Team

• Reliable knowledge for health care: Process and practice of shared decision making
• Touch and affect in health care interaction
• SOL-TECH: Human-centered solar smart technology design for healthy aging
• Testaamisen sosiologia
• Etätyöterveysneuvottelu - uusia toimintamalleja ja toimivaa vuorovaikutusta työkyvyn tueksi

Publications from recent years: 

Mustakallio, J., Ruusuvuori, J. & Katila, J. (2026). Disruptive touch and accountability. Embodied disalignment in physical examinations during medical consultations. Social Interaction. Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality, 9(1). https://tidsskrift.dk/socialinteraction/article/view/144865/207520

Turja, T., Valtonen, A., Palonen, M., Ruusuvuori, J. & Kaunonen, M. (2026). From global to local – examining domestic fall risks among older adults. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-13373-1_11 In: Kollak, I. (ed.) Safe at home with assistive technology. Springer Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-13373-1

Katila, J. & Ruusuvuori, J. (2025). Touch and gaze. In: Stevanovic, M. (ed.): Research Handbook on Social Interaction, pp. 19-35. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035317264.00006Ahopelto, T., Ruusuvuori, J., Stevanovic, M. & Tiitinen, S. (2024). Defining personality: Epistemic authority in recruitment interviews. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly , Online first; https://doi.org/10.1177/23294906231218385

Logren A, Ilomäki S and Ruusuvuori J (2025). Management of divergent stances as a resource to maintain progressivity and social relationships. Frontiers in Psychology 15:1436677. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1436677Ilomäki, S., Logren, A., & Ruusuvuori, J. (2023). Tieto ja potilaan osallistuminen hoitopäätösneuvottelussa. In: Stevanovic, M. (ed.) Yhdessä päätetty. Kohti tasa-arvoista vuorovaikutusta ja osallistumista. Helsinki: Gaudeamus, pp. 131-144.

Ruusuvuori, J. (2025/2026). Patient-Healer Communication. In Cockerham, W.C., Gabe, J., Quah, S.R. & Ryan, J. M. (eds.) The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society. Second Edition. DOI: 10.1002/9781118410868.wbehibs141.pub2 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/9781118410868.wbehibs141.pub2

Kork, A.-A., Marttinen, M., Laihonen, H., Ruusuvuori, J., Ahonen, J.E. & Kankaanpää, E. (2025). Implementing clinical practice guidelines into action: a qualitative study of managing knowledge translation in primary care organisations. Health Research Policy and Systems, 23(1).

Turja, T., Palonen, M., Edgren, J., Aaltonen, M. & Ruusuvuori, J. (2025). Fall risk among home care recipients: The interplay between social activity and home environment. Educational Gerontology 0360-1277. https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2025.2564390

Ahopelto T, Stevanovic M & Ruusuvuori J (2025). What does a test say about the mind? Personality tests as discursive objects in recruitment interviews. Discourse Studies, online first September 2, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614456251362993

Ahopelto T, Stevanovic M & Ruusuvuori J (2025). Perceived personality: Noticing interactional conduct in recruitment interviews. Qualitative Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/qup0000340Palonen, M., Turja, T., Castano De la Rosa, R., Ilomäki, S., Kaasalainen, T., Pelsmakers, S., Ruusuvuori, J., Valtonen, A. & Kaunonen, M. (2023). Learning from fall-related interventions for older people at home: A scoping review. Geriatric Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.08.014

Weiste, E., Koskela, I., Kallio, A., Keränen, H., Pesonen, S., Sormunen, E., Juvonen-Posti, P. & Ruusuvuori, J. (2023). Balancing participation in writing meeting minutes online in video-mediated return-to-work negotiations. Frontiers in Communication, Sec. Health Communication, Vol. 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1205706. Frontiers | Balancing participation in writing meeting minutes online in video-mediated return-to-work negotiations (frontiersin.org)

Previtali, F., Nikander, P. & Ruusuvuori, J. (2022). Ageism in job interviews: Discreet ways of building co-membership through age categorization. Discourse Studies, online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614456221118770

Laakso, M., Lipsanen, J., Pajo, K., Salmenlinna, I., Aaltonen, T. & Ruusuvuori, J. (2022). Working-age first-time hearing aid users’ self-reported outcomes. International Journal of Audiology. Published online 22 Aug 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2022.2106454; 
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14992027.2022.2106454

Koivisto, T. A., Koskela, I., Saari, E., & Ruusuvuori, J. (2022). Digitaalinen toiminnanohjausjärjestelmä – tukea vai rajoitteita vanhushoivatyölle?. Gerontologia. https://doi.org/10.23989/gerontologia.113900.
https://journal.fi/gerontologia/article/view/113900

Ilomäki & Ruusuvuori (2021): Preserving client autonomy when guiding medicine taking in telehomecare: A conversation analytic case study. Nursing Ethics https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330211051004; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/09697330211051004

Ruusuvuori, J., Asmuss, B., Henttonen, P. & Ravaja, N. (2021). Shared affective stance displays as preliminary to complaining. In: Robles, J. & Weatherall, A. (eds.) How emotions are made in talk. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 129–162.

Pesonen, S., Juvonen-Posti, P., Ristimäki, H-L., Weiste, E., Koskela I., Ruusuvuori, J. & Seppänen-Järvelä, R. (2021). Yhteistoimiijuus työterveysneuvottelussa. Kuntoutus 44(3): 5 – 18.

Ilomäki, S, Ruusuvuori, J & Laitinen, J. (2021). Effects of Transmission Delay on Client Participation in Video-Mediated Group Health Counseling. Online First: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/10497323211010726. 
https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323211010726. Qualitative Health Research, 1–12

Ilomäki, S. & Ruusuvuori, J. (2020). From appearings to disengagements: Openings and closings in video-mediated tele-homecare encounters. Social Interaction. Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality (3)3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7146/si.v3i3.122711; Open Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/socialinteraction/article/view/122711 

Koivisto, T., Koskela, I & Ruusuvuori, J. (2020). Digiosaaminen työterveyshoitajien ja työterveyslääkärien näkökulmasta. Tutkiva hoitotyö 18(4), 3–11. 

Ristimäki, H-L., Tiitinen, S., Juvonen-Posti, P. & Ruusuvuori, J. (2020) Collaborative decision-making in return-to-work negotiations. Journal of Pragmatics, vol. 170, 189-205. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378216620301946

Weiste, E., Tiitinen, S., Vehviläinen, S., Ruusuvuori, J. & Laitinen, J. (2020). Counsellors’ interactional practices for facilitating group members’ affiliative talk about personal experiences in group counselling. Text & Talk. doi: 10.1515/text-2020-2068. Ahead of publication version: https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/text/ahead-of-print/article-10.1515-text-2020-2068/article-10.1515-text-2020-2068.xml.

Laitinen, J., Korkiakangas, E., Mäkiniemi J-P, Tiitinen, S., Tika, P, OInas-Kukkonen, H., Simunaniemi, A-M., Ahola, S., Jaako, J., Kekkonen, M., Muhos M., Heikkilä-Tammi, K., Hannonen, H., Lusa, S., Punakallio, A., Oksa, J., Mänttäri, S., Ilomäki, S. Logren, A., Verbeek, J., Ruotsalainen, J., Ruusuvuori, J & Oksanen, T. (2020). The effects of counseling via a smartphone application on microentrepreneurs’ work ability and work recovery: a study protocol. BMC Public Health, 20(1), 438. doi:10.1186/s12889-020-8449-7. URL: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-020-8449-7. 

Weiste E, Juvonen-Posti P, Koskela I, Ristimäki H-L, Pesonen S, Keräinen H & Ruusuvuori J. (2020). Puhutaanko työhön paluusta vai sairaushistoriasta? – Lääkärin tapa avata keskustelu suuntaa työterveysneuvottelua.[How doctors open discussion in return-to-work negotiations] Lääkärilehti 75(16), 968–973. Published online 17.4.2020. URL: https://www.laakarilehti.fi/tieteessa/alkuperaistutkimukset/puhutaanko-tyohon-paluusta-vai-sairaushistoriasta-laakarin-tapa-avata-keskustelu-suuntaa-tyoterveysneuvottelua/. 

Tiitinen, S., Ilomäki, S., Laitinen, J., Korkiakangas, E., Hannonen, H. & Ruusuvuori, J. (2020). Developing theory- and evidence-based counseling for a health promotion intervention: A discussion paper. Patient Education and Counseling, 103(1), 234–239. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2019.08.015. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738399119303556?via%3Dihub. 

Korhonen, T., Ahopelto, T., Laine, T., Ruusuvuori, J. & Tiitinen, S. (2020). Perspectives to management language games and social interaction in self-managing organizations. Proceedings of Pragmatic Constructivism, 10(1), 3–10. Retrieved from https://www.propracon.com/article/view/119251. 

Logren A, Ruusuvuori J & Laitinen J (2020). Stories of change: comparative time-framed experience telling in health promotion group discussions. Qualitative Health Research, 30(2), 279–292. doi:10.1177/1049732319877858. Epub 2019 Oct 3. URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1049732319877858. 

Ruusuvuori J & Asmuss B, Henttonen P & Ravaja N (2019). Complaining about others at work. Research on Language and Social Interaction 52(1), 41–62. doi:10.1080/08351813.2019.1572379. URL: 
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JayI5h8J6wx74auDfAdn/full?target=10.1080/08351813.2019.1572379 

Logren A, Ruusuvuori J & Laitinen J (2019). Peer responses to self-disclosures in group counseling. Text & Talk. Published Online: 3.8.2019. doi: 10.1515/text-2019-2042.
https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/text.ahead-of-print/text-2019-2042/text-2019-2042.xml 

Ruusuvuori J, Aaltonen T, Lonka E, Salmenlinna I & Laakso M (2019). Discussing hearing aid rehabilitation at the hearing clinic: Patient involvement in deciding upon the need for a

hearing aid. Health Communication. Available online since 30 May 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2019.1620410,
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/pfI4cvBenUipgJ9MJPMC/full?target=10.1080/10410236.2019.1620410 

Ruusuvuori J, Aaltonen T, Koskela I, Ranta J, Lonka E, Salmenlinna I & Laakso M (2019). Studies on stigma regarding hearing impairment and hearing aid use among adults of working age: a scoping review. Disability and Rehabilitation 8: 1–11. Available online since 08 Jun 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1622798https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3H7fEBi7cHshxjghbNN8/full?target=10.1080/09638288.2019.1622798 

Laakso M, Salmenlinna I, Aaltonen T, Koskela I & Ruusuvuori J (2019). Open-class repair initiations in conversations involving middle-aged hearing aid users with mild to moderate loss. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders 54, 4, 620–633. doi: 10.1080/08351813.2019.1572379

Koivisto T, Koroma J & Ruusuvuori J (2019). Professionals’ views of using technology and remote services in occupational health services. Finjehew – Finnish Journal of e-Health and e-Welfare 11, 3. Available online since May 5, 2019. https://journal.fi/finjehew/article/view/77370, DOI: https://doi.org/10.23996/fjhw.77370

Ruusuvuori J & Tiittula L (2017). Tutkimushaastattelu ja vuorovaikutus [Research interview and interaction]. In: Hyvärinen M, Nikander P &
Ruusuvuori J (eds.) Tutkimushaastattelun käsikirja [Handbook of Research Interview]. Tampere: Vastapaino, 46–86.

Peräkylä A & Ruusuvuori J (2017). Analyzing talk & text. In: Denzin & Lincoln (eds.) Handbook of Qualitative Research, 5th edition, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 669–690.     

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