I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Turku School of Economics, University of Turku. I hold a PhD in Economics with a specialization in Leadership and Organizations from the University of Vaasa, where I also completed my Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees. I have previously worked as a faculty member at the University of Vaasa and as a specialized researcher at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. Over the past several years, I have worked on both academic and applied research projects focused on leadership, wellbeing, and organizational change in contemporary work environments. I currently work with the themes of digitalizing work life in tow distinct projects. CHILL project, funded by the Business Finland, and TEIJO project funded by the Finnish Work Environment Fund. These projects examine AI-supported leadership and digital transformation in working life, and best practices of hybrid working.

My research examines how leadership and work practices are evolving in hybrid, digital, and spatially dispersed work environments. I focus on how both leaders and employees navigate shifting demands and resource landscapes, drawing e.g., on Conservation of Resources (COR) theory and practice-based perspectives. I study how leadership unfolds across digital and physical spaces, and how spatial flexibility impacts employees’ ability to shape their work and sustain engagement and wellbeing. Moreover, I am interested on digitalizing leadership, and how AI technologies are integrated into everyday supervisory work. My recent project addresses how AI tools are changing the cognitive, relational, and ethical dimensions of leadership, raising new questions about how responsibility, support, and agency are distributed in everyday supervisory work.

I approach leadership as a relational and situated practice, drawing on qualitative methodologies such as reflexive thematic analysis and template analysis. In my earlier work, I have explored leader–member exchange, leadership transgressions, and employee sensemaking in strained workplace relationships. My research aims to generate both theoretical insights and practical tools for sustainable and human-centered organizational development.

I currently teach qualitative research methods (UTUGS) and leadership theory (JO1) at the undergraduate and doctoral levels. My teaching includes thematic analysis, leadership-as-practice, and critical perspectives on work and organizations. I have supervised Bachelor's, Master’s and PhD students and evaluated theses in the areas of leadership, organizational change, and wellbeing at work. I also contribute to doctoral seminars and practitioner-oriented training related to leadership in hybrid work settings.