Eerika Finell

Eerika Finell (PhD 2012, University of Helsinki) is a professor of social psychology at the University of Eastern Finland and a visiting professor at Nottingham Trent University (April 2026–April 2029). Her research focuses on dyadic and group processes and how these shape health and well-being, friendships, attitudes, and intergroup relations. In particular, she is interested in how these processes change over time and how they are embedded in the material and physical environments in everyday lives.

Her work is characterised by a multimethod approach (e.g. qualitative methods, multilevel models) and a focus on everyday contexts that may initially appear banal (e.g. mothers’ intergroup contacts in playgrounds, small everyday memories associated with national symbols, and children’s experiences in school buildings with poor indoor air quality). Fine-grained analyses of such everyday phenomena can play a pivotal role in the development of sociopsychological theories and offering significant real-world relevance.