Helsinki Quarterly

Helsinki Quarterly is the English-language edition of Kvartti, a journal providing current research findings, comparative urban knowledge and statistical information about Helsinki and the Helsinki Region. Kvartti and Helsinki Quarterly are published by the City of Helsinki.

The purpose of the journal is both to support decision-making and planning in Helsinki as well as to serve anyone interested in urban phenomena.

Kvartti appears as a bilingual publication with identical content in Finnish and Swedish, with the exception of one English-language issue per year (Helsinki Quarterly).

Full title: Kvartti: Helsingin kaupungin tietokeskuksen neljännesvuosijulkaisu.

ISSN 0788-1576 (print), ISSN 1796-7279 (PDF)

Helsinki Quarterly 2022:3

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Timo Cantell: Editorial
Henrik Lönnqvist & Minna Salorinne: Remote work continues – but for whom and where?
Jenni Erjansola: Recent graduates face higher unemployment rates at all levels of education – better situation in fields struck by labour shortage 
Tommi Sulander, Hanna Ahlgren-Leinvuo & Juha Nyman: Differences in the use of private and public health services reflect inequality in Helsinki
Vesa Keskinen: Perceived safety in Helsinki – major area differences persist but gaps have not grown
Suvi Määttä: Families with babies in Helsinki – signs of exhaustion and COVID stress, but also good life

Helsinki Quarterly 2021:3 

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Editorial: Heading towards a post-corona future
Tapio Rissanen: Still some way to go on gender equality and non-discrimination in City services
Vesa Keskinen & Nina Ahola: Stay in the city or move out? Relocation plans in two recent surveys in Helsinki and the metropolitan area 
Pasi Mäenpää & Henrietta Grönlund: Multipartner collaboration helped Helsinki’s elderly to cope amid COVID-19
Hanna Ahtiainen: Youth in Helsinki face sexual harassment in public places and online
Pasi Saukkonen: People with immigrant background to play an increasing role in Helsinki labour market
Oskar Rönnberg & Venla Bernelius: A city for everybody – but too far away?

Helsinki Quarterly 2020:3

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Editorial: Monitoring Helsinki’s development in challenging times
Henrik Lönnqvist & Minna Salorinne: Digitalisation and the future of work – what changes are on the horizon for Helsinki area labour markets?
Pekka Vuori: Helsinki area housing production breaks records – an overview of construction and population trends in 1961–2019
Discussion: Multi-local living broadens our understanding of urbanisation
Pasi Saukkonen: Immigration to and integration in Helsinki
Netta Mäki: Non-drinking and problem drinking concentrate in the same groups in Helsinki
Mathew Page: Beyond residential segregation: What can Helsinki learn from new perspectives on segregation through time and space?

Helsinki Quarterly 2019:2

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Timo Cantell: Editorial
Interview with Miika Norppa: Denser, livelier, more ecological – how Helsinki put the inner city back in focus
Esa Nikunen: What is Helsinki doing to fight climate change?
Jukka Hirvonen: Environmental awareness is at a good level, but actions do not always reflect attitudes
Pekka vuori: Helsinki Region continues to draw people in – an overview of the population projections for Finland, Helsinki and the Helsinki Region until 2050
Vesa Keskinen: Helsinki residents feel safer than at any time in the past 15 years
Ari jaakola & Johanna af Hällström & Petteri Huuska & Sanna-Mari Jäntti & Marjo Kaasila & Pirita Kuikka & Olli Lahtinen: From agenda to action – local implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Helsinki

Helsinki Quarterly 2018:2

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Timo Cantell: Editorial
Salla Jokela: The development of Helsinki’s city brand
Pekka Mustonen: Helsinki tourism enjoys a record-breaking year – but what next?
Pasi Mäenpää & Maija Faehnle: Urban civic activism: solutions for the governance of a self-organising urban community
Tamás Lahdelma: Geographical proximity and employee mobility in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area
Oskari Harjunen: Housing market has already anticipated the effects of the West Metro
Ari Niska: Number of children on the rise particularly in Inner Helsinki
Veera Moll: From city streets to suburban forests – changing mobility patterns of children in Helsinki

Helsinki Quarterly 2017:1

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Timo Cantell: Editorial
Ari Jaakola & Katja Vilkama: Helsinki’s present state and development 2016: Summary of key findings
Netta Mäki: Asylum seekers expected to have little impact on the growth of Helsinki´s foreignlanguage population
Henrik Lönnqvist & Minna Salorinne: Long-term unemployment at a record high, but light at the end of the tunnel
Pasi Saukkonen: Immigrants and employment in Helsinki
Timo M. Kauppinen & Katja Vilkama: Entry to homeownership among immigrants in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area
Pasi Mäenpää & Maija Faehnle: Civic activism as a resource for cities
Pekka Mustonen & Taru Lindblom: Cultural participation and cultural preferences in Helsinki