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Sami-Egil
Ahonen

Political Science
Doctoral Researcher - Väitöskirjatutkija
Securing Democracy? How Security Narratives Shape Public Attitudes and Democratic Values (SECUDEM)

Areas of expertise

Comparative Politics
International Relations
Political Theory
Philosophy of Science
Criminology
Methods - Qualitative & Quantitative.

Biography

I am a PhD researcher working under the KONE Foundation SECUDEM Project. My research interests lie in the investigation of fundamental concepts of social and political life and the rigorous application of said concepts in analyzing political phenomena. Of special interest are issues related to security and the ontology of statehood, nationhood, and the individual experience of those concepts.


Furthermore, my research interests include criminology from a political science perspective.

Teaching

I am working as a Teaching Assistant in the Political Science Master's courses:

  • ​​​​​​S2.1 Theory and Methodology
  • S2.2 Quantitative methods​