Staff at the Social Science Research Institute
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Kimmo Grönlund
Professor, Director
Research area
Political behaviour, elections and voting behaviour, democracy, deliberative democracy, experiments in deliberative democracy, opinion research
Lauri Rapeli
Associate Professor, Research Chair
Research area
Elections and voting behaviour, political participation PALO Project
Marina Lindell
PhD, Researcher
Research area
Citizen deliberation, democracy research, democratic innovations, democratic discussions, opinion change, political behavior
Kim Strandberg
Associate Professor, Academy Fellow
Research area
Political communication and behaviour on the internet, citizen deliberation, experimental research
Peter Söderlund
Associate Professor, Academy Fellow
Research area
Voter- and election studies, voter volatility and political institutions
Henrik Serup Christensen
Associate Professor, Academy Fellow
Research area
Political participation and the consequences for democracy, political disenchantment, new forms of political participation, democratic innovations
Inga Saikkonen
PhD, Academy Fellow (on parental leave)
Research area
Comparative democratization, authoritarianism, elections, subnational politics
Maria Bäck
PhD, Researcher
Research area
Social capital, political trust, political participation. CONTRE Project
Marco Svensson
La Rosa
PhD Candidate
Research area
EU institutions, political representation, transnational representation, democracy
Nanuli Silagadze
PhD Candidate
Research area
Political behaviour, direct democracy, democratic innovations
Janette Huttunen
PhD Candidate
Research area
Political participation, democratic innovations, youth political participation
Ran Goren
PhD Candidate
Research area
Comparative democracy research, democratic equality, political behavior
Aleksi Suuronen
PhD Candidate
Research area
Political communication and political behavior on the internet
