I graduated with a master's degree in social sciences from the Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) in 2020. My master's thesis focused on the imaginary and visual production of cultural heritage in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, examining this topic from the perspective of visitors to the area. I employed visual ethnographic methods in my research, which received support from the Mohyla Academy in Kyiv.

In my ongoing dissertation research, I explore the production of nuclear cultural heritage at the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) and the Fukushima disaster site. This research is based on qualitative interviews and photographs obtained from research participants and visitors to these areas. By considering the visual meaning-making of visitors to these nuclear accident sites, my study aims to enhance our understanding of how radioactive landscapes are culturally constructed. Through visual methods, I seek to generate insights into the role of participatory culture in memory work, which co-creates collective representations of contaminated regions. This study provides insights into the digital realm and participatory culture as influential factors in how radioactive heritage is perceived, viewed, and experienced.

I was awarded a one-year grant from the Finnish Cultural Foundation that spans from June 2025 to May 2026.

In my dissertation research, I focus on the visual culture of the Chornobyl exclusion zone and the Fukushima area, emphasising participant-oriented perspectives. By conducting interviews and incorporating photographs of visitors to these sites, my research explores the cultural experiences related to nuclear power and how people create images associated with it. This work falls within an international and multidisciplinary framework that combines the fields of nuclear power and cultural heritage, under the umbrella of "Nuclear Cultural Heritage."

I have completed basic studies in university pedagogy (25 ECTS) and I am currently completing subject studies (35 ECTS). Upon finishing my studies in spring 2026, I will possess a broad teaching qualification.

Corresponding teacher for the course "Presence of Heritage; Discussion and Practices", in spring 2025 (University of Turku)

Two-week Erasmus+ teaching exchange at the Department of Cultural Heritage Studies, University of Antwerp, November 2024

Corresponding teacher for the course "Presence of Heritage; Discussion and Practices", in spring 2024 (University of Turku)

Guest lecture at the University of Tartu in February 2024

Corresponding teacher for the course "Narratives and Representations of Industrial Heritage: Alternative Approaches to the Industrial Past",  September–December 2023 (University of Turku)

Lecture on the "Introduction to Digital Humanities" course in May 2023 (University of Oulu)

Lecture on the "Human and Nature Relationship as Part of the Cultural Heritage" course in November 2022 (University of Turku)

Lecture as part of the "Dark Cultural Heritage Course" in February 2022 (University of Turku)

Lecture in the seminar series of the Mohyla Academy in Kyiv: 35 years since Chornobyl in May 2021