Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Background:
Peter Holley received his Master of Social Science degree in Sociology in July 2008.
He is currently Doctoral Student at the Department of Social Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki. He also works as a researcher at the Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism (CEREN). Holley is interested in international migration; personhood; citizenship; ethnic, racial and national identifications; ordinary cosmopolitanisms; ethnographic methods; and narrative and discourse analysis.
Holley's research is supervised by Professor David Inglis, Department of Social Research (Sociology) and Dr Östen Wahlbeck, Swedish School of Social Science (Sociology).
Research areas:
- Sociology
- International migration
- Finland
- Personhood, self and identity
- Ethnicity, 'race' and nationhood
- Cosmopolitanism and multiculturalism
- Everyday knowledge
- Ethnography (multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, biographic narrative interviewing and focus group discussions)
- Narrative and discourse analysis (discursive constructionism)
Current Research:
Doctoral research project title: Situated Subjectivities: Narrative Identity and Human Agency in the Context of Migration
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Fields of Science
- 5143 Social and cultural anthropology
- Transnationalism
- Nationalism
- Cosmopolitanism
- Subjectivity
- Identity
- Collective Identification
- Ethnography
- Ethnomethodology
- Discourse Analysis
- Narrative Analysis
- Ethnicity
- 'Race'/Racism
- 514 Sociology
- Cultural Studies
- Qualitative Research
- Migrancy
- Intersectionality
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Conspiracy talk in the lives of ordinary Americans: everyday experiences of conspiracy culture in contemporary America
Pyrhonen, N., Bauvois, G., Berg, A. & Holley, P., 4 Feb 2026, In: Social Forces : an international journal of social research. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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NJMR: Over 10 Years of Commitment to Publishing Excellent Research
Abdelhady, D., Holley, P. & Irastorza, N., 7 Dec 2022, In: Nordic Journal of Migration Research. 12, 4, p. 376–378 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific
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Being Cosmopolitan and Anti-Cosmopolitan: The Covid-19 Pandemic as a Cosmopolitan Moment
Holley, P., 2 Jun 2020, In: European Sociologist. 45, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
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Notes on the Corona Crisis
Näre, L., Bendixsen, S. & Holley, P., Jun 2020, In: Nordic Journal of Migration Research. 10, 2, p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific
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Editor's Message
Holley, P. H., 2017, In: European Sociologist. 40, 1, p. 1-3 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › General public
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MIDI - Migration and Diaspora Studies Research Group
Wahlbeck, Ö. (Principal Investigator), Saksela-Bergholm, S. (Participant), Creutz, K. (Participant), La Vecchia-Mikkola, V. (Participant), Holley, P. (Participant), Lillrank, A. (Participant), Kivisto, P. (Participant), Toivanen, M. (Participant), Martikainen, T. (Participant), Valtonen, K. (Participant), Pyrhönen, N. J. (Participant), Koikkalainen, S. (Participant) & Toivanen, M. (Participant)
01/10/2014 → …
Project: Research project
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EU-hankevalmistelutuki
Kulmala, M. (Project manager) & Holley, P. (Participant)
Uudenmaan Liitto / Nylands Förbund
18/04/2023 → 31/12/2024
Project: Other funder
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Transnationalism as a Social Resource among Diaspora Communities
Wahlbeck, Ö. (Principal Investigator), Holley, P. (Participant), Saksela-Bergholm, S. (Participant), Toivanen, M. (Participant), Koikkalainen, S. (Participant) & Toivanen, M. (Participant)
01/09/2016 → 31/08/2020
Project: Research project
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A Study of Temporary Labour Migrants' Experiences of Working Conditions and Social Protection in Finland Part 2
Alho, R. (Participant), Helander, M. (Project manager), Holley, P. (Participant) & Saksela-Bergholm, S. (Participant)
01/05/2012 → 31/12/2013
Project: Research project
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A Study of Temporary Labour Migrants' Experiences of Working Conditions and Social Protection in Finland Part 1
Helander, M. (Participant), Saksela-Bergholm, S. (Participant), Alho, R. (Participant) & Holley, P. (Participant)
01/01/2011 → 31/12/2012
Project: Research project
Prizes
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The Finnish Cultural Foundation: Doctoral Research Grant
Holley, P. (Recipient), 27 Feb 2009
Prize: Prizes and awards
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The Kone Foundation: Doctoral Research Grant
Holley, P. (Recipient), 30 Nov 2010
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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ESA RN07 (Sociology of Culture) Midterm Conference
Holley, P. (Speaker: Presenter)
10 Mar 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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European Sociological Association Conference 15th in Barcelona (online)
Holley, P. (Speaker: Chair)
2 Sept 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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European Sociological Association Conference 15th in Barcelona (online)
Holley, P. (Speaker: Chair)
1 Sept 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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European Sociological Association (ESA) Election Nomination Committee Member
Holley, P. (Participant)
1 Jul 2021 → 3 Sept 2021Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - Other
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20TH NORDIC MIGRATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE & 17TH ETMU CONFERENCE
Holley, P. (Speaker: Chair)
13 Jan 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Press/Media
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Election Talk: Immigrant, celebrity, family man, entrepreneur, activist and now a politician?
03/04/2017
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media