M.A. Anoo Niskanen will publicly defend her doctoral thesis in Study of Religions with a thesis entitled Trygghet i utanförskap. Livssyn och identitetsmotiv hos nuvarande och före detta sverigefinska gammallaestadianer.
Professor Bengt-Ove Andreassen, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Norway, will serve as opponent and Professor Marcus Moberg, Åbo Akademi University, as custos.