The Finnish Cultural Foundation has announced its latest funding decisions, bringing positive news to ETL and Tampere University.
Professor Atte Oksanen and senior research Iina Savolainen have been awarded research grant for the Self & Technology 2026 project. The funding will be used to collect the Self & Technology EU-6 dataset (5th time point of the longitudinal survey). With this decision, the data collection planned for 2026 is now largely secured.
In addition, our researcher Iiris Lehtola (Tampere University) received a 12-month research grant for her PhD project examining online dating applications. The grant supports her ongoing doctoral research and contributes to strengthening ETL’s work on digital social interaction and emerging technologies.