Professor Virpi Timonen

Professor Of, Sch Office - Social Work & Social Policy

Biography

Professor of Social Research and Theory (Personal Chair), Trinity College Dublin
& Professor, Social and Public Policy, University of Helsinki

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

Peer-Reviewed Publications
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

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
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
Petautschnig, C., Timonen, V., O'Dare, C. E., & 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, 69, (1), 2025, p36"58Journal Article, 2025
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
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'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
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
'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
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
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, 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, 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., 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
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