Experts in themes associated with the presidential election

This page lists University of Helsinki researchers available for commenting on themes related to the presidential election in Finland.
Foreign and economic policy, society

(Finnish, English)

NATO, military expenditure, welfare state, Russian economy, public debt

(Finnish, English, Dutch)

Social integration in Europe, EU social policy, social Europe, welfare state, values in social policy

(Finnish, English, Swedish, French)

Sustainable development, multi-crisis management, environmental policy, preparedness for environmental crises

(Finnish, English)

Crisis tolerance, disinformation, conspiracy theories

(Finnish, English)

EU policy

(Finnish, Swedish, English)

Children’s rights, status and wellbeing, children as citizens

(Finnish, English)

Economic policy

(Finnish, English, French, Portuguese)

Ethnic equality, internationalism, artificial intelligence, social media, identity

(Finnish, Spanish, English, Portuguese)

Foreign policy, human rights, rule of law, economic policy

Voting, election campaigns, social media and technology in elections

 (Finnish, English)

Election campaigning, particularly the presidential campaigns of Pekka Haavisto, social media in elections, general themes, urban policy

(Finnish, English)

Voting behaviour, voter turnout, electoral system, nomination of candidates, strategic voting, use of information in voting decisions, ideologies

 (Finnish, English)

Nomination of candidates, presidential institution and history of presidential elections, political issues, parties and ideologies

(Finnish, English)

Social media, lobbying ahead of elections, role of social media platforms, digital activism

 (Finnish, English)

Voter turnout, demographic differences in participation

 (Finnish, English, French)

Social media from the perspective of visuality, politics of images, election campaigns on social media, images and gender

 (Finnish, English)

Political discourses and dynamics, populism

(Finnish, English)

Political communications, election campaigning, social media

(Finnish, English)

Utilising social media influencers in election campaigns

(Swedish, English)

Voting behaviour, voter turnout, candidate competition, values, voters’ choice of candidate, Swedish-speaking voters

 (Finnish, English)

Election campaigns, political rhetoric, foreign policy, political issues

 (Finnish, English)

Nomination of candidates, election campaigns, political issues, voters’ criteria for candidate selection, democratic harassment, voter turnout

Presidential institution, powers

(Finnish, English)

The history of presidential spouses (role and significance) and the presidential institution

(Finnish, English, Swedish)

Historical powers of the president, particularly under non-military exceptional circumstances (emergency laws, authority to issue decrees) 



Constitution of Finland, presidential powers, international human rights and EU law