Biography
I am a PhD researcher specializing in Russia and post-Soviet countries. I received my Bachelor and my Master of Social Science in social and public policy from the University of Helsinki. Additionally, I have received Expertise in Russian and Eastern European Studies (ExpREES) from Aleksanteri Institute/the University of Helsinki. Currently, I work as a doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki/Aleksanteri Institute. My PhD research deals with how political participation relates to authoritarianism in Russia and more generally in the post-Soviet area. Besides my background in social sciences and humanities, I am a quantitatively oriented researcher and an enthusiastic R user. I am also interested in promoting reproducible research and open data.
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- Political participation
- Authoritarianism
- Quantitative and computational research methods
- Political science
- Comparative politics
- Data analysis
- Russian and Eurasian studies
Doctor of Philosophy (Russian & Eurasian studies), 2021 (current position)
University of Helsinki
Master of Social Science (Social & Public Policy), 2019
University of Helsinki
Expertise in Russian and Eastern European Studies, 2019
University of Helsinki/Aleksanteri Institute
Bachelor of Social Science (Social & Public Policy), 2015
University of Helsinki
Skills
Experience
Responsibilities include:
- Research on the nexus of political participation and authoritarianism in post-Soviet countries
- Teaching
- Conference organizing
Research assistant of Dr. Tuomas Forsberg. Responsibilities included:
- Editorial assistance for Russia’s Cultural Statecraft book (eds. Tuomas Forsberg and Sirke Mäkinen)
- Research data searching
- Research material searching
Research Assistant of Dr. Katri Pynnöniemi. Responsibilities included:
- Research material and data searching for Dr. Pynnöniemi’s projects
- Article authoring and editorial assistance for Nexus of Patriotism and Militarism in Russia volume (ed. Katri Pynnöniemi)
Intern at the Russian and Eastern European Master’s School (ExpREES). Responsibilities included:
- Study administration and practical functions of the Russian and Eastern European Master’s School (ExpREES)
- Organizing work of the Orilampi Summer School for undergraduate ExpREES students
Intern at the Finland-Russia Society. Responsibilities included:
- Organizing work of the annual Finnish-Russian Cultural Forum (Suomalais-venäläinen kulttuurifoorumi)
- Translating cultural forum related texts from Russian to Finnish and from Finnish to Russian
Blogs
Applying (successfully) to Salaried PhD Researcher Position at University of Helsinki
My experiences and thoughts on applying salaried PhD researcher position at the Unviversity of Helsinki.
Hans Rosling-style Animated Bubble Plots in R
How to make Hans Rosling-style animated bubble charts in R with the plotly package.
Zotero Tutorials & (xaringan) Slides
Zotero instructions videos and presentation slides.
SEM models from scratch with the semPlot package
Structural Equation Models from scratch (= without any dataset) using semPlot package.