I’m the Vice Head (responsible of research) of the Department of Social Research and a Senior Research Fellow at the Unit of Economic Sociology at the University of Turku, Finland. Before assuming my current roles, I served as the head of unit at Economic Sociology, and before that as a Senior Researcher at the Research Unit for the Sociology of Education (RUSE) at the University of Turku. As a senior researcher, I participated in a project aimed at advising EU member states on the advancement of Open Science and the modernization of research evaluation practices. Additionally, I led a project investigating the societal impact of Open Science within Finland. Prior to this, as a postdoctoral researcher, I delved into the realm of climate change communications online at VU Amsterdam and conducted analyses of scientific content from social media platforms for altmetrics purposes at the the Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group at the University of Wolverhampton. My academic journey includes earning a PhD from the Department of Information Studies at Åbo Akademi University, where I also attained the title of Docent in Informetrics.

My research interests lie in exploring contemporary phenomena on the internet, with a particular focus on social media, using predominantly quantitative methods. Currently I’m leading two projects in which we are investigating the spread and influence of unreliable scientific information and misinformation. I’m also interested in investigating scholarly communication within digital landscapes, the potential utility of altmetrics for research assessment and online engagement metrics, bibliometrics, open science practices, and the dynamics of academic recognition systems. Additionally, I analyze online (social) networks and the dissemination patterns of digital information, as well as various cyber threats. For further details on my ongoing research endeavors, please refer to my current projects or feel free to get in touch with me directly.