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
- Puolueiden kannatus eri väestöryhmissä ja yhteiskunnallinen vaikutusvalta. (2015)
- Tieteessä tapahtuu
- Suomi 2014 - Kulutus ja elämäntapa – Tutkimusseloste ja aineistojen 1999-2014 vertailua (2015) Aki Koivula, Pekka Räsänen, Outi Sarpila
- Verkkolomakkeiden käyttö sosiaalitieteellisessä tutkimuksessa. (2015)
- Research papers in economic sociology
- Luksusta vai yllättävän välttämätöntä? (2014)
- Hyvinvointikatsaus



