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Tampere University
phone number+358401901351
About me
Professor of Sociology , Faculty of Social Sciences
Main positions of trust
Director, Tampere research group on Religion & Society
Member, Steering Committee, Templeton Religion Trust (2021-24)
President, The Westermarck Society (Finnish sociological association) (2023)
Docent, Centre for Ethnic Relations & Nationalisms, University of Helsinki
Research unit
Unit of Social Research, Tampere research group for Cultural & Political Sociology
Research fields
Sociology of Religion, Mysticism, Sociology of Knowledge, Global & Transnational Sociology
Funding
Planning for a program of research in the study of mysticism (PRISM)