About me
I am a doctoral researcher at Tampere University and an author. In my research project, I am exploring a postmigrant perspective on belonging of racialized young adults in Finland and Germany and future imaginaries. I am especially interested in analyzing how belonging is negotiated in an age of far-right success, the impact of racism, strategies of resistance and possible postmigrant futures.
Generally, the topics migration as a societal norm, anti-immigration narratives, colonial continuities, remembrance and memory in immigrant societies, postmigrant imaginaries and futures intrigue me.
I have published prose and several poems over the last few years. In 2021, I have written and performed a poetry performance with texts on migration and racism. In the following years I co-authored three anthologies - two on work migration in Germany ("Und so blieb man eben für immer". Gastarbeiter:innen und ihre Kinder 2023; Von Gästern und Geistern 2024) and one poetry collection on solidarity and opposing right-wing extremism (Bad Times Poetry: Schluss mit schönen Worten 2025).
Top achievements
Received the Würzburg Peace Award 2024 (Würzburger Friedenspreis) for founding and leading an annual project week creating awareness for racism on various levels, establishing a platform for dialogue within the city and supporting people affected by racism through advocacy, different events, educational programs and collaborations.