I am professor in environmental governance and policy under The Sea profiling area and the head of subject in public administration at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Business and Economics. My research interests include environmental policy, politics and governance related to the marine environment in general, and the Baltic Sea area in particular. My research focuses on multilevel governance settings, the politics of knowledge and the construction of environmental problems and the related policies. I lead two research projects funded by the Academy of Finland, SeaHer (2018-2022) and Package-Heroes (packageheroes.fi, 2018-2023), a research project funded by Tiina & Antti Herlin Foundation (2018-2019, 2021) as well as one funded by the Turku Urban Research Programme (2022-2023). In addition, I partner in several other multidisciplinary research projects related to marine environment, climate change, stakeholder involvement and Russia's green and blue economy.

I have my PhD from the University of Tampere in 2008.

I received the position of adjunct professor (docent) at the University of Helsinki in 2014.

I have previous work experience as researcher and senior researcher at the University of Tampere (2008-2014) and senior lecturer at the University of Turku (since 2015).