My research primarily focuses on language and social interaction, with recurring themes including participation, influence, and joint decision-making in different settings.

From 2024 to 2027, I am conducting the postdoctoral project Hope and Hopelessness in Climate Activism (Swedish Research Council International Postdoc). Following this, from 2027 to 2029, I will be a postdoctoral researcher in the related project Talking Green Grassroot Democracy: Revisiting the Anatomy of Joint Decision-Making with and among Young Climate Activists in Finland and Sweden External link., funded by the Kone Foundation.

In my postdoc project Hope and Hopelessness in Climate Activism, I explore the interplay between hope, action, and decision-making within the climate movement. The project is grounded in the movement’s call to replace passive hope with active, action-based hope—often expressed as "hope is a verb". By analyzing social interaction in civil disobedience actions and internal decision-making processes, I examine the relationship between collective action, emotions, and power to influence future courses of action.

Other ongoing research projects

• Sexual Consent in Interaction: In collaboration with Melisa Stevanovic, this project investigates how sexual consent is enacted—both verbally and physically—in contemporary TV series and films. Fictional portrayals play a key role in shaping sexual scripts, i.e., cultural norms and expectations that influence how people understand and practice consent. The project’s sub-studies focus on voluntariness, ambiguity, and willingness in sexual contexts—when consent is established, rejected, or withdrawn. Discussions on these practices are often shaped by normative communication assumptions, lacking insight into the conditions of social interaction. By grounding these questions in established conversation and interaction research, this project provides a more complex yet realistic perspective on how sexual consent can and should be understood in practice.
  
  
• Communication Between RLS Patients and Physicians in Specialist Clinics: This project examines shared decision-making between Restless Legs Syndrome patients and physicians and is part of the larger research initiative JU Sleep Well.

My doctoral dissertation External link. examined the opportunities—both offered and actual—for youth participation in conversations with politicians and public servants.

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