Katja Kahlina

Before joining Åbo Akademi Dr Katja Kahlina had worked as a researcher at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Helsinki. She received funding from Horizon 2020 (MSCA), the Finnish Research Council, and the Kone Foundation. In addition to supporting researchers in getting funding for their research, she also works as an evaluator and reviewer for Horizon Europe applications and projects. Katja has a background in History (M.Ed.) and Gender Studies (PhD). As a researcher, she has worked at the intersection of humanities and social sciences with a focus on gender and sexuality-based inequalities and biases as well as on the theories of nationalism, populism, and democracy.