Invitation to answer survey: Students, housing, and social spaces: where do you live, why, & what do you think of it?
Welcome to a voluntary survey on student housing and their role as social infrastructure. Any student studying in Finland can respond to this survey!
The purpose of this survey is to understand the students' housing situation in Finland, where do you choose to live and with whom, for what reasons and with what consequences. The survey focuses especially on the social features of student life and whether and how student living arrangements support socialisation, through existing common spaces and social interactions.
The survey is confidential and can be undertaken in Finnish and English.
The survey can be answered here:
The survey is open till the beginning of January 2025.
For any inquiries about the survey, please contact the researcher in charge of the study: Emma Colin: emma.colin@tuni.fi
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