People
Principal investigator
Atte Oksanen
- Professor
- Social Psychology
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Tampere University
- +358503187279
- atte.oksanen@tuni.fi
About me
Atte Oksanen is professor of social psychology and the leader of Emerging Technologies Lab at the Tampere University. His research focuses on emerging technologies, social interaction, criminology and addiction research. He has successfully led several major research projects funded by the Academy of Finland, Kone Foundation, Aaltonen Foundation, Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, Finnish Work Environment Fund, Wihuri Foundation, and Helsingin Sanomat Foundation. His international research projects have been funded by the Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology, the Research council of Norway and the National Science Foundation (U.S.). He has published extensively on social media, online communities and cyberhate during the last years and has over 300 publications to his name, with over 170 peer-reviewed international journal articles, including flagship journals (e.g. Criminology, Addiction, Pediatrics, International Journal of Information Management, Computers in Human Behavior, and New Media & Society). Publications include two international monographs on cyberhate and cybervictimization published by Springer (2016) and Routledge (2017).
Responsibilities
Research and research management, MA and PhD level teaching in social psychology at the degree program for social sciences.
Board member of Research Council for Culture and Society, Academy of Finland (2022–2024)
Board member of Finnish Research Infrastructures Committee, Academy of Finland (2022–2025)
Research topics
artificial intelligence, human-robot interaction, human-technology interaction, social media, internet, online aggression, online hate, online harassment, self and identity, severe targeted violence, addiction, gambling, wellbeing
Research unit
Faculty of social sciences
Research fields
Social psychology, psychology, criminology, sociology, social sciences, health sciences, cultural studies
Research career
Current position
2018– Professor of Social Psychology (full), Tampere University, Finland
2014–2018 Professor of Social Psychology (tenure-track), 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
2022–2025 Board member, Finnish Research Infrastructures Committee, Academy of Finland
2022–2024 Board member, Research Council for Culture and Society, Academy of Finland
2021–2022 Member assessment group for gambling harms and risks, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
2020– A-Clinic Foundation, member of board
2019–2020 Member assessment group for gambling harms and risks, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Currently editorial board member of Scientific Reports (Nature) and Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies.
1. Oksanen, A., Oksa, R., Savela, N. Mantere, E., Savolainen, I., & Kaakinen, M. (2021). COVID-19 Crisis and Digital Stressors at Work: A Nationwide Longitudinal Study. Computers in Human Behavior https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106853.
2. Savela, N., Oksanen, A., Pellert, M, & Garcia, D. (2021). Emotional reactions to robot colleagues in a role-playing experiment. International Journal of Information Management, 60, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102361.
3. Oksanen, A., Kaakinen, M., Latikka, R., Savolainen, I., Savela, N., & Koivula, A. (2020). Regulation and trust: 3-month follow-up study on COVID-19 mortality in 25 European countries. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 6(2): e19218. https://doi.org/10.2196/19218.
4. Oksanen, A., Kaakinen, M., Minkkinen, J., Räsänen, P., Enjolras, B., & Steen-Johnsen, K. (2020). Perceived societal fear and cyberhate after the November 2015 Paris Terrorist Attacks. Terrorism & Political Violence, 32(5), 1047–1066. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2018.1442329.
5. Keipi, T., Näsi, M., Oksanen, A., & Räsänen, P. (2017). Online Hate and Harmful Content: Cross-National Perspectives. Abingdon & New York: Routledge.
6. Aaltonen, M., Oksanen, A., & Kivivuori, J. (2016). Debt Problems and Crime. Criminology, 54(2), 307–33. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9125.12103.
7. Oksanen, A., Aaltonen, M., & Kivivuori, J. (2015). Driving under the Influence as a Turning Point? A Register-based Study on Financial and Social Consequences among First-time Male Offenders. Addiction, 110(3), 471–478. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.12777.
8. Oksanen, A., Garcia, D., Sirola, A., Näsi, M., Kaakinen, M., Keipi, T., & Räsänen, P. (2015). Pro-Anorexia and anti-pro-anorexia videos on YouTube: Sentiment analysis of user responses. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 17(11):e256. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.5007.
9. Oksanen, A. Hawdon, J., & Räsänen, P. (2014). Glamorizing Rampage Online: School Shooting Fan Communities on YouTube. Technology in Society, 39, 55–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2014.08.001.
10. Oksanen, A. (2013). Deleuze and the Theory of Addiction. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 45(1), 57–67. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2013.763563.
Research group
Reetta Oksa
- Senior Research Fellow
- Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
- Tampere University
- +358504377619
- reetta.oksa@tuni.fi
Oksa, R., Pirkkalainen, H., Salo, M., Savela, N., & Oksanen, A. (2022). Professional social media-enabled productivity: A five-wave longitudinal study on the role of professional social media invasion, work engagement and work exhaustion. Information Technology and People (accepted in 16 October 2022).
Oksa, R. (2022). Towards Thriving or Draining? Psychosocial Well-Being Implications of Social Media use at Work. https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-03-2578-7
Oksa, R., Mäkikangas, A., Savela, N., Latikka, R., & Oksanen, A. (2022). Longitudinal Development of Well-Being Among Finnish Employees Prior to and During 2019–2021: Relationships with Personality Trait Profiles. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12868
Oksa, R., Kaakinen, M., Savela, N., Ellonen, N., & Oksanen, A. (2022). Social media use in professional organizations: Boosting and draining the workforce. Behavior & Information Technology, https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2022.2094833
Oksa, R., Kaakinen, M., Savela, N., Hakanen, J., & Oksanen, A. (2021). Professional Social Media Usage and Work Engagement: A Four-Wave Follow-Up Study of Finnish Professionals Before and During the COVID-19 Outbreak. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(6), e29036. https://doi.org/10.2196/29036
Oksa, R., Saari, T., Kaakinen, M., & Oksanen, A. (2021). The Motivations for and Well-Being Implications of Social Media Use at Work among Millennials and Members of Former Generations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(2), 803. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020803
Oksa, R., Savela, N., Kaakinen, M., Ellonen, N., & Oksanen, A. (2020). Professional social media usage: Work engagement perspective. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820921938
Celuch, M., Oksa, R., Savela, N., & Oksanen, A. (2022). Longitudinal effects of cyberbullying at work on well-being and strain: A five-wave survey study. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221100782
Savela, N., Latikka, R., Oksa, R. et al. Affective Attitudes Toward Robots at Work: A Population-Wide Four-Wave Survey Study. Int J of Soc Robotics (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-022-00877-y
Latikka, R., Koivula, A., Oksa, R., Savela, N., & Oksanen, A. (2021). Loneliness and Psychological Distress Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Relationships With Social Media Identity Bubbles. Social Science & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114674
Oksanen, A., Oksa, R., Savela, N., Celuch, M. & Savolainen, I. (2021). Drinking and Social Media Use Among Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions: Five-Wave Longitudinal Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(12). https://doi.org/10.2196/33125
Oksanen, A., Celuch, M., Latikka, R., Oksa, R., & Savela, N. (2021). Hate and harassment in academia: The rising concern of the online environment. Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-021-00787-4
Celuch, M., Savela, N., Oksa, R., Latikka, R., & Oksanen, A. (2021). Individual factors predicting reactions to online hate among Finnish professionals. Computers in Human Behavior, 127, 107022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107022
Savela N., Latikka R., Oksa R., Oksanen A. (2021). Service Sector Professionals’ Perspective on Robots Doing Their Job in the Future. Teoksessa: Kurosu M. (toim) Human-Computer Interaction. Interaction Techniques and Novel Applications. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, no. 12763. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78465-2_23
Savolainen, I., Oksa, R., Savela, N., Celuch, M., & Oksanen, A. (2021). COVID-19 Anxiety—A Longitudinal Survey Study of Psychological and Situational Risks among Finnish Workers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(2), 794. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020794
Oksanen, A., Savolainen, I., Savela, N., & Oksa, R. (2020). Psychological stressors predicting increased drinking during the COVID-19 crisis. Alcohol & Alcoholism. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agaa124
Oksanen, A., Oksa, R., Savela, N., Kaakinen, M., & Ellonen, N. (2020). Cyberbullying Victimization at Work: Social Media Identity Bubble Approach. Computers in Human Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106363
Oksanen, A., Oksa, R., Kaakinen, M., Savela, N., Latikka, R., & Ellonen, N. (2020). Sosiaalinen media työelämässä: hyvinvoinnin ulottuuvuksia [Social media at work: Dimensions of wellbeing]. Tampere: Emerging Technologies Lab, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University.
Rita Latikka
- Grant Holder
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Tampere University
- +358504313178
- rita.latikka@tuni.fi
Magdalena Celuch
- Doctoral Researcher
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Tampere University
- +358503565624
- magdalena.celuch@tuni.fi
Iina Savolainen
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Tampere University
- +358504377111
- iina.savolainen@tuni.fi
Jenna Bergdahl
- Instructor
- Education and Learning
- Tampere University
- +358453219222
- jenna.bergdahl@tuni.fi