About me
I'm a science and technology studies (STS) scholar. My Academy Research Fellow's project (2018-2023) explores cultural debates about vaccines and changing ideas of immunity and risk. I'm also the PI of the project Gendered Chronic Disease, Embodied Differences and Biomedical Knowledge (GenDis), funded by the Academy of Finland and Kone Foundation.
Research topics
vaccine debates, vaccines in culture
chronic pain, gendered chronic illness
population genetics, ancient DNA, genetic ancestry tests
evolutionary theories in culture and society
intersectionality, affect, narrative
Research fields
Gender Studies
Science and Technology Studies
Cultural Studies
Literary Studies
Research career
PhD, Gender Studies, University of Helsinki (2010)
Kone Foundation Postdoctoral Researcher (2011)
University Lecturer, Gender Studies, University of Helsinki (2011-2012)
Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher (2012-2016)
Docent in Gender Studies, University of Helsinki (since 2015)
Core Fellow, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (2016-2018)
Academy Research Fellow, Tampere University (2018-2023)
Selected publications
Books
Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction in Evolutionary Narratives (Routledge 2013)
Population Genetics and Belonging: A Cultural Analysis of Genetic Ancestry (Palgrave Macmillan 2018)
Recent open access articles
Conceptualizing histories of multispecies entanglements: Ancient pathogen genomics and the case of Borrelia recurrentis (Journal of Social Archaeology, 2021)
Embodied Material Encounters and the Ambiguous Promise of Biomedical Futures: The Case of Biologically Derived Medicines (with Mianna Meskus; New Genetics and Society, 2020)
The 2009 H1N1 Pandemic, Vaccine-Associated Narcolepsy and the Politics of Risk and Harm (Health, 2020)
Entanglements of Time, Temperature, Technology, and Place in Ancient DNA Research: The Case of the Denisovan Hominin (Science, Technology, & Human Values, 2019)