Welcome to visit my home page! I am a Finnish researcher of religious and migration studies. Currently I am working as a postdoctoral researcher of the Academy of Finland at the Department of Comparative Religion in Åbo Akademi University, Turku-Åbo. 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.