's nice to see someone coming in': Exploring the Social Objectives of Meals-on-Wheels, Canadian Journal on Aging, 29, (3), 2010, p399 - 410Journal Article, 2010, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Doyle, M., O'Dwyer, C. and Timonen, V., , 'How Can You Just Cut Off a Whole Side of the Family and Say Move On?' The Reshaping of Paternal Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships Following Relationship Breakdown in the Middle Generation, Family Relations, 59, (5), 2010, p587 - 598Journal Article, 2010, TARA - Full Text
  • Kamiya, Yumiko, Whelan, Brendan, Timonen, Virpi and Kenny, Rose Anne, The differential impact of subjective and objective aspects of social engagement on cardiovascular risk factors, BMC Geriatrics, 10, (81), 2010Journal Article, 2010, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Timonen, Virpi, Doyle, Martha and O'Dwyer, Ciara, 'He really leant on me a lot': Parents' Perspectives on the Provision of Support to Divorced and Separated Adult Children in Ireland, Journal of Family Issues, 32, (12), 2011, p1622-1646Journal Article, 2011, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Moore, E., Timonen, V., O'Dwyer, C. and Doyle, M., Divorce and Intergenerational Support: Comparing the Perceptions of Divorced Adults and Their Parents, Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 43, (2), 2012, p261 - 279Journal Article, 2012, TARA - Full Text
  • Home Care in Ireland in, editor(s)Rostgaard, T., Glendinning, C., Gori, C., Kroger, T., Osterle, A., Szebehely, M., Theobald, H., Timonen, V. and Vabo, M. , LIVINDHOME: Living Independently at Home. , Copenhagen, SFI - Danish National Centre for Social Research, 2011, pp161 - 184, [Timonen, V., Doyle, M. and O'Dwyer, C.]Book Chapter, 2011
  • 'Introduction: A new look at grandparenting' in, editor(s)Arber, S. and Timonen, V. , Contemporary grandparenting: changing family relationships in global contexts, Bristol, Policy Press, 2012, pp1 - 24, [Timonen, V. and Arber, S.]Book Chapter, 2012, TARA - Full Text
  • 'Grandparenting in the twenty-first century: New directions' in, Arber, S. and Timonen, V. , Contemporary grandparenting: changing family relationships in global contexts, Bristol, Policy Press, 2012, pp247 - 264, [Arber, S. and Timonen, V.]Book Chapter, 2012, TARA - Full Text
  • 'Grandparental agency after adult children's divorce in, editor(s)Arber, S. and Timonen, V. , Contemporary grandparenting: changing family relationships in global contexts, Bristol, Policy Press, 2012, pp159 - 180, [Timonen, V. and Doyle, M.]Book Chapter, 2012, TARA - Full Text
  • Timonen, V., Doyle, M. and O'Dwyer, C., Expanded but not regulated: Ambiguity in home care policy in Ireland, Health and Social Care in the Community, 20, (3), 2012, p310 - 318Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Grandparental agency after adult children's divorce in, editor(s)Arber, S. and Timonen, V. , Contemporary grandparenting: changing family relationships in global contexts, Bristol, Policy Press,, 2012, [Timonen, V. and Doyle, M.]Book Chapter, 2012
  • Back to basics or into a brave new world? The potential and pitfalls of biomarkers in explaining the pathways between social engagement and health in, editor(s)Hoque, N., McGehee, M.A. and Bradshaw, B.S. (eds) , Applied demography and public health [Applied demography series volume 3], New York, Springer, 2013, pp313 - 336, [Kamiya, Y., Timonen, V., Romero-Ortuno, R. and Kenny, R.A.]Book Chapter, 2013, DOI
  • Foley G, Timonen V, Hardiman O., Experience of services as a key outcome in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) care. The case for a better understanding of patient experiences, American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 29, (5), 2012, p362 - 367Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Foley G, Timonen V, Hardiman O., Patients' perceptions of services and preferences for care in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A review, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 13, (1), 2012, p11 - 24Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Foley G, Timonen V, Hardiman O., A systematic review of ALS patients' perceptions of services and decision making in care, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 22nd International Symposium on ALS/MND, Sydney, Nov 30-Dec 02 2011, 12, (Suppl. 1), 2011, s13Published Abstract, 2011, DOI
  • Sustainability of the Nordic model in the face of population ageing in, editor(s)Harper, S. and Hamblin, K. , International Handbook of Ageing and Public Policy, Cheltenham (UK) and Northampton (US), Edward Elgar, 2014, pp279 - 290, [Timonen, V. and Kautto, M.]Book Chapter, 2014, TARA - Full Text
  • Timonen, V., Scharf, T., Conlon, C. and Carney, G., Intergenerational solidarity and justice in Ireland: Towards a new national dialogue, Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 10, (3), 2012, p317 - 321Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Rostgaard, T., Timonen, V. and Glendinning, C., Comparing home care policies across Europe, Health and Social Care in the Community, 20, (3), 2012, p225 - 227Journal Article, 2012, TARA - Full Text
  • Powerless observers? Policymakers' views on the inclusion of older people's interest organizations in the policy process in Ireland in, editor(s)Linden, T.S. and Ervik, R. , The Making of Aging Policy: Theory and Practice in Europe, Cheltenham and Northampton, Edward Elgar, 2013, pp78 - 97, [Doyle, M. and Timonen, V.]Book Chapter, 2013, TARA - Full Text
  • Kamiya, Y., Doyle, M., Henretta, J. and Timonen, V., Depressive symptoms among older adults: The impact of early and later life circumstances and marital status, Aging and Mental Health, 17, (3), 2013, p349 - 357Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Grandparenting in, editor(s)Twigg, J. and Martin, W. , Routledge Handbook of Cultural Gerontology, London, Routledge, 2015, pp234 - 242, [Arber, S. and Timonen, V.]Book Chapter, 2015, TARA - Full Text
  • Timonen, Virpi, Conlon, Catherine, Scharf, Thomas and Carney, Gemma, Family, state, class and solidarity: Re-conceptualising intergenerational solidarity through the Grounded Theory approach, European Journal of Ageing, 10, (3), 2013, p171 - 179Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Conlon, C., Carney, G., Timonen, V. and Scharf, T., 'Emergent Reconstruction' in Grounded Theory: Learning from Team-Based Interview Research, Qualitative Research, 15, (1), 2015, p39 - 56Journal Article, 2015, TARA - Full Text
  • Timonen, V. and Doyle, M., Life-long singlehood: Intersections of the past and the present, Ageing & Society, 34, (10), 2014, p1749 - 1770Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Conlon, C., Timonen, V., Scharf, T. and Carney, G., Consumption of care and intergenerational relations in the Irish context, Families, Relationships and Societies, 3, (1), 2014, p139 - 142(4)Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Kamiya, Y., Doyle, M., Henretta, J. and Timonen, V., Early-life circumstances and later-life loneliness in Ireland, The Gerontologist, 54, (5), 2014, p773 - 783Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Foley G, Timonen V, Hardiman O., Acceptance and decision making in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis from a life-course perspective, Qualitative Health Research, 24, (1), 2014, p67 - 77Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Foley G, Timonen V, Hardiman O., Understanding psycho-social processes underpinning engagement with services in motor neurone disease: A qualitative study, Palliative Medicine, 28, (4), 2014, p318 - 325Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Carney, G., Scharf, T., Timonen, V. and Conlon, C., 'Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt': Solidarity between generations in the Irish crisis, Critical Social Policy, 34, 2014, p312 - 332Journal Article, 2014, TARA - Full Text
  • Foley G, Timonen V, Hardiman O., Exerting control and adapting to loss in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Social Science & Medicine, 101, 2014, p113 - 119Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Conlon, C., Timonen, V., Carney, G. and Scharf, T., Women (re-)negotiating care across family generations: Intersections of gender and socioeconomic status, Gender & Society, 28, (5), 2014, p729 - 751Journal Article, 2014, TARA - Full Text
  • Foley G, Timonen V, Hardiman O., How and why people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis engage with healthcare services: A qualitative study of service users' experiences in Ireland, Palliative Medicine, 8th World Research Congress of the European Association of Palliative Care, Lleida, June 5-7 2014, 28, (6), 2014, p619Published Abstract, 2014, DOI
  • Health and Health Care in, editor(s)Fahey, T., Russell, H., Whelan, C. , Best of Times? The Social Impact of the Celtic Tiger, Dublin, Institute for Public Administration, 2007, [Layte, R., Nolan, A., Nolan, B.]Book Chapter, 2007
  • Foley G, Timonen V., Using grounded theory method to capture and analyze health care experiences, Health Services Research, 50, (4), 2015, p1195 - 1210Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Conlon, C., with contributions from V. Timonen and G. Dowling, Supporting parents communicating with children aged 4-9 years about relationships, sexuality and growing up, Dublin, HSE Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme, January, 2018, pi - 106Report
  • Timonen, V., Doyle, M. and Prendergast , D. , No place like home: Domiciliary Care Services for Older People in Ireland, Liffey Press, Dublin., 2006Book
  • Pierce, Maria and Timonen, Virpi, A Discussion Paper on Theories of Ageing and Approaches to Welfare in Ireland, North and South, Dublin & Belfast, CARDI, 2010Report
  • Alan Barrett, George Savva, Virpi Timonen and Rose Anne Kenny (eds), Fifty plus in Ireland 2011: First results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, May, 2011Report, TARA - Full Text
  • Kamiya, Y., Murphy, C., Savva, G. and Timonen, V., Profile of Community-Dwelling Older People with a Disability and their Caregivers in Ireland, Dublin, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing and the Department of Health and Children, May, 2012Report, DOI , TARA - Full Text
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  • Scharf, T., Timonen, V., Conlon, C. and Carney, G., Changing Generations - Findings from new research on intergenerational relations in Ireland, Dublin and Galway, Trinity College Dublin and National University of Ireland Galway, April, 2013, 20 pp.Report, TARA - Full Text
  • Kamiya, Y., Murphy, C., Timonen, V., Saava, G., Profile of older people with disability and their caregivers in Ireland., Trinity College Dublin, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, May, 2012, 1-26Report