About me
My key areas of expertise relate to political engagement and representation among migrant minorities, youth and women. I am especially interested in political socialisation within these groups, particularly the development of political efficacy and the transmission of political values and attitudes within families, and how these factors shape political participation and the building of political careers.
I am currently involved in the research project 'Discontinuities in Intergenerational Transmission of Political Values in Finland' (DISCO), which is funded by The Kone Foundation and The Finnish Cultural Foundation for the period 2024-2027. DISCO is focused on investigating the congruence of political values between millennials and their parents in Finland. Our research aims to explore three key aspects: (1) Whether millennials and their parents ascribe identical or similar meanings to established political cleavages and political identities in contemporary Finland, (2) How factors such as the political engagement of parents, modern parenting styles, and gender influence value congruence within families, and (3) How the transmission of values differs in migrant families compared to native Finnish families.