Profile​​​​​​​

A multidisciplinary scholar with research and teaching interest in modern and contemporary history, political science, and sociolinguistics.

Areas of research interest: Political violence and radicalism; Far right – Far Left; Political Terrorism in Post-War Europe; History of extremist ideologies, Language & Ideology nexus, Hate-speech, Hooliganism, Social Movements, Urban Subcultures.

Quali- and quantitative methods, oral history, in-depth interviews, applied ethnography, applied linguistics, qualitative thematic analysis, quantitative semantic analysis, sociolinguistics, Storytelling, Design Thinking.

Before joining academia, I worked 10+ years in Corporate Marketing and have broad Business Administration, Project and Team management experience.

Academic Qualifications

Title of Docent in Modern Italian History and Society, University of Turku, Finland, 2013.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Turku, Faculty of Humanities, Finland, Italian Language and Culture, 2013.

Master of Science in Economics, University of Pisa, Italy, 1999.