Aki Koivula
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Political trust, Political attitudes, Digital interaction and participation; Social networks; Social Trust; Media consumption; Political parties; Longitudinal and Experimental Survey methodology
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I am a docent in Economic Sociology and currently work as a Senior Researcher at the INVEST Flagship, where I lead a research group focused on implementing the INVEST Longitudinal Survey on Well-Being. My research focuses on citizens' well-being and engagement with state institutions, and I have published extensively in leading academic journals, including European Political Science Review, Sociology, Social Science & Medicine, and New Media & Society.
From 2020 to 2023, I led the KRIME research group, which examined the social impacts of the pandemic. I am also actively involved in several domestic and international research networks, such as the Emerging Technologies Lab at Tampere University. In addition to my research activities, I currently serve as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Finnish Journal of Social Research.
Before joining INVEST, I served several years in different teaching positions, being also as head of the Economic Sociology Unit for two years.
My research bridges sociology, political science, and social psychology to explore the interplay between citizen political engagement and societal change. My research extensively examines the development and consequences of political trust, as well as other forms of trust, while also exploring the transformative impact of technology on human interaction and participation.
My dissertation (2014–2019) examined how political preferences shape citizens' behaviors and attitudes, laying the foundation for my first PI project (2021–2023), which investigated the complex role of political trust in crisis situations. This work challenged individualistic perspectives and refined social theory. More recently, my focus has shifted to welfare state reform, where I develop methodologies to assess both the impact and public acceptability of social investments.
- INWS0014 Social Inequality
- Online Relationships and Social Media Interaction in Youth Problem Gambling: A Four-Country StudyPerceived Social Norm, Robot use Self-Efficacy and Attitudes Towards Robots (2020)
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- (2020) Artificial Intelligence & Robotics in Service Interactions: Trends, Benefits, and Challenges Rita Latikka, Nina Savela, Aki Koivula, Atte Oksanen
- Politisoitunut luottamus ja jakautunut tieto : Suomalaisten puolueiden kannattajien näkemykset luottamuksesta ja informaatiosta totuuden jälkeisessä ajassaPuoluekokoukset edustuksellisuuden peilintä – Tarkastelussa vihreät ja SDP. (2020) Saarinen Arttu, Koiranen Ilkka, Koivula Aki, Sivonen Jukka, Malinen Sanna
- 2020
- Politiikasta.fi
- Randomized picture rating tool for surveys: version 1.0Regulation and Trust: 3-Month Follow-up Study on COVID-19 Mortality in 25 European Countries (2020) Outi Sarpila, Anna Grahn, Aki Koivula, Eero Stürmer, Teemu Tuovinen
- (2020)
- JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
- Research Report on the Finland in the Digital Age Round 3 Panel -survey. (2020) Aki Koivula, Emmi Vainio, Jukka Sivonen, Joonas Uotinen
- Risk response over time: political compartmentalization of terrorism risk perception (2020)
- Journal of Risk Research
- The Confidence in Social Media Platforms and Private Messaging (2020)
- International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
- Trust Toward Robots and Artificial Intelligence: An Experimental Approach to Human–Technology Interactions Online (2020)
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Changing patterns of social media use? A population-level study of Finland (2019)
- Universal Access in the Information Society
- Examining Social Desirability Bias in Online and Offline Surveys (2019)
- International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
- Is There Room for Ethical Consumers on the Finnish Political Spectrum? (2019)
- Journal of Consumer Policy
- Kenen joukoissa seisot ja kenen puolesta toimit?
SDP:n ja vihreiden puoluekokoukset edustavuuden näkökulmasta (2019)- Politiikka
- Political trust, political party preference and trust in knowledge-based institutions (2019)
- International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
- Puolueet taloussosiologisessa tutkimuksessa (2019)
- Poliittiset kuplat
- Research Report on Finland in the Digital Age Round 2 Panel -survey (2019) Jukka Sivonen, Anna Kuusela, Aki Koivula, Arttu Saarinen, Teo Keipi
- Risk perceptions across the current political spectrum in Finland: A study of party members (2019)
- Journal of Risk Research
- Shared contexts, shared background, shared values – Homophily in the Finnish parliament
members’ social networks on Twitter (2019)- Telematics and Informatics
- Social and ideological representativeness: A comparison of political party members and supporters in Finland after the realignment of major parties (2019)
- Party Politics