A5044030621- Research in Social Sciences
- Global Education and Multiculturalism
- Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Social Media and Politics
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
- Social and Educational Sciences
- Cultural Differences and Values
- European Union Policy and Governance
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Higher Education Practises and Engagement
- Arts, Culture, and Music Studies
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Occupational Therapy Practice and Research
University of Eastern Finland
2023-2024
Finland University
2024
University of Helsinki
2016-2022
Society of Swedish Literature in Finland
2022
Loughborough University
2022
Social media is an important transmitter of anti-immigration political rhetoric. In this study, we examine the discussions posted in a Finnish online forum provoked by MP’s anti-multiculturalist Facebook post. We draw upon frame analysis and discursive social psychology to analyse communicative processes that challenge normalise Using analysis, study how users entered heated societal discussion on multiculturalism framing address as either hate speech or – more dominantly normal conduct....
Social psychological research on immigrant integration has predominantly examined multiculturalism from the perspective of majority members, and seen it to be in conflict with that minority members. In this discursive study, we analyzed how members Finnish different groups discussed managing ethnic cultural diversity. As a result, four interpretative repertoires were identified. The first two normalize hierarchical relations between immgrants hosts. other questioned criticized as an official...
This article analyses myths as a societal and discursive mechanism for maintaining reproducing hierarchical ethnic relations.Theoretically, we rely on Paulo Freire social psychology (DSP) in conceptualising false perceptions that act counterforces to critically informed understanding of reality end up discursively the status quo with its unequal power relations.The data was produced part an artistic-scientific process between 2017 2019, which consisted migration-themed events relying...
Multiculturalism is a controversial concept and debated topic. To develop scientific analysis inform political discussions, it important to study how lay people evaluate it. Previous research has mostly regarded attitudes towards multiculturalism as unidimensional. This often relies on the operationalisation offered by Multicultural Ideology Scale (MIS), in which minorities' cultural maintenance acceptance of diversity are central. In this multimethod study, we take critical perspective such...
Abstract National identities are an important tool for collective political persuasion and mobilisation among elites lay people. Recent research on nationalism has shown that the negotiating of national identities, like any deliberations operations, increasingly occur Internet. In this study, we contribute to by examining relational construction Finnish identity online. More specifically, focus how users largest discussion forum in Finland constructed Russia as a threat. A massive dataset...
Vuoden 2017 alussa joukko yhteiskuntatieteilijöitä ja tanssi- teatteriammattilaisia järjesti kaksi maahanmuuttoaiheista Puhekupla-tilaisuutta helsinkiläisessä lähiöbaarissa. Tilaisuuksissa käsiteltiin maahanmuuttoa tutkimustietoon perustuen, esittävän taiteen keinoin, yhdessä baarin asiakkaiden kanssa. Taustamateriaalina käytettiin sosiaalipsykologian alan tutkimuksia, jotka tarkastelivat maahanmuuttajienidentiteettiä asemaa Suomessa sekä maahanmuuttajien suomalaisten tapoja käsitellä...
Mitä tapahtuu, kun kolme yhteiskuntatieteilijää ja esittävän taiteen ammattilaista järjestävät lähiökuppilassa maahanmuuttoa rasismia käsittelevän tapahtuman? Tutkijoiden taiteilijoiden yhteistyönä syntyneet Puhekupla-tilaisuudet perustuivat osallistavan teatterin käytäntöihin dialogisuuden periaatteisiin. Tavoite oli luoda tila, jossa eri tavoin ajattelevat ihmiset voivat jakaa maahanmuuttoon kulttuurien kohtaamiseen liittyviä kokemuksia näkemyksiä. Tässä käytäntökuvauksessa esittelemme...
Abstract Multiculturalism is a controversial concept and debated topic. To develop scientific analysis inform political discussions, it important to study how lay people evaluate it. Previous research has mostly regarded attitudes towards multiculturalism as unidimensional. This often relies on the operationalisation offered by Multicultural Ideology Scale (MIS), in which minorities’ cultural maintenance acceptance of diversity are central. In this multimethod study, we take critical...