People

Responsibilities

Research and research management, MA and PhD level teaching in social psychology at the degree program for social sciences.

Research topics

human-robot interaction, human-technology interaction, social media, online aggression and hate, self and identity, severe targeted violence, addiction, wellbeing

Research unit

Faculty of social sciences

Research fields

Social psychology, psychology, sociology, social sciences, health sciences

Research career

Current position 

2018– Professor of Social Psychology (full), Tampere University, Finland 

2014–2018 Professor of Social Psychology, University of Tampere Finland

2013–2016 PI, Hate Communities: A Cross-National Comparison Project (Kone Foundation), University of Turku, Finland

2013–2014 Senior researcher, National Research Institute of Legal Policy, Ministry of Justice, Finland 

2012–2013 Senior researcher, Finnish Youth Research Network, Helsinki 

2009–2012 PI, Everyday Life and Insecurity (Aaltonen Foundation), University of Turku, Finland

2009–2011 PI, post-doctoral researcher’s project Images of Addiction in Rock Culture, University of Tampere, Finland 

2007–2008 Post-doctoral research fellow, University of Tampere, Finland

2002–2006 Research fellow, University of Tampere, Finland

Education and degrees awarded 

2011 Title of docent, sociology, University of Helsinki, Finland 

2011 Title of docent, sociology, University of Turku, Finland

2008 Title of docent, social psychology, University of Tampere, Finland 

2006 Doctor of Social Sciences, social psychology, University of Tampere, Finland

2004 Licentiate of Social Sciences, social psychology, University of Tampere, Finland

2004 Master of Arts, Finnish literature, University of Tampere, Finland 

2001 Master of Social Sciences, social psychology, University of Tampere, Finland 

Field of expertise

Research interests include social and political identity, social networks, use of information and communication technologies, and survey methodology.

Research fields

Social psychology, social sciences

Research fields

Social Psychology