I am a feminist media historian, and I have specialised in studying journalists and their history from the perspectives of gender and power. My doctoral thesis (2013) focused on Finnish journalists in the 1960s and the 1970s. I have also written on the early history of women journalists in Finland by using a biographical approach.

After defending my thesis at the university of Oulu, I have studied Finnish and Swedish female journalists and their perception of gender equality from the 1960s to the present day. As part of this project, I have worked as a visiting scholar at the University of Stockholm from August 2015 to March 2018. In November 2017, I began as a postdoctoral researcher at the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies and worked there until September 2019. My current project is funded by the Academy of Finland (2019-2021). 

I conduct interdisciplinary research that belongs to the field of history but also uses methods from media studies, gender studies and work studies. The source material I have used in my projects consist of media texts, oral histories and archival sources.

I have a background in journalism due to which I am interested in scientific and non-scientific communication. Since April 2014, I have worked as a sub-editor in a peer reviewed journal Historiallinen Aikakauskirja (Historical Journal).