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I am a doctoral researcher in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki. My dissertation research focuses on the relationship between populism and liberal democracy using case studies in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. I also have a background in history and Central and East European area studies, and I am particularly interested in the political use of history, memory, and contested historical spaces, and how all of this shows up on social media. My further research include visual political communication, pseudohistory, conspiracy theories and other 'alternative epistemologies', and tribalism.
I previously worked as a journalist, focusing mainly on American politics. I also worked in the Department of Education at the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes in Prague from 2014-2022, where I co-created the educational website Socialism Realised: Life in Communist Czechoslovakia, 1948-89. Alongside my research, I have also taught/designed/guest lectured in courses on populism, both in CEE and as a general political phenomenon; popular science communication for academics; politicized media in CEE; ideology and discourse analysis; and conspiracy theories in the media.
Along with three fellow PhD students, I also co-founded the Banana Populism blog, which explores the banalities of populism through a humorous lens. We recently published our first article on banana populism in Social Media + Society.
Europaeum Scholars Programme, 2020-21
Kone Foundation grant recipient, Now-Time, Us-Space project: May 2020 - August 2021
EDUFI Fellowship: August 2019 - April 2020
Lecturer, Department of Education, Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes: December 2014 - August 2022
News & Politics Writer, Bustle Digital Media: September 2016 - June 2019
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Recipient for the International Masters in Russian, Central, and East European Studies at University of Glasgow and Corvinus University of Budapest, 2012 - 2014
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Liberec, Czech Republic, September 2011 - June 2012
Russian, Central, and East European Studies, International Masters, University of Glasgow
Sept 2012 → Dec 2014
Political Science, MA, Corvinus University of Budapest
Sept 2013 → Jul 2014
English & Slavic Studies, Bachelor's Degree, Northwestern Univ, Northwestern University
15 Sept 2006 → 10 Jun 2010
Lecturer, Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes
1 Dec 2014 → 1 Apr 2023
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Collection of Articles
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Palonen, E. (Project manager), Palonen, E. (Project manager), Alekseev, A. (Participant), Hartikainen, I. (Participant), Horváth, S. (Participant), Jokinen, H. T. (Participant), Taskila, K. H. (Participant), Toivio, T. O. (Participant) & Zaki, A. H. N. (Participant)
01/02/2024 → 31/01/2027
Project: EU Horizon Europe: Research and Innovation Actions (HORIZON-RIA)
Szebeni, Z. (Project manager), Hartikainen, I. (Project manager), Brunila, T. (Project manager), Creten, S. (Project manager), Markiewitz, A. (Project manager), McArdle, A. (Project manager), Petri, A. (Project manager) & Florez, I. S. (Project manager)
01/03/2020 → 31/10/2021
Project: Other project
Palonen, E. (Principal Investigator), Kazlauskaitė, R. (Participant), Salmela, M. (Participant), Sibinescu, L.-E. (Participant), Hyttinen, A. (Participant), Hartikainen, I. (Participant), Linnamäki, K. (Participant), Vuolteenaho, J. (Participant), Vulovic, M. (Participant), Alekseev, A. (Participant) & Volk, S. D. (Participant)
01/01/2020 → 31/12/2023
Project: Research project
Palonen, E. (Project manager), Castrén, O. S. J. (Participant), Halonen, J. P. (Participant), Horsmanheimo, L. E. (Participant), Kazlauskaitė, R. (Participant), Koivukoski, J. (Participant), Protovin, V. (Participant), Salojärvi, V. (Participant), Sibinescu, L.-E. (Participant), Ahonen, P. (Participant), Hartikainen, I. (Participant), Herkman, J. (Participant), Hyttinen, A. (Participant), Kazlauskaitė, R. (Participant), Koivukoski, J. (Participant), Koljonen, J. (Participant), Linnamäki, K. (Participant), Salmela, M. (Participant), Salojärvi, V. (Participant), Sibinescu, L.-E. (Participant), Sopanen, N. (Participant), Sundell, T. (Participant), Teivainen, T. (Participant) & Vulovic, M. (Participant)
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2022
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Programme
Hartikainen, I. (Secretary of organizing committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Hartikainen, I. (Chair of organizing committee), Szebeni, Z. (Speaker: Presenter), Lainto, J. (Speaker: Presenter) & Stollova, J. (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Szebeni, Z. (Invited speaker) & Hartikainen, I. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Hartikainen, I. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Palonen, E. (Host) & Hartikainen, I. (Host)
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Academic visit at UH
26/03/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media