Eerika Finell
Professor
Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
eerika.finell@uef.fi | +358 50 308 0368
As a sociopsychologist, I am interested in intragroup processes and how these processes shape people’s experience, their well-being, attitudes, and intergroup relations. I analyse these issues in two fields: i) multicultural contexts and national identity, and ii) environmental threats. My research is characterised by an interest in studying these phenomena in contexts that may appear banal at a first glance (mothers’ intergroup contacts with other mothers in playgrounds, small everyday memories associated with national symbols, children’s experiences in mouldy school buildings). The analyses of these kinds of slow moving and everyday phenomena may play a pivotal role in the development of many sociopsychological approaches and fields and they have high practical meaning.
Podcast: Perceived environmental threats and group processes
The lecture on perceived environmental threats and group processes. It focuses on the psychosocial consequences of indoor environmental problems. The link to the video is here.
The lecture was held during EASP Summer School 2022 organized by SWPS University, Faculty of Psychology in Wroclaw, European Association of Social Psychology and Social Behavior Research Center.
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Migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees: Different labels for immigrants influence attitudes through perceived benefits in nine countries
Graf, Sylvie; Rubin, Mark; Assilamehou-Kunz, Yvette; Bianchi, Mauro; Carnaghi, Andrea; Fasoli, Fabio; Finell, Eerika; Gustafsson Sendén, Marie; Shamloo, Soraya Elizabeth; Tocik, Jaroslav; Lacko, David; Sczesny, Sabine. 2023. European journal of social psychology. 53: 970-983 -
Principals' environmental suffering in schools with poor indoor-air quality
Finell, Eerika; Walden, Aino. 2023. Environmental hazards. [Published online: 29 Jun 2023]: 1-20 -
The identification environment matters: Students' social identification, perceived physical school environment, and anxiety – A cross‐level interaction model
Finell, Eerika; Tolvanen, Asko; Shuttleworth, Ian; Durrheim, Kevin; Vuorenmaa, Maaret. 2023. British journal of social psychology. [First published: 25 September 2023]: 1-24 -
‘Hey, teach these kids to eat their own food!’: Institutional intergroup contact in immigrant mothers' talk
Paajanen, Paula; Finell, Eerika; Riikonen, Reetta; Stevenson, Clifford. 2023. Journal of community and applied social psychology. 33: 1426-1439 -
Child’s presence shapes immigrant women’s experiences of everyday intergroup contact
Paajanen, Paula; Seppälä, Tuija; Stevenson, Clifford; Finell, Eerika. 2022. Journal of social and political psychology. 10: 430-444 -
Effects of grade, smiley, and text on Danish and Finnish consumers’ perceptions of food safety inspection reports
Vainio, Annukka; Ollila, Sari; Sørensen, Thomas Alrik; Kaskela, Jenni; Finell, Eerika; Leisner, Jørgen J.; Lundén, Janne. 2022. Food control. 2023; 144: -
Interpersonal bonds with fellow nationals, blind patriotism and preference for Immigrants' acculturation
Finell, Eerika; Stevenson, Clifford. 2022. Scandinavian journal of psychology. 63: 383-392 -
Intragroup contact with other mothers living in the same neighborhood benefits mothers' life satisfaction: The mediating role of group identification and social support
Seppälä, Tuija; Riikonen, Reetta; Stevenson, Clifford; Paajanen, Paula; Repo, Katja; Finell, Eerika. 2022. Journal of community psychology. 2023; 51: 1365-1377 -
Keeping Apart on the Playground: Construction of Informal Segregation on Public Playgrounds in Multiethnic Neighborhoods
Paajanen, Paula; Seppälä, Tuija; Stevenson, Clifford; Riikonen, Reetta; Finell, Eerika. 2022. Social psychology quarterly. 2023; 86: 53-73 -
Kunnioituksen sosiaalipsykologia
Finell, Eerika. 2022. Psykologia. 57: 437-439