I hold a Doctor of Social Sciences in the field of Contemporary History and am an Adjunct Professor. My research interests include the Finnish civil war, war propaganda, and the function and methods of the State Police in the Nordic countries. I have published a book dealing with the activities of revolutionary women from the Finnish Civil War and how the war affected their later lives. I have also produced several articles on the Finnish Civil War, violence and war remembrance. My latest book, together with Dr. Ville Okkonen, focuses on the treatment of political prisoners in Finland during the Second World War. My present research addresses the relationship between the Swedish-speaking minority and the security police in Åland between 1919 and 1948. Currently, I work as a university lecturer at the Department of Philosophy, Contemporary History and Political Science at the University of Turku, Finland. I am also president of the Finnish Society for Labour History and an editor of the Scandinavian Journal of History.

In my previous research, I have studied the Finnish Civil War and the history of everyday life during the war. In the book *Valpon valvomat* (Under Valpo’s Surveillance), which I co-authored with Ville Okkonen, I examined Finnish political prisoners during the Continuation War as well as the activities of Valpo. In my project Hotet från Åland, funded by the Svenska Kulturfonden for 2024–2026, we have studied the control exercised by the security police in Åland between 1919 and 1948. In my new four-year (2026–2029) project, Kansankodin epäillyt, funded by the Kone Foundation, we are investigating the political and social control directed at Swedish-Finns from 1919 to 1990.

I'm in charge of our studies in Warfare, Intelligence and Security.  

I also teach the courses Research Course, Bachelor's Thesis and Seminar, and Working Skills Training.