Juhana Aunesluoma (Finnish, English)
NATO, other foreign policy, in particular relations in the Baltic Sea Region and with the United States
Martin Björklund (Swedish, Finnish, English, French)
International law and European law pertaining to international commercial treaties, WTO, bilateral and regional commercial treaties, including climate issues, international sanctions
Jari Eloranta (Finnish, English)
NATO, military expenditure, military procurement, sanctions, conflicts
Matti Heino (Finnish, English)
Societal crisis tolerance, pandemic preparedness, utilisation of anticipation and knowledge based on behavioural science in governance
Eva Heiskanen (Finnish, English, Swedish)
Energy, everyday life, a fair energy transition
Janne Hukkinen (Finnish, English, Swedish)
Strategic management of environmental and societal crises, environmental policy, sustainability transitions, researchers’ freedom of speech, interaction between scholarship and politics
Timo Miettinen (Finnish, English)
EU policy, European issues, Finland’s status in the EU
Laura Nordström (Finnish, English)
EU policy, the eurozone crisis and lobbying
Eija Ranta (Finnish, English)
Development cooperation, development policy
Teivo Teivainen (Finnish, English, Spanish, Portuguese)
Foreign policy, ideologies, human rights issues, drug policy
Tuomas Ylä-Anttila (Finnish, English)
Climate policy, societal movements and civic activity, political polarisation, values of candidates and citizens and their placement on the ideological spectrum
For experts on Russia, Ukraine and the impact of the war, see this list.
Saska Heino (Finnish, English)
Income taxation, income inequalities
Matilda Hellman (Finnish, Swedish, English)
Composition of previous governments, welfare policy, differences between political and executive power
Lauri Holappa (Finnish, English)
Political economy, economic policy, debt, economic policy in the eurozone, global economy, interface between economic and security policy
Ilja Kristian Kavonius (Finnish, English, German)
Measuring the economy and wellbeing, especially household income and wealth
Mikko Kuusela (Finnish, English)
Insurances and occupational pensions
Niku Määttänen (Finnish, English)
Financial policy, macroeconomics, public finances, pension system
Mika Pantzar (Finnish, English)
Health and welfare, public debt, trends
Jukka Pirttilä (Finnish, English)
Financial policy, tax policy
Antti Ronkainen (Finnish, English)
Economic policy, monetary policy, EU policy
Juha Tervala (Finnish, English)
Economic policy, financial policy, public debt, recovery, sustainability deficit, green investment
Roope Uusitalo (Finnish, English)
Public finances, labour market
Vesa Vihriälä (Finnish, English)
Economic policy, economic crises, EU economic policy
Matti Ylönen (Finnish, English)
Political economy, global politics, development cooperation and development policy, governance policy, politics of international taxation
Jutta Hartikainen (Finnish, English)
Multicultural nursing, women’s status and segregation, equality, the accessibility and equality of digital social welfare and healthcare services, nursing education and training, wellbeing and power structures in nursing
Maija Jäppinen (Finnish, English)
Social work, social services in the social welfare and healthcare services reform, services for children and families, child protection, gendered violence and domestic violence, social security, the right to an adequate standard of living
Kaisa Kuurne (Finnish, English)
Childbirth and reproduction, healthcare practices, the care system, gender, families, course of life, social welfare, informal safety nets and networks
Tuomo Laihiala (Finnish, Swedish, English)
Food aid, disadvantage, welfare inequalities, the welfare state service system
Anne Leppo (Finnish, English)
Drug policy, marginalisation, inequality, care and care policy
Tiina Sihto (Finnish, English)
Care, family caregiving
Mia Silfver (Finnish, English)
Family caregiving, the wellbeing of young people, support for environmentally sustainable lifestyles
Pekka Tuominen (Finnish, English)
Segregation, urban policy
Elina Virokannas (Finnish, English)
Drug policy, substance abuse, marginalisation in access to services, obstacles to access to services, diverse marginalisation
Minna Zechner (Finnish, English)
Elderly care, care policy
Georg Boldt (Swedish, Finnish, English)
Participation of young people, participatory democracy, civic activism, social movements, church policy
Michael Egerer (Finnish, English, German)
The gambling system, the Veikkaus gambling operator
Johanna Kantola
Gender equality, equality policy, opposition to gender equality, feminism and populism, their association with EU and European trends, particularly in relation to the European Parliament.
Veikko Eranti (Finnish, English)
Election campaigning, social media in elections, general themes, urban policy
Tuomas Heikkilä (Finnish, English)
False information (misinformation, disinformation), information disorders, misleading communications, misconceptions, fact-checking, social media, online activism
Theodora Helimäki (Finnish, English)
Voting behaviour, using information to make voting decisions, relations between candidates and voters, ideologies, candidate-centredness
Veikko Isotalo (Finnish, English)
Recommendation systems, placement of candidates’ and voters’ values on various political spectra, candidates’ election success, voting behaviour
Jenni Karimäki (Finnish, English)
Election campaigning, general election themes, election history, political parties, ideologies, formation of the government, standing as a candidate and nominations from the party perspective
Hannu Lahtinen (Finnish, English)
Voter turnout, particularly differences between population groups
Eeva Luhtakallio (Finnish, English, French)
Influencing with images and visual politics, social media influencing, civic activism, inequality of participation, gender in politics, populism
Matti Nelimarkka (Finnish, English)
Relationship between technology and politics, technology as a tool for policy-making, interaction and politicians’ modes of discourse on social media, reliability of data analyses
Emilia Palonen (Finnish, English, Swedish, German, Hungarian, French)
Inter-party dynamics, backing, discourses and populism, voting areas (especially in Eastern Finland)
Essi Pöyry (Finnish, English)
Marketing of politics, election campaigning, political opinion-makers, social media in politics
Åsa von Schoultz (Swedish, English)
Success and behaviour of candidates, voters’ opinions and behaviour (voter turnout, voting decisions), election systems, Finnish National Election Study Consortium and Finnish Parliamentary Candidates Survey
Johanna Vuorelma (Finnish, English)
Political rhetoric, political ideologies
Hanna Wass (Finnish, English)
Values in politics, voter turnout and political participation, party and candidate selection, representation, formation of the government, election-related harassment, church policy