Professor Jolanki’s research covers different topics and the disciplines of social gerontology, sociology of health and illness, care studies, care and housing policies. She has a longstanding interest towards the concept of agency and the possibility of the individual people to make choices and act upon ageing, health, place of living and care. In recent years she has become interested in the ideas of geographical and environmental gerontology. In connection to this her research has focused on linkages between living environment and wellbeing, communal senior housing models, emerging housing models combining ordinary housing and service housing, and sustainable development goals in the context of ageing of population and old age policies.