Research and projects

Below is a list of some of the ongoing research projects of our network members at Tampere University.

The Cultural Heritage of the Finnish-Iraqi diaspora – Suomalais-irakilaisen diasporan kulttuuriperintö, Doctoral Researcher Amir Abdelamir

Accounting for interactionally troublesome exchanges (Academy of Finland)

Affective Activism: Sites of Queer and Trans World-Making (Academy of Finland 2021–2025)

The Black Renaissance and Its Nordic Affiliations (Academy of Finland 2021-2025)

Contested Consent (CoCo): Social and Digital Borders and Orders of Intimacy in Young People’s Romantic Engagements (2019–2023)

Diasporas and conflict transportation: Inter-group dynamics and host-country responses (Academy of Finland 2019-2023)

Equality to economics, feminism to fiscal policy: Tensions of feminist knowledge and politics in the strategic state (FEMTIE)

Forms of Resistance & Practices of Hope (FoRE/HOPE)

The History of Africans in Finland

The Insane in Early Modern Sweden and Finland (Academy of Finland 2018–2025)

Lived Religion and the Changing Meaning(s) of Disability from the Late Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution (Academy of Finland 2021–2025)

Organizations’ recruitment skills and job applicants’ skills as the basis of equality | Tampere universities

Populaarifeminismiä Pohjoismaassa: Kapitalismin uusi henki ja popularisoidut protestit (POPFEM) (Koneen Säätiö, 2025-2028)

Queer Migrations and the Political Geographies of Reception and Encounter (Academy of Finland 2021-2026)

Rethinking diasporas, redefining nations. Representations of African diaspora formations in museums and exhibitions

Sociology of Testing: Personality Tests Constructing Ideal Subjects for Working Life (2020–2024)

Under Pressure

Vastaanottokeskus lapsuuksien paikkana: Alle kouluikäisten turvapaikanhakijoiden arkea Suomessa (Kone foundation and Oskar Öflund foundation 2022-2026)