Atte Oksanen

Atte Oksanen is professor of social psychology and the leader of Emerging Technologies Lab at the Tampere University. His research focuses on emerging technologies, social interaction, criminology and addiction research. He has successfully led several major research projects funded by the Academy of Finland, Kone Foundation, Aaltonen Foundation, Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, Finnish Work Environment Fund, Wihuri Foundation, and Helsingin Sanomat Foundation. His international research projects have been funded by the Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology, the Research council of Norway and the National Science Foundation (U.S.). He has published extensively on social media, online communities and cyberhate during the last years and has over 300 publications to his name, with over 170 peer-reviewed international journal articles, including flagship journals (e.g. Criminology, Addiction, Pediatrics, International Journal of Information Management, Computers in Human Behavior, and New Media & Society). Publications include two international monographs on cyberhate and cybervictimization published by Springer (2016) and Routledge (2017).

Research and research management, MA and PhD level teaching in social psychology at the degree program for social sciences. 

Board member of Research Council for Culture and Society, Academy of Finland (2022–2024) 

Board member of Finnish Research Infrastructures Committee, Academy of Finland (2022–2025)

2022–2025 Board member, Finnish Research Infrastructures Committee, Academy of Finland 

2022–2024 Board member, Research Council for Culture and Society, Academy of Finland 

2021–2022 Member assessment group for gambling harms and risks, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health 

2020– A-Clinic Foundation, member of board 

2019–2020 Member assessment group for gambling harms and risks, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health 

Currently editorial board member of Scientific Reports (Nature) and Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies.

artificial intelligence, human-robot interaction, human-technology interaction, social media, internet, online aggression, online hate, online harassment, self and identity, severe targeted violence, addiction, gambling, wellbeing

Social psychology, psychology, criminology, sociology, social sciences, health sciences, cultural studies

Current position  

2018– Professor of Social Psychology (full), Tampere University, Finland  

2014–2018 Professor of Social Psychology (tenure-track), University of Tampere Finland 

2013–2016 PI, Hate Communities: A Cross-National Comparison Project (Kone Foundation), University of Turku, Finland 

2013–2014 Senior researcher, National Research Institute of Legal Policy, Ministry of Justice, Finland  

2012–2013 Senior researcher, Finnish Youth Research Network, Helsinki  

2009–2012 PI, Everyday Life and Insecurity (Aaltonen Foundation), University of Turku, Finland 

2009–2011 PI, post-doctoral researcher’s project Images of Addiction in Rock Culture, University of Tampere, Finland  

2007–2008 Post-doctoral research fellow, University of Tampere, Finland 

2002–2006 Research fellow, University of Tampere, Finland 

Education and degrees awarded  

2011 Title of docent, sociology, University of Helsinki, Finland  

2011 Title of docent, sociology, University of Turku, Finland


2008 Title of docent, social psychology, University of Tampere, Finland  

2006 Doctor of Social Sciences, social psychology, University of Tampere, Finland 

2004 Licentiate of Social Sciences, social psychology, University of Tampere, Finland 

2004 Master of Arts, Finnish literature, University of Tampere, Finland  

2001 Master of Social Sciences, social psychology, University of Tampere, Finland  

1. Oksanen, A., Oksa, R., Savela, N. Mantere, E., Savolainen, I., & Kaakinen, M. (2021). COVID-19 Crisis and Digital Stressors at Work: A Nationwide Longitudinal Study. Computers in Human Behavior https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106853. 

2. Savela, N., Oksanen, A., Pellert, M, & Garcia, D. (2021). Emotional reactions to robot colleagues in a role-playing experiment. International Journal of Information Management, 60, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102361. 

3. Oksanen, A., Kaakinen, M., Latikka, R., Savolainen, I., Savela, N., & Koivula, A. (2020). Regulation and trust: 3-month follow-up study on COVID-19 mortality in 25 European countries. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 6(2): e19218. https://doi.org/10.2196/19218. 

4. Oksanen, A., Kaakinen, M., Minkkinen, J., Räsänen, P., Enjolras, B., & Steen-Johnsen, K. (2020). Perceived societal fear and cyberhate after the November 2015 Paris Terrorist Attacks. Terrorism & Political Violence, 32(5), 1047–1066. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2018.1442329.   

5. Keipi, T., Näsi, M., Oksanen, A., & Räsänen, P. (2017). Online Hate and Harmful Content: Cross-National Perspectives. Abingdon & New York: Routledge.   

6. Aaltonen, M., Oksanen, A., & Kivivuori, J. (2016). Debt Problems and Crime. Criminology, 54(2), 307–33. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9125.12103.  

7. Oksanen, A., Aaltonen, M., & Kivivuori, J. (2015). Driving under the Influence as a Turning Point? A Register-based Study on Financial and Social Consequences among First-time Male Offenders. Addiction, 110(3), 471–478. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.12777.   

8. Oksanen, A., Garcia, D., Sirola, A., Näsi, M., Kaakinen, M., Keipi, T., & Räsänen, P. (2015). Pro-Anorexia and anti-pro-anorexia videos on YouTube: Sentiment analysis of user responses. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 17(11):e256. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.5007.  

9. Oksanen, A. Hawdon, J., & Räsänen, P. (2014). Glamorizing Rampage Online: School Shooting Fan Communities on YouTube. Technology in Society, 39, 55–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2014.08.001.  

10. Oksanen, A. (2013). Deleuze and the Theory of Addiction. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 45(1), 57–67. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2013.763563.