Experts in themes associated with the Finnish parliamentary election

This page lists University of Helsinki researchers available for commenting on themes related to the parliamentary election in Finland.

 (Finnish, English)

NATO, other foreign policy, in particular relations in the Baltic Sea Region and with the United States

 (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

 (Finnish, English)

NATO, military expenditure, military procurement, sanctions, conflicts

 (Finnish, English)

Societal crisis tolerance, pandemic preparedness, utilisation of anticipation and knowledge based on behavioural science in governance

 (Finnish, English, Swedish)

Energy, everyday life, a fair energy transition

 (Finnish, English, Swedish)

Strategic management of environmental and societal crises, environmental policy, sustainability transitions, researchers’ freedom of speech, interaction between scholarship and politics

 (Finnish, English)

EU policy, European issues, Finland’s status in the EU

 (Finnish, English)

EU policy, the eurozone crisis and lobbying

 (Finnish, English)

Development cooperation, development policy

 (Finnish, English, Spanish, Portuguese)

Foreign policy, ideologies, human rights issues, drug policy

 (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, .

 (Finnish, English)

Income taxation, income inequalities

 (Finnish, Swedish, English)

Composition of previous governments, welfare policy, differences between political and executive power

 (Finnish, English)

Political economy, economic policy, debt, economic policy in the eurozone, global economy, interface between economic and security policy

 (Finnish, English, German)

Measuring the economy and wellbeing, especially household income and wealth

(Finnish, English)

Insurances and occupational pensions

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Financial policy, macroeconomics, public finances, pension system

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Health and welfare, public debt, trends

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Financial policy, tax policy

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Economic policy, monetary policy, EU policy

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Economic policy, financial policy, public debt, recovery, sustainability deficit, green investment

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Public finances, labour market

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Economic policy, economic crises, EU economic policy

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Political economy, global politics, development cooperation and development policy, governance policy, politics of international taxation

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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

 (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

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Childbirth and reproduction, healthcare practices, the care system, gender, families, course of life, social welfare, informal safety nets and networks

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Food aid, disadvantage, welfare inequalities, the welfare state service system 

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Drug policy, marginalisation, inequality, care and care policy

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Care, family caregiving

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Family caregiving, the wellbeing of young people, support for environmentally sustainable lifestyles

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Segregation, urban policy

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Drug policy, substance abuse, marginalisation in access to services, obstacles to access to services, diverse marginalisation

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Elderly care, care policy

 (Swedish, Finnish, English)

Participation of young people, participatory democracy, civic activism, social movements, church policy 

 (Finnish, English, German)

The gambling system, the Veikkaus gambling operator



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.

 (Finnish, English)

Election campaigning, social media in elections, general themes, urban policy

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False information (misinformation, disinformation), information disorders, misleading communications, misconceptions, fact-checking, social media, online activism

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Voting behaviour, using information to make voting decisions, relations between candidates and voters, ideologies, candidate-centredness

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Recommendation systems, placement of candidates’ and voters’ values on various political spectra, candidates’ election success, voting behaviour

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Election campaigning, general election themes, election history, political parties, ideologies, formation of the government, standing as a candidate and nominations from the party perspective

 (Finnish, English)

Voter turnout, particularly differences between population groups

 (Finnish, English, French)

Influencing with images and visual politics, social media influencing, civic activism, inequality of participation, gender in politics, populism 

 (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

 (Finnish, English, Swedish, German, Hungarian, French)

Inter-party dynamics, backing, discourses and populism, voting areas (especially in Eastern Finland)

 (Finnish, English)

Marketing of politics, election campaigning, political opinion-makers, social media in politics

 (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

 (Finnish, English)

Political rhetoric, political ideologies

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Values in politics, voter turnout and political participation, party and candidate selection, representation, formation of the government, election-related harassment, church policy

  • Sociology and politics of education, social justice, knowledge/power, equality

  • Educational evaluation

  • Brain and learning, work wellness

  • Special needs education, politics of education , comparative education

  • Digital aspects on teaching and learning, engagement in learning, science education, and professional learning

  • Early childhood education, families and parenthood

  • Training schools, teacher training, school management

  • Early childhood education,  EC teachers eduation, HEI Schools

  • Educational psychology, phenomenal learning, digital learning, Finnish school system

  • Teacher education, comprehensive education

  • Educational psychology, learning and motivation, students and teachers wellbeing

  • Sociology and politics of education; Education, society and Culture