Yrkesmässiga intressen
Thomas is a research associate employed as a part of the The Center of Excellence ”The Future of Democracy” (FutuDem) at Åbo Akademi University, which sets out to study democracy with a comparative and multi-methodological approach. Within this broad research project, Thomas focuses on the concepts of regime support and democratic backsliding, with a specific focus on the on-going process of authoritarisation in post-communist Eastern European countries.
Other research interests relates to general survey research about different kinds of political attitudes (political trust, democratic satisfaction etc.), system support theories and the functioning of regional and global governance institutions.
Undervisning
Political Institutions in the European Union (advanced level)
Politikens teori och praxis (bachelor level)
Idéer och ideologier (bachelor level)
Demokratins grundprincuper (bachelor level)
International relations and conflicts (advanced level)
Forskningsområden
Nyckelord
comparative politics, Democratic diffusion, European elections, European Union, Finland, European integration, Social Attitudes
Referentgranskade publikationer
Övriga publikationer