Aki
Koivula
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences
University Lecturer, Economic Sociology
Oppiainevastaava (Head of Section)
Areas of expertise
social networks
political parties
social media
survey research
data collection
Teaching
- Introduction to Social Science (Basic studies)
- Contemporary Economic Sociology (Intermediate studies)
- Theory of Economic Sociology (Advanced studies)
- Consumption (Advanced studies)
- Special fields in Economic Sociology (Advanced studies)
- Economic Sociology's Vocation-Based Project Work (Advanced studies)
- Design and implementation of the social survey (Advanced studies)
- Master’s thesis seminar 1 & 2 (Advanced studies)
Research
Research topics:
- Digital participation and interaction
- Political parties
- Lifestyle and consumption
- Survey methodology
Currently involved in the following research projects:
- The social mechanisms behind the economic consequences of physical appearance (SOMA), University of Turku. PI: Outi Sarpila
- Digital Disruption of Industry (DDI), University of Turku. CO-PI: Pekka Räsänen
- Problem Gambling and Social Media, Tampere University. PI: Atte Oksanen
- The Religious Legitimation of Politics and the Political Legitimation of Religion in Finland (LegitRel), University of Helsinki. PI: Titus Hjelm
Publications
Double standards in the accumulation and utilisation of ‘aesthetic capital’ (2020)
Poetics
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Regulation and Trust: 3-Month Follow-up Study on COVID-19 Mortality in 25 European Countries (2020)
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)Miksi tieto on uusi digitaalinen jakolinja? (2020)
(A3 Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa)Puoluekokoukset edustuksellisuuden peilintä – Tarkastelussa vihreät ja SDP. (2020)
Politiikasta.fi
(E1 Yleistajuinen artikkeli, sanomalehtiartikkeli)
Compliment Rules or Compliments Rule? A Population-Level Study of Appearance Commenting Norms on Social Media. (2020)
(A4 Artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa)Influencers and targets on social media: Investigating the impact of network homogeneity and group identification on online influence (2020)
First Monday
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
The Confidence in Social Media Platforms and Private Messaging (2020)
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
(A4 Artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa)
Risk response over time: political compartmentalization of terrorism risk perception (2020)
Journal of Risk Research
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)