Research interests

In my thesis I am doing a queer reading of Jesus' body in the Gospel of John by utilizing queer theory as the main theoretical frame. My research is multidisciplinary in the fields of queer studies, gender studies and New Testament studies. The study aims to answer the following main question: What kind of a being is queer Jesus in the Gospel of John? 

From the perspective of queer studies, Jesus' body deconstructs multiple binaries: Jesus is a polymorphic hybrid of a human and God, who can metamorphose into different types of matter, such as bread and wine, and has no fixed gender. In my latest article (Queering the Lamb, 2026) I study what kind of opportunities Jesus' animal identity could offer to critical animal studies and the animal rights movement.

One of my greatest academic passions is developing biblical queer research further.

My pronouns: she/her

Description of research and teaching

Doctoral Programme in Gender, Culture and Society.

Together with Heli Yli-Räisänen we have taught a course (5 CR) in Hilma Network for Gender Studies. In 2021 and 2022 the course was named "Gender and Religion", in 2024 "Queer and Religion".