Welcome to visit my home page! I am a Finnish researcher of religious and migration studies. Currently I am working as a university researcher at the Department of Comparative Religion in University of Helsinki. My areas of speciality are the religious activities of immigrants in Finland and local religious diversity. Migration and religion in contemporary world are my main areas of interest. I defended my PhD in comparative religion in Åbo Akademi University in 2004.

Beside my work, I am involved in the activities of ETMU (Society for the Study of Ethnic Relations and International Migration in Finland). I also administer the Diaspora.fi religion resource pages and co-operate with the Religion in Finland Project. Additionally, I take care of Diaspora mailing list.