Sara Liinamo

In my dissertation, I study personality tests from the viewpoint of people who are being tested. I have produced data in which research participants “talk aloud” how they interpret test questions and decide to answer them. I analyse participants´ identity work, in how they position themselves in relation to test and how their accounts are related to intersectional categorizations. My interest is in personality tests´ normative assumptions about humanity and their consequences for intersectional inequalities.

Theoretically and methodologically, I am interested in critical discursive psychology, intersectionality, social constructionism, sociology of knowledge and science and technology studies. My research interests include psychologisation of society and culture, technologies of self, equality in working life and qualitative research of survey data and metrics.

In the academic year 2024-2025, I will be the responsible teacher for the Guidance and Counselling course in the Advanced Studies in Social Psychology (in Finnish). I will also organise a reading group on Psychologisation of Working Life for researchers and degree students from various universities (in Finnish too).

I am happy to reply to enquiries on any of the topics above.