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CURRENT POSITION
Senior Lecturer of Political Science at the University of Jyväskylä.
Affiliated Researcher at Center of Excellence in Law, Identity, and the European Narratives (Academy of Finland / The University of Helsinki).
PREVIOUS POSITIONS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Post-doctoral researcher at Center of Excellence in Law, Identity, and the European Narratives (Academy of Finland / The University of Helsinki).
Senior Lecturer (fall 2021), Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy (Political Science), University of Jyväskylä.
Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Jyväskylä (2019-2021), Funded by KONE Foundation (3 years, individual research project)
Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Tampere (2018), Member of CO-RESONANCE research project, funded by the Government’s analysis, assessment and research activities. PI: Sirpa Virta.
Doctoral Researcher, University of Jyväskylä (2012-2017)
Visiting Fellow, Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, New York (2014-2015)
Visiting Researcher, Tampere Peace Research Institute (2012-2014)
EDUCATION
Doctor of Social Sciences (Political Science), University of Jyväskylä, 2017
- Dissertation: Illuminating Political Experience: Exercises on Arendt’s Thought. Grade: Excellent (5/5)
- Opponent: Patchen Markell (University of Chicago)
- External Reviewers: Olivia Guaraldo (University of Verona) and Patchen Markell
Master and Bachelor of Social Sciences (International Relations), University of Tampere, 2012.
Language skills: Finnish (native), English (fluent), Swedish, German (good), Italian (basic).
FUNDING AND AWARDS
PI of Politicized Loneliness project funded by Emil Aaltonen Foundation, 200.000€/3years.
Fulbright Finland Grant for Senior Scholars (2022) for visit at Cornell University.
My research has been funded by the KONE Foundation (2019–2021), Finnish Cultural Foundation (3 years), Emil Aaltonen Foundation (2 years), and Eino Jutikkala Fund of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters (research visit in the USA)
I have also been the recipient of Harrell Rodgers Scholarship (Midwest Political Science Association, 2015), and travel grants from various sources.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, “Reframing the EU II: Relationships matter: EU policy-making born of relational political agents”, December 2018
- Two presentations: “Political Economy of Post-Growth” (Session 1A — Economics through the lens of political theory), “Enlightenment 2.0. from a political theory perspective” (Session 2A — Enlightenment 2.0.) and comment in Session 2C — Resilience
Kansallinen turvallisuustutkimuksen seminaari (National Security Studies Seminar), ”Unpredictable Threats and Resilience”. Helsinki, November 2018
University of Groningen, “Reframing European Identity & Legitimacy in an Age of Populism: Arendtian Politics, Conceptual Metaphors, and the Future of the European Union”, May/June 2018
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, “Arendt, metaphors and the EU: Why words matter!” November 2017.
- Presentation: “Beyond Process-Thinking: Aligning economic policy with democratic concerns” (Session 1 — Policy-relevant theoretical inputs)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, guest speaker at Political Theory Colloquium, April 2015
Bard College, Lunchtime Talk at the Hannah Arend Center for Politics and Humanities, February 2015
University of Tampere, Invited commentary for a forum on Kokemuksen tutkimus [The study of experience] book launch, October 2, 2018
University of Turku, Centre for the Study of Storytelling, Experientiality and Memory (SELMA), “Understanding experience: the limits and indispensability of narrative representation”, October 2017.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND POSITIONS OF TRUST
Arendt Studies, Associate Editor (peer-reviewed journal), 2021–
Finnish Peace Research Association, Secretary and Treasurer, 2012-2016. Member of board, 2012-2024.
TEACHING AND SUPERVISION
PhD theses supervised (completed): Mirka Muilu, Tampere University (defended 2025).
Current number of PhD supervisees: 6