CV

(12.12.2025)

Education and degrees awarded

  • 2002 PhD, Media Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Turku
  • 1998 MA, Cinema and TV studies, University of Turku
  • 1997 BA, Cinema and TV studies, University of Turku

Current positions

  • 2011–  Professor of Media Studies, University of Turku, Head of department, 2012–
  • 2006–  Title of Docent, Feminist Media Studies, University of Turku
  • 2004–  Title of Docent, Media Culture, University of Tampere

Previous positions

  • 03-04/2022 Visiting Professor, SSSHARC/Faculty of Arts and Social Science, University of Sydney (Hunt-Simes Visiting Chair in Sexuality Studies)
  • 03/2020 Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology, University of Florence
  • 2013–17 Deputy Head, School of History, Culture and Art Studies, University of Turku (on research leave for the academic year 2015-16)
  • 02-05/2016 Visiting Scholar, Comparative Media Studies, MIT
  • 02-05/2016 Consulting Researcher, Microsoft Research New England, Social Media Collective, Cambridge, MA
  • 2010–11  Professor of Digital Culture, University of Jyväskylä
  • 2007–10  Research fellow, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki
  • 2007–10, Assistant professor in Media Culture, University of Tampere (on leave of absence until resigned)
  • 2005–07, Assistant professor in Digital Culture, University of Jyväskylä
  • 2004–05, Academy of Finland postdoctoral researcher, Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Turku
  • 2003–5, Course director, diploma on online communication, Palmenia, University of Helsinki, (part-time secondary occupation)
  • 2003, Lecturer in Media Culture, University of Tampere
  • 1999–2002,  Doctoral researcher, The Gender System Graduate School, Departments of Cinema and TV Studies & Media Studies, University of Turku

Awards, grants and fellowships

Teaching activities and pedagogical competence (selected)

  • to date, supervisor of 13 finished PhD and 100+ MA theses at the universities of Turku, Jyväskylä, Tampere, Helsinki and Milan
  • Media Studies, University of Turku. In charge of postgraduate studies, MA seminar, PhD seminar. BA and MA-level classes on internet research, affect and media, pornography, participation in curriculum planning, 2011-
  • co-chair of doctoral colloquium, Association of Internet Researchers, 2016-2019, 2022
  • University of Jyväskylä, MA program for Digital Culture, 2005–2007; 2010–2011. Participation in curriculum planning, co-teacher of MA seminar; classes on media culture, internet research methodology, popular culture studies
  • University of Tampere, Media Culture, 2003, 2006. Teacher of BA seminars and classes on media analysis, feminist popular culture studies, introduction to media culture, pornography
  • 10 ECTS course on Feminist University Pedagogy, 2005–2006
  • course director and supervisor of diploma work on online communication, Palmenia University of Helsinki, 2003–2006
  • full courses also taught at University of Helsinki, Department of Communication & Christina Institute for Women’s Studies (2007–2008), Estonian Academy of the Arts, E-Media Centre, (2000–2001), Sibelius Academy, Music technology (2003), Stockholm University, Cinema Studies (1999), University of Turku, Departments of Cinema and TV Studies & Gender Studies (1998-2005)

Commissions of trust

Service as a pre-examiner or as an opponent of a doctoral dissertation, as a member in dissertation committees:

  • external examiner, Gender Studies, University of Sussex 2011–2012; Cinema Studies, Stockholm University 2012; École des hautes etudes en sciences sociales 2015; Department of English, King’s College 2018;  Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney 2018; Humanities, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt 2018; Department of Art, Literature and Culture, University of Aarhus 2018 & 2022; Film and Moving Image Studies, Concordia University 2018; Romance Studies, Boston University 2020; Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University 2021; Philosophy, University of Milan 2024; School of the Arts and Media, UNSW 2024; Philosophy, Jean Moulin University Lyon III 2025; Communication Studies, Concordia University 2025
  • pre-examiner and opponent: Folklore Studies, University of Joensuu 2007; Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki 2013–2014; Social Psychology, University of Helsinki 2014; Communication Studies, University of Vaasa 2014–2015
  • opponent: School of Communication, Media and Theatre, University of Tampere 2014; Media Studies, University of Tampere 2020, Literature and Film Studies, University of Oulu 2022
  • pre-examiner: Media Studies, University of Lapland 2006; Sociology, University of Helsinki 2010; Gender Studies, University of Helsinki 2011; Practical Philosophy, University of Helsinki 2015; Gender Studies, University of Eastern Finland 2023

Evaluation of academic/scientific or artistic competence

  • member, The Nils Klim Committee, 2023-
  • evaluation panel member, Linköping University research evaluation, 2025
  • reviewer for associate/full professorship applications for: Theory of Visual Culture, University of Art and Design 2009; Social Science, IT University of Copenhagen 2012; Contemporary Anglophone Culture, University of Vaasa 2013; Media Studies and Popular Culture, Universitat Pompeu Fabra 2021
  • reviewer for promotion files (selected): University of Washington, 2012; University of East London 2014; Tulane University 2014; University of Hong Kong, 2016; University of Sussex 2017; Goldsmiths College 2017; University of Illinois Chicago 2017; CUNY 2019; Chestnut Hill College, 2020; Curtin University 2020; Cyprus University of Technology 2020; Fordham University 2022; University of Oslo, 2022; University of Helsinki, 2022-23; Occidental College, 2023; Birmingham City University 2024
  • evaluation of academic competence of docent: Interdisciplinary studies of gender and media culture, University of Lapland 2009; Media Culture, University of Tampere 2011; Digital Culture, University of Turku 2011; Art History and Gender Studies, University of Helsinki 2012; Media and communication studies, University of Tampere 2013; Cultural and gender studies, University of Eastern Finland 2018; Sociological Technology Studies, University of Lapland 2018; Media Culture, Tampere University 2019; Gender Studies, University of Helsinki 2021; Gender Studies, University of Eastern Finland 2023
  • member,  Association of Internet Researchers Nancy Baym book award committee, 2014
  • competition judge, Digital Media and Learning (DML) competition, HASTAC & The MacArthur Foundation, 2009-2010
  • chair, AVEK Media Art Prize Committee, 2007

Referee for funding applications (selected)

  • Swedish Research Council, 2011; Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, 2009, 2011; Leverhulme Trust, 2016, 2021; ERC 2020 & 2022; British Academy 2021

Memberships and positions of trust in scientific and scholarly societies

Membership in national or international expert groups, evaluation or steering committees:

  • chair of publishing forum panel 22 (literature, art studies and architecture), Federation of Finnish Learned Societies, 2014–17, panel member 2010–17
  • member of advisory board, Gender Studies Graduate School, 2013–16
  • committee member for the selection of Sanoma Foundation visiting professor, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, 2012–14
  • member of steering group, VITRO graduate school on communication studies, 2011–15
  • member of evaluation group on Media and Communication Studies in Higher Education in Finland, co-author of the report. The Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council, 2006

Organization of scientific meetings:

  • conference chair, Sexual Cultures 3: Play! conference, University of Turku, May 28–29, 2019
  • co-organizer, Affective Politics of Social Media Symposium, University of Turku, October 12–13, 2017
  • member of program committee, 10th Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference, Tampere, 2014
  • organizer, Economies of desire seminar, University of Turku, 2013
  • program chair, IR 10.0 – Internet: Critical, The Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, Milwaukee, 2009
  • theme co-leader, DAC’09 Digital Arts and Culture Conference, UC Irvine, 2009
  • organizer, Networks of desire seminar, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, 2008
  • member of program committee, Gender, Images, and Global Contexts – The 3rd Christina Conference on Women’s Studies / The 4th European Gender & ICT Symposium, University of Helsinki 2007
  • co-organizer, Affective encounters: Rethinking Embodiment in Feminist Media Studies Conference, University of Turku, 2001

Service on editorial boards and in peer review

Member of editorial advisory board:

Present memberships in journal editorial boards and book series:

Past memberships

Referee for scholarly publications:

  • book manuscripts for e.g., The MIT Press, Routledge, Ashgate, Polity, I.B. Tauris, Zed Books, Goldsmiths Press, Bloomsbury Academic, Minnesota University Press, University of California Press, Edinburgh University Press, Manchester University Press
  • for e.g., the journals New media & society; Feminist Theory; Journal of Cinema and Media Studies; Platforms & Society; Body & Society; Women’s Studies International Forum; European Journal of Cultural Studies; International Journal of Cultural Studies; GLQ, NORA: Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research; Social Media & Society; Kvinder, køn & forskning; Journal of Gender Studies; Lambda Nordica; Sexualities; Sexuality & Culture; Feminist Media Studies; Television & New Media; CyberPsychology & Behavior; NECSUS: European Journal of Media Studies; Distinktion: A Journal for Social Theory; Journal for Cultural Research; Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change; Frontiers; Computers and Composition; Celebrity Studies; Feminist Studies; Convergence; Porn Studies; Fibreculture; Journal of Scandinavian Cinema; Capacious; Naistutkimus/Sukupuolentutkimus; Kulttuurintutkimus; Lähikuva; Nuorisotutkimus; Ethnologia Fennica; Ethnologia Europea, Tiedotustutkimus/Media ja viestintä

Selected invited talks

  • other guest lectures and talks: Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padova (2023 & 2024); Department of Philosophy, University of Milan (2023); HumLab, Umeå University (2023); Department of Cultural Studies, University of Ljubljana (2022), Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam (2022), ICI Berlin, SMU & ZfL Intimacy Lecture Series (2021), Technology & Innovation Studies, University of Padova (2021); Queer seminar, University of Stockholm (2021); Coalition Margins lecture, Skopje (2020); Futures Lecture Series, Uniarts Helsinki (2020); University of Milan (2020); AHCS Speaker Series, McGill University (2020); GEM Lab, Concordia University (2020); School of Communication, Simon Frasier University (2020); Social Media Research Group seminar, Swinburne University of Technology (2019); The Sexual Representation Collection, University of Toronto (2018); Art Salon + LASER  Talk, Toronto (2018); Media Studies, University of Toronto Scarborough (2018), School of Art, Centre for Film and Media, University of Kent (2017); Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland (2017); School of Social and Policy Studies Seminar Series, Flinders University (2016); Interdisciplinary Studies in Sexuality, Concordia University (2016); Experimental Art+ Politics Series, Brown University (2016); PLASMA Series (Performances, Lectures, and Screenings in Media Art), SUNY Buffalo (2016); Simpson Centre for the Humanities, University of Washington (2012); Karlstad University (2011); Northestern University (2009); Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (2008); Cornell University (2008); CUNY Graduate Centre (2007); OCAD (2007); Jawaharlal Nehru University (2006)

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