I am a PhD student in Innovation Management (UEF Business School) and Doctoral Researcher in Neuro-Innovation Ph.D. Programme (MSCA Cofund). My PhD project is a qualitative study focuses on remote monitoring of patients from organizational, management, and innovation perspectives in the context of specific neurodegenerative disease areas, such as idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) which is among the brain health research areas in the MSCA Neuro-Innovation Doctoral Programme.
I am a social psychologist, writer, and PhD researcher in social and public policy at UEF. With a life-long interest in social norms, normativity and disrupting the everyday with “what if?” -utopian scenarios, I am now researching the possibilities of utopia as a method for expanding the domain of social possibilities for adult autistic neurodiversity activists. The research design reflects the idea that engaging with ‘autistic utopia’ can offer an alternative paradigm that enhances safety and civic engagement, by refocusing autism studies away from a problem-based orientation to neurodiversity paradigm.
The main aim of the study is to deepen the understanding of the practices, situations, and environments, which enable autists not only to express themselves within the field of civic activism, but resist, negotiate, escape or rewrite the social and structural pressures that currently control many aspects of their lives. The key question it will pose is: What features of the social, political and physical environment influence the experienced sense of safety among autistic neurodiversity activists?
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My research focuses on developing sustainable and environmentally friendly technologies for biobased chemical production through the valorisation of biomass and waste streams. I integrate environmental biotechnology, microbiology, and engineering to design and operate bioreactors, as well as to investigate microbial processes within engineered systems.
I earned my PhD in Chemical Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, where I focused on enhancing volatile fatty acid production from dairy wastewater using bioaugmentation strategies. Following my PhD, I held postdoctoral and technical manager positions at Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands), working on the UNLOCK project—an open research center dedicated to the exploration and engineering of microbial communities.
At the University of Eastern Finland, my research group focuses on developing a novel bioprocess to recover carbon and nitrogen from waste streams in the form of primary amines. This work aims to support the transition toward carbon- and energy-positive wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) by enhancing resource circularity, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and transforming WWTPs into sustainable hubs for chemical production within a circular economy framework.
I work as a senior researcher in social psychology, with a particular interest in health and well-being issues. I have explored young people’s distress in relation to cultural conceptions of depression, and the experiences, life situations and rights of people with mild cognitive impairment or early onset dementia in working age. I am currently involved in research projects on the well-being and rights of older people, people living with dementia and people living with epilepsy. In the project Access to justice for marginalized groups of older people in aging society (AMIS; 2023–2027), funded by the Research Council of Finland, I lead a work package focusing on the mental health challenges of older people.
Research emphasis on corporate finance and auditing in SMEs. Recent topics include perpectives related to ownership structures, family ownership, board structure, gender, taxation etc.
I am a health economist interested in implementation science. I conduct implementation studies by applying methods from health economics, and my research topics and interests focus primarily on older adults.
I work as the coordinating university lecturer and personal study plan supervisor in Health economics master’s program.
I am a doctoral researcher in Critical Border Studies at the Karelian Institute. My research focuses on the role of the private sector in EU border security, particularly the border industry operating at the EU’s eastern border.
