I am a doctoral student in social sciences faculty at the University of Helsinki. Most of my research relevant to the globalization of food, East-Asian migration and youth culture.

My research investigates how bubble tea, and the wider culture surrounding it, is developing in greater Helsinki, why is it taking off, which sorts of people are involved, how bubble tea is altered – practically and symbolically – as it is made to work in the Helsinki context, and what the implications may be for wider Finnish cultural life. Currently, I focus on the case of the bubble tea consumption in greater Helsinki area.

. Asian food and beverage in the globalization

. global middle-class consumption

. International communication/trade: television formats

. Asian immigrant entrepreneurs and local business owners