Need help? Looking for a supervisor? From this page, you'll find the contact information for the administrative personnel the doctoral programme, as well as information on the steering group of the programme and the supervisors of the programme.
Contacts
The Steering Committee of the Doctoral Programme
Anja Nygren, Director of the Doctoral Programme
Visa Heinonen
Antti Häkkinen
Ira Jänis-Isokangas
Kimmo Rentola
Peter Stadius
Åsa von Schoultz
Kristina Silvan, Doctoral student representative
Joonatan Virtanen, Doctoral student representative
Tiina Käkelä
tiina.kakela(at)helsinki.fi
The preparation of the doctoral thesis is the core work of any PhD candidate. Therefore, the key person in the whole process of obtaining a doctorate is your supervisor. He or she will supervise your research and guide you through your doctoral degree. A good starting point for finding a potential supervisor at the University of Helsinki is to study the list under. By clicking the names of potential supervisors you will see their TUHAT-profile. TUHAT is the University’s research portal where UH researchers update their latest publications and other activities.
Contact: firstname.lastname@helsinki.fi
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Science
Pertti Ahonen
Francesco Boldizzoni
Tero Erkkilä
Anne Holli
Salla Huikuri
Riikka Kuusisto
Mikko Mattila
Juri Mykkänen
Emilia Palonen
Heikki Patomäki
Sergei Prozorov
Mikko Rask
Åsa von Schoultz
Jan Sundberg
Teivo Teivainen
Turo Virtanen
Hanna Wass
Tuomas Ylä-Anttila
Political history
Marja Jalava
Kristiina Kalleinen
Jukka Kortti
Joni Krekola
Hanna Kuusi
Aappo Kähönen
Pauli Kettunen
Jussi Kurunmäki
Katalin Miklossy
Johanna Rainio-Niemi
Kimmo Rentola
Tauno Saarela
Pilvi Torsti
Erkki Vasara
Development studies
Florencia Quesada Avendaño
Jeremy Gould
Barry Gills
Päivi Hasu
Marjaana Jauhola
Helena Jerman
Juhani Koponen
Markus Kröger
Paola Minoia
Pertti Multanen
Anja Nygren
Elina Oinas
Aili Pyhälä
Eija Ranta
Economic and social history
Laura Ekholm
Matti Hannikainen (contact: matti.hannikainen(at)varma.fi)
Riitta Hjerppe
Antti Häkkinen
Hanna Kuusi
Simo Laakkonen
Jaana Laine
Beatrice Moring
Marjatta Rahikainen
Sakari Saaritsa
Network for European Studies
Juhana Aunesluoma
Kaius Tuori
Faculty of Humanities
Aleksanteri Institute (Russian and Eastern European Studies)
Sari Autio-Sarasmo
Vladimir Gel’man
Daria Gritsenko
Anna-Liisa Heusala
Markku Kangaspuro
Katalin Miklossy
Marianna Muravyeva
Katri Pynnöniemi
Sanna Turoma
Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen
Area and Cultural Studies
Florencia Quesada Avendaño
Tiina Airaksinen
Rani-Henrik Andersson
Malte Gasche
Daria Gritsenko
Outi J Hakola
Ari Helo
Markku Henriksson
Hannu Juusola
Jouni Järvinen
Harri Kettunen
Anu Korhonen
Antti Korpisaari
Rickard Lalander
Arto Luukkanen
Simo Muir
Jussi Pakkasvirta
Martti Pärssinen
Mikko Saikku
Peter Stadius
Johan Strang
Miika Tervonen
Timo Vihavainen
Indigenous Studies
Pirjo Virtanen
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
Consumer Economics/ Consumer research
Minna Autio
Visa Heinonen
Mari Niva
Faculty of Science
Urban Geography and Regional Studies
Sami Moisio