You can find admission instructions on the left column, under "Admissions to doctoral studies".
If you have read all the instructions, and you still have questions on applying for doctoral studies,
please contact admission services: phd-admissions@helsinki.fi.
In the below listing of steering committee members, each person’s name is a link to their profile in the university’s People finder.
University of Helsinki Doctoral School, Doctoral Programmes in Humanities and Social Sciences
(general information on doctoral education):
uhds-office@helsinki.fi
Doctoral Student Services for the Faculty of Social Sciences
(questions related to applying for doctoral study rights, and the examination of doctoral theses):
valt-postgrad@helsinki.fi
Senior Advisor:
Raili Koivuniemi
citycentre-dp@helsinki.fi
Finding supervisors willing to guide you through your thesis project is one of the most important steps when preparing your application. But it’s not always an easy feat. Here are a few tips on how to go about it:
Available below is a listing of current supervisors in the doctoral programme. The list is by no means definitive, and is only there to help you get started. The name of each supervisor has been linked to their individual research profile in the University of Helsinki Research Portal to help you find out more about their research interests.
From the research portal, you can also look up people for example using keywords related to your research. Keep in mind that the research portal lists all researchers affiliated with the University of Helsinki – including current doctoral students, who should not be considered as prospective supervisors. If the person is employed, you will see their job title on their profile page.
Contact person of the research area: Mervi Pantti
Supervisors at the Faculty of Social Sciences:
Supervisors at the Swedish School of Social Sciences (Svenska social- och kommunalhögskolan):
Other experts:
The research area welcomes students with a background in social psychology or related disciplines interested in the ways diversity is constructed and managed and intergroup relations are organized in communities, organizations and societies.
Contact person of the research area: Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti
Contact person of the research area: Sarah Green
Contact persons of the research area: Anne Kouvonen and Heikki Hiilamo
Supervisors at the Faculty of Social Sciences:
Contact person of the research area: Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti
Supervisors at the Faculty of Social Sciences:
Other experts:
Contact person of research area: Kris Clarke
Supervisors at the Faculty of Social Sciences:
Other expers:
Supervisors at the Faculty of Social Sciences:
Other experts:
Contact persons of the research area: Janne Hukkinen and Petri Ylikoski
Supervisors at the Faculty of Social Sciences:
Other experts:
Contact persons of the research area: Matti Nelimarkka and Mikko Myrskylä. Further information on Social Data Science and Statistical Demography available at the Centre for Social Data Science (CSDS).
Supervisors at the Faculty of Social Sciences:
Contact person of the research area: Ilkka Arminen
Supervisors at the Faculty of Social Sciences:
Other experts:
Contact persons of the research area: Sirpa Wrede and Lena Näre
Supervisors at the Faculty of Social Sciences:
Other experts:
Contact persons of the research area: Janne Kivivuori and Antti Latvala
Other experts:
The board of the research area:
Other experts:
Contact person of the research area: Petteri Repo
Supervisors at the Faculty of Social Sciences:
Other experts:
Contact person of the research area: Kati Rantala
Supervisors at the Faculty of Social Sciences:
Other experts: