Juha Ylisalo is a University Teacher (acting) at the Political Science unit. Additionally, he holds a Title of Docent in political science, especially the study of political parties and elections, at Tampere University. He is also a member of the editorial team of the journal Politiikka, published by the Finnish Political Science Association, and participates in the activities of the Finnish National Election Study (FNES) consortium, which is responsible for election studies conducted in connection with parliamentary elections.

Juha Ylisalo’s current research focusses particularly on the programmatic aims that parties set in parliamentary elections: their backgrounds and impacts on implemented policies, as well as the ways in which citizens evaluate the achievement of party goals. He has also studied the connections between government composition and public finances in European countries, the time perspective of politics, the acceptability of policy measures, as well as proposed and implemented reforms of the Finnish electoral system.

In the academic year 2024–2025, Juha Ylisalo is responsible for the following lecture courses: P3.2 Classics of Political Theory (autumn term), P4 Political Systems (spring term), and APJ1 Political Forces (autumn term). He also in charge of the following exams (kirjatentti): P1 Introduction to Political Science and International Relations (political science as a minor subject), P4 Political Systems, APJ1 Political Forces, and APJ4 Comparative Politics. Students planning or working on theses related to party politics or elections, for instance, are welcome to contact him.