Good Life Engine: You are not alone

What does loneliness mean for people in different life situations? Is loneliness a continuous experience or something that comes and goes? How can we alleviate other people's or our own loneliness?

The experience of loneliness is universal and familiar for most of us. The issue has become highly relevant during Covid-19 and the times of social distancing.

In this Good Life Engine open session, we examine loneliness from the perspective of existing research focusing on its meanings, temporal nature and factors influencing loneliness.

The event is run by Elisa Tiilikainen, a social scientist interested in issues related to social wellbeing. Currently, she works as an Assistant Professor at the University of Eastern Finland. In her book "Jakamattomat hetket. Yksinäisyyden kokemus ja elämänkulku" Tiilikainen examined loneliness from a life course perspective identifying different pathways behind loneliness and exploring how loneliness changes in time.

Her studies have highlighted the multidimensional and dynamic nature of loneliness and its individual meanings in relation to different life events and transitions.

Join us to learn more about the multifaceted and multidimensional aspects of loneliness and find new ways of addressing loneliness!

𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘝𝘗 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘕𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥.