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
- 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
- Suomi 2019 – kulutus ja elämäntapa. Tutkimusseloste ja koodikirja (2019) Hanna Saari, Aki Koivula, Jukka Sivonen, Pekka Räsänen
- The choice is yours but it is politically tinged. The social correlates of political party preferences in Finland (2019) Koivula Aki
- The Role of Political Activity in the Formation of Online Identity Bubbles (2019)
- Policy and Internet
- Who are the party members, and are they representative of the party voters? (2019) Nordic Party Members: Linkages in Troubled Times Knut Heidar, Gunnar Helgi Kristinnsson, Arttu Saarinen, Aki Koivula, Teo Keipi
- Working papers in Economic sociology : Research Report on Finland in the Digital Age Round 2 Panel -survey (2019) Sivonen Jukka, Kuusela Anna, Koivula Aki, Saarinen Arttu, Keipi Teo
- Working papers in Economic Sociology : Suomi 2019 – kulutus ja elämäntapa. Tutkimusseloste ja koodikirja (2019) Saari Hanna, Koivula Aki, Sivonen Jukka, Räsänen Pekka
- A Middle-Aged Social Internet with a Millennial Exodus? Changes in Identifications with Online Communities Between 2009 and 2017 in Finland (2018)
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Asiantuntijaluokan uusi jako perussuomalaisten vaalimenestysten taustalla (2018) Jukka Sivonen, Aki Koivula, Arttu Saarinen
- Assessing the social media landscape: Online relational use-purposes and life satisfaction among Finns (2018)
- First Monday
- Eri puolueiden kannattajien suhtautuminen suomalaiseen tieteeseen ja tutkimukseen. (2018)
- Tiedepolitiikka
- Exploring Selective Exposure and Selective Avoidance Behavior in Social Media (2018) SMSociety '18 Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social Media and Society Sanna Malinen, Aki Koivula, Teo Keipi, Ilkka Koiranen
- Highly educated but occupationally differentiated: An analysis of the members of the Green League in Finland (2018)
- Environmental Politics
- Kolmijaosta hienojakoisempiin eroihin? Tarkastelussa kuuden suurimman eduskuntapuolueen jäsenistöjen ammattirakenteet (2018)
- Yhteiskuntapolitiikka
- Liike Nyt haastaa puolueosallistumisen muotoja. (2018)
- Turun Sanomat
- Puolueiden toimittajajäsenten sosiaalisen median käyttö ja näkemykset mediasta (2018)
- Media ja Viestintä



