Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
I am a university lecturer at the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Science. My interests include
- computational social science
- critical investigations, such as validity, reliability and practices of computational social science
- integration of social science theory with computational social science methods
- design research and human-computer interaction as research methods
- pedagogy of computational social science
- digital democracy
- novel technology-enhanced environments that support participation
- political power and digital systems, including critical algorithm studies
- deeper theoretical and methodological integration between political science and human-computer interaction research (Political HCI)
I am also a member of the Digital Content Communities research group (Department of Computer Science, Aalto University) and Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT.
I have a PhD in computer science and a Master's in social science. My personal website has more up-to-date info.
Education/Academic qualification
Computer Science, PhD, University of Helsinki
Award Date: 31 Jan 2018
Computer science, Bachelor of Science
Award Date: 29 Aug 2014
Political science, Master of Social Science
Award Date: 22 Jun 2011
Political Science, Bachelor of Social Science
Award Date: 17 Nov 2010
External positions
Researcher, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT, Aalto University
1 Jun 2011 → …
Fields of Science
- 113 Computer and information sciences
- 517 Political science
- 518 Media and communications
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Do you see what I see? Measuring the semantic differences in image-recognition services' outputs
Berg, A. & Nelimarkka, M., 5 Sep 2023, In: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 18 p., 2330-1643.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Affective visual rhetoric of the far-right across social media
Laaksonen, S-M., Hokka, J., Nelimarkka, M. & Nikunen, K., 1 Jan 2022, The Far-Right Discourse of Multiculturalism in Intergroup Interactions. Pettersson, K. & Nortio, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 189-216 (Studies in Discursive Psychology).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
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Computational Thinking and Social Science: Combining Programming, Methodologies and Fundamental Concepts
Nelimarkka, M., 2022, London: Sage Publications.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
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Populist platform strategies: a comparative study of social media campaigning by Nordic right-wing populist parties
Schwartz, S. A., Nelimarkka, M. & Larsson, A. O., 29 Nov 2022, In: Information, Communication and Society. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Religious Freedom in the City Pool: Gender Segregation, Partisanship, and the Construction of Symbolic Boundaries
Argyle, L. P., Terman, R. & Nelimarkka, M., Dec 2022, In: Politics and Religion. 15, 4, p. 700-721 22 p., 1755048322000086.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile
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Lobbaus sosiaalisessa mediassa
Nelimarkka, M., Vesa, J., Forsberg, R., Hynynen, J. M., Hynynen, J. M. & Vehka, M.
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2026
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
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DARE: Before the code: Digital administration redesigned for everyone (DARE)
Koulu, R., Sankari, S., Koivisto, I., Nelimarkka, M., Ojanen, T., Rantala, K., Hirvonen, H. & Gritsenko, D.
01/09/2021 → 30/08/2025
Project: Research project
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Digital Ideologies Interrogating the politics of information systems
Palacin, V., Nelimarkka, M. & Haapoja, J.
01/03/2021 → 31/07/2023
Project: Research project
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HYBRA: Racisms and public communications in the hybrid media environment
Nikunen, K., Laaksonen, S., Nelimarkka, M., Turpeinen, M., Toivanen, P., Haapoja, J. & Titley, G.
01/09/2016 → 31/08/2019
Project: Research project
Prizes
Activities
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Computational social science as a trading zone. Emerging integration or increasing fractionation?
Juho Pääkkönen (Speaker), Samuli Reijula (Speaker) & Matti Nelimarkka (Speaker)
22 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Religion through the lens of computer vision – How do image recognition systems perceive religion, and does it matter if they agree on what they see?
Niko Anton Berg (Speaker), Katja Valaskivi (Speaker) & Matti Nelimarkka (Speaker)
25 Mar 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Vasilis Malthesos
Eeva Luhtakallio (Supervisor) & Matti Nelimarkka (Supervisor)
2020 → …Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
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Journal of Public Deliberation (Journal)
Matti Nelimarkka (Reviewer)
2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (Event)
Matti Nelimarkka (Reviewer)
2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research anthology/collection/conference proceedings
Press/Media
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Social media design that seeks to mitigate polarization could increase ideological distance
11/11/2019
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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-UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI: Artificial intelligence is able to produce disinformation and carry out trolling - researchers are turning their focus to the technology of interference
Matti Nelimarkka & Antti Salovaara
08/01/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Internet researchers harness the power of algorithms to find hate speech
13/10/2017
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Election candidates engage in battles also in social media
02/02/2017
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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New research project to explore racism in the media environment
Matti Nelimarkka & Mervi Pantti
01/09/2016
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media