I am a university lecturer at the University of Turku. I specialize in pragmatics, discourse analysis, dispositive analysis and landscape research. My background is in English and geography. As a doctoral researcher I further broadened my horizons, studying linguistics, semiotics, philosophy, sosiology and geography.

My current research focuses on landscapes, nightscapes and virtual reality. In this work, I utilize photography, videography and virtual reality technology.

My research is interdisciplinary. I draw from a broad range of fields, including but not limited to linguistics, semiotics, geography and sociology. My work is influenced by continental philosophy (Deleuze, Foucault, Guattari) and sociology (Bourdieu, Tarde).

My current research focuses on landscapes, nightscapes and virtual reality. In the past I have studied use of language in politics and in the media.

I am currently responsible for several courses:

• Academic Writing and Speaking (ENGL2016)
  
• Critical Discourse Analysis (ENGL3147)
  
• Language, Meaning and Action (ENGL2021)
  
• Spoken English (ENGL1010)
  

I also teach two courses in collaboration with my colleagues:

• Texts and Contexts I (ENGL3156)
• Texts and Contexts II (ENGL3157)

I am also currently responsible for seminars, maturity tests and thesis supervision:

• Proseminar + BA thesis (ENGL2011)
• BA degree Finnish language maturity test (HTDK0009)
• Discourse and Philology Thesis Seminar (ENGL3180) + MA thesis (ENGL4116)

My current responsible also include handling matters related to interships:

• Intership (working life) (KKLT0047)
• Internship (project) (KKLT0050)

In the past I have also been responsible for other courses:

• English Language and Linguistics (ENGL1013)
  
• Discourse Studies and Pragmatics (ENGL2007)
  

In addition, I have held guest lectures on landscape research.