Kaarina Nikunen#
| Membership Number: | 5823 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | FILM, MEDIA & VISUAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.tuni.fi/en/kaarina-nikunen |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-5747-4093 |
| Twitter: | @kaarinanikunen |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 onwards Professor of Media and Communication Research, Tampere University
- 2015 Acting Professor of Journalism, University of Jyväskylä
- 2014 Acting Professor of Media Culture, University of Tampere
- 2013 - 2016 Associate Professor of Media Culture and Journalism University of Tampere
- 2013 - 2016 Lecturer in Media Culture and Journalism, University of Tampere
- 2012 - 2013 University Researcher, University of Tampere
- 2011 - 2012 Principal Investigator, University of Helsinki
- 2010 - 2011 Principal Investigator University of Tampere
- 2007 - 2009 Post Doctoral Researcher, Academy of Finland, University of Tampere
- 2005 - 2007 Lecturer in Media Culture. Department of Arts and Literature. University of Tampere
Fields of Scholarship
- Refugee crisis
- Journalism
- Humanitarian crises in the media
- Media studies
- Media solidarities
- Emotions / affect
