Riitta Jallinoja

{{short description|Finnish sociologist (born 1943)}}

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| birth_name = Riitta Haantie

| birth_date = 1943

| birth_place = Finland

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| nationality = Finnish

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| occupation = sociologist

| years_active = 1984-present

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Riitta Jallinoja (née Haantie; born 1943){{cite web|title=Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemian varsinaiset jäsenet|url=http://www.acadsci.fi/jasenet/varsinaiset_jasenet.htm|website=acadsci|access-date=20 July 2015|location=Finland|language=Finnish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808063536/http://www.acadsci.fi/jasenet/varsinaiset_jasenet.htm|archivedate=8 August 2015}} is a Finnish sociologist, who was appointed Finland's first family sociology professor at the University of Helsinki{{cite web|title=Riitta Jallinoja|url=http://vainotannerinsaatio.fi/index.php?k=224300|website=Vainotannerinsaatio|access-date=20 July 2015|location=Finland|language=Finnish}} in 2002.{{cite web|title=Oikeustieteellinen tiedekunta|url=http://www.hup.fi/oikeustieteellinen_tdk/palvelut_ja_hallinto/pkirjat/p190902.html|website=Helsingin yliopisto|access-date=20 July 2015|location=Finland|language=Finnish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209214009/http://www.hup.fi/oikeustieteellinen_tdk/palvelut_ja_hallinto/pkirjat/p190902.html|archivedate=9 December 2014}} She is known, among other things, for studying the role of women, the family and modern life.{{cite web|title=About the Author|url=http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/Families-and-Kinship-in-Contemporary-Europe/?K=9780230284289|website=Palgrave Macmillan|publisher=Macmillan Publishers Ltd|access-date=20 July 2015}}

Jallinoja completed her PhD in sociology at the University of Helsinki in 1983, with a dissertation entitled "{{lang|fi|Suomalaisen naisasialiikkeen taistelukaudet}}" (Finnish women's movement fighting seasons).{{cite web|title=Väitöskirjat|url=http://www.helsinki.fi/sosiologia/tutkimus/julkaisut/vaitokset.html|website=Helsinki|publisher=Helsingin yliopisto|access-date=20 July 2015|location=Helsinki, Finland|language=Finnish}} Jallinoja has published several books on the subject of the changing dynamics of the family and participated in numerous international research projects in the field of family sociology.

Jallinoja has been acknowledged in the national scientific publication, as well as being presented with the JV Snellman and Elsa Enäjärvi-Haavio Awards. She is currently the Vice Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences. Her husband is an architect Reijo Jallinoja.

Jallinoja elected to the Finnish Academy of Science and a member in 2001.