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Personlig profil

Meritförteckning

I am Professor of Sociology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. I currently serve as the Head of Sociology Department.

I hold a D.Phil in Migration Studies from the University of Sussex and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Helsinki.

My research interests include sociology of work, care, ageing, globalisation, sociology of migration, gender studies, ethnic and racial studies, social theories and ethnographic methods.

I am currently leading a Nordic research consortium PrecaNord investigating precarious and informal work in the Nordics funded by Future Nordics programme and Caring Labour research project studying migrant workers' cross-border care and work.

I led the Finnish team of a Horizon Europe -funded I-Claim project tackling how to improve the Living and Labour Conditions of Irregularised Migrant Households in Europe

Previous I have led research projects investigating asylum seekers' struggles over home and citizenship, a project on migrant youth employment and on irregular migration and precarious work in Finland. These projects have been supported by Kone Foundation, Finnish Research Council, Emil Aaltonen Foundation and the University of Helsinki. 

My work has been published e.g. in Sociology, Men and Masculinities, Ethnic and Racial Studies and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. I served as the editor-in-chief of Nordic Journal of Migration Research (Helsinki University Press) for ten years. I currently serve as an Associate Editor of Global Social Challenges Journal (Bristol University Press). I am also member of the academic board of Helsinki University Press. 

I am currently the Chair of Nordic Sociological Association and have previously been selected as the Vice-President and an Excecutive board member of the European Sociological Association. 

 

  

 

Utbildning information

Docent in Sociology, University of Helsinki 2013
PhD in Sociology, University of Helsinki 2012
DPhil in Migration Studies, University of Sussex 2009
Master of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki 2003

Handledare för doktorandprogram

  • Doktorandprogrammet i samhällsvetenskaper
  • Doktorandprogrammet i humanistiska vetenskaper

Vetenskapsgrenar

  • 5141 Sociologi

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