Doctoral Students

Ana Tarazona Galvis

Email: ana.tarazona@tuni.fi        ORCID        Supervisors: Anitta Kynsilehto; Marjaana Jauhola

Research Topic: Decolonizing the understanding of peace and gender in peacebuilding processes from below in Colombia.

Anna Sofia Suoranta

Email: anna.suoranta@tuni.fi        Supervisors: Eeva Puumala; Päivi Honkatukia

Research Topic: Everyday peace of youth in urban environments.

Anna Sutherland

Email: anna.sutherland@tuni.fi        ORCID          Supervisor: Marko Lehti

Research Topic: The Possibilities of Design Thinking in the Peacebuilding Context.

Anush Petrosyan

Email: anush.petrosyan@tuni.fi         ORCID        Supervisors: Élise Féron; Marko Lehti

Research Topic: Reconstructing Life in Exile: Memory and the Search for Belonging among Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenak Tokmajyan

Email: armenak.tokmajyan@tuni.fi          Supervisors: Marko Lehti; Tarja Väyrynen

Research Topic: Brokers of Stability: Local Intermediaries and State violence in pre-2011 Syria.

Aslihan Oguz

Email: aslihan.oguz@tuni.fi          Supervisor: Marjaana Jauhola; Anitta Kynsilehto, Minna Kaljonen (SYKE)

Research topic: Leave No One Behind: A Participatory Ethnography on Immigrants’ Food Sovereignty for Just Transisions and Feminist Peace

Aso Piri

Email: aso.piri@tuni.fi  Supervisors: Élise Féron; Leena Vastapuu

Research topic: Women in the south of Kurdistan and Anfal genocide memorialisation

Bayan Arouri

Email: bayan.arouri@tuni.fi          Supervisors: Anitta Kynsilehto; Bruno Lefort

Research Topic: Absent stories: Decolonizing understanding of gender among Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon.

Ebru Sevik

Email: ebru.sevik@tuni.fi        ORCID          Supervisors: Eeva Puumala; Sofia Pelsmaker

Research Topic: Encountering Difference: A Socio-Spatial Perspective on Coexistence in Urban Space.

Francis Hughes

Email:     Supervisor: Anitta Kynsilehto

Research Topic: Decentralised Humanitarian Response: The Effectiveness and Limitations of Area-Based Approaches in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies

Giovanna Sanchez Nieminen

Email:  Giovanna.Sanchez@vtt.fi  Supervisors: Marko Lehti; Tarja Väyrynen

Research topic: Climate Resilient and Just Transitions: Identifying Pathways for Conflict Prevention and Mitigation at the Local and Regional Levels

Jutta Martens

Email: jutta.martens@tuni.fi          Supervisors: Marko Lehti; Leena Vastapuu

Research Topic: The role of faith based and traditional leaders in the peace processes – Can peace be built on the Western norms.

Juulia Niiniranta

Email: juulia.niiniranta@tuni.fi        ORCID          Supervisor: Anitta Kynsilehto; Eeva Puumala

Research Topic: Peace in the Shadow of Violence – A Visual Study of the Effects of War and Violence on Everyday Peace and Recovery in the Aftermath of Ukrainian War.

Kari Paasonen

Email: kari.paasonen@tuni.fi        ORCID          Supervisors: Marko Lehti; Päivi Honkatukia; Siri Årustad

Research Topic: The relationship of unemployment and political instability in the Middle East and North Africa.

Laura Blanco Rengifo

Email: laura.blancorengifo@tuni.fi   Supervisors: Marko Lehti; Angel Iglesias Ortiz

Reserch Topic: Analysis and creation of practices of mediation and dialogues between victims and offenders in in Colombia and its impact for restoration and non-repetition

Margalita Jadaridze

Email: margalita.japaridze@tuni.fi     Supervisors: Élise Féron; Marko Lehti

Research Topic: Everyday Mobilization for Peace among Post-Rose Revolution Youth in Georgia

Meeri Tiensuu

Email: meeri.tiensuu@tuni.fi        Supervisor: Bruno Lefort; Eeva Puumala; Anna Rastas

Research Topic: Homeward: exploring co-creation practices towards integration.

Miia Pylvänäinen

Email: miia.pylvanainen@tuni.fi   Supervisor: Tarja Väyrynen

Research Topic: Civilian crisis management, context and communication

Myungjin Moon

Email:  myungjin.moon@tuni.fi  Supervisor: Marjaana Jauhola

Research Topic: Between militarisation and care: masculinities and Finnish conscientious objectors in care work

Sina Krämer

Email: Sina.kramer@tuni.fi                           Supervisor: Tarja Väyrynen

Research Topic: Gendered conflict trauma and transgenerational transmission in post-conflict societies/protracted conflicts in Southeast Asia

Stine Rasmussen

Email: stine.rasmussen@tuni.fi   Supervisor: Anitta Kynsilehto

Research Topic: Exercise as Transnational Solidarity with Palestine: Politics, Bodies, and Movement

Peppi Heinikainen

Email: peppi.heinikainen@tuni.fi        ORCID            Supervisors: Marko Lehti; Anna Kronlund (University of Turku)

Research Topic: United Nations Security Council and Conflict Settlement: Libya and Syria – Norm Contestation and New Great Power Rivalry in UNSC Decision-Making.

Seng Bu

Email: sengbu@tuni.fi     Supervisor: Tarja Väyrynen

Research Topic: Post-Conflic Trauma in Myanmar

Vilja Myllyviita

Email: vilja.myllyviita@tuni.fi  Supervisor: Marjaana Jauhola; Anitta Kynsilehto

Research Topic: Finnish feminist negotiations on external gender equality policy within the UN – construction

Yasmeen Al-Eryani

Email: yasmeen.al-eryani@tuni.fi  Supervisors: Marko Lehti; Susanne Dahlgren

Research Topic:  Fragmentation, Multipolarity and Strategic Action Fields: Understanding the Multi-mediation Landscape in Yemen

Zahra Edalati

Email: zahra.edalati@tuni.fi        ORCID          Supervisors: Tarja Väyrynen; Èlise Féron

Research Topic: Transnational women’s rights activism and working across differences (case of Iran).