Aki Koivula
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Political trust, Political attitudes, Political Participation, Political Parties, Digital interaction and participation; Social networks; Social Trust; Media consumption; Longitudinal and Experimental Survey methodology
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I am a docent in Economic Sociology at the University of Turku and a docent in Political Science at the Tampere University.
I am currently working as a Senior Researcher at the INVEST Flagship, where I lead a research group focused on implementing the INVEST Longitudinal Survey on Well-Being.
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. 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 focuses on citizens' well-being and their engagement with state institutions within the context of societal change. In particular, I have studied the drivers and consequences of political trust, as well as the impact of digital technology on human behaviour and interaction. I have published extensively in leading academic journals, including the European Political Science Review, Sociology, Social Science & Medicine, and New Media & Society.
- INWS0014 Social Inequality
- Ideological Motives, Digital Divides, and Political Polarization: How Do Political Party Preference and Values Correspond with the Political Use of Social Media? (2020)
- Telematics and InformaticsPolitiikasta.fi
- Influencers and targets on social media: Investigating the impact of network homogeneity and group identification on online influence (2020)
- First Monday
- Miksi tieto on uusi digitaalinen jakolinja?Research Report on the Finland in the Digital Age Round 3 Panel -survey. (2020Arvostustalous - kuinka arvostus rakennetaan ja rakentuu digiyhteiskunnassa Pekka Räsänen, Aki Koivula, Ilkka Koiranen
- Online Gambling Activity in Finland 2006–2016 (2020)
- International Conference on Human-Computer InteractionInternational Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
- Online information seeking patterns and social inequality in a digital economy. (2020)
- International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer ResearchFrontiers in Psychology
- Online Relationships and Social Media Interaction in Youth Problem Gambling: A Four-Country Study (2020)
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Perceived Social Norm, Robot use Self-Efficacy and Attitudes Towards Robots (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 ajassa (2020) Saarinen Arttu, Koiranen Ilkka, Koivula Aki, Sivonen Jukka, Malinen Sanna
- Puoluekokoukset edustuksellisuuden peilintä – Tarkastelussa vihreät ja SDP. (2020)
- Randomized picture rating tool for surveys: version 1.0 (2020) Outi Sarpila, Anna Grahn, Aki Koivula, Eero Stürmer, Teemu Tuovinen
- Regulation and Trust: 3-Month Follow-up Study on COVID-19 Mortality in 25 European Countries (2020)
- JMIR Public Health and SurveillanceJournal of Consumer Policy
- (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)
- Trust Toward Robots and Artificial Intelligence: An Experimental Approach to Human–Technology Interactions Online (2020)
- 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)
- 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
