I have a Master’s Degree and a Doctoral Degree in practical philosophy from University of Turku. My Doctoral Thesis titled On the Ethical Desirability of Considerable Human Life Extension is available here.

My official academic degree is Doctor of Social Sciences. At the moment I work as a research coordinator at the University of Helsinki and I’m the founder of the Safer Climate network that brings together research, civil society and arts in the context of climate change and also climate security. You can find my ORCHID profile here.

I have 15 years of experience working across academic, international settings and in different civil society organizations (human rights and asylum seeking related projects, volunteer coordination etc.). I have written this and this publication in relation to different projects concerning the Finnish-Somali diaspora in Finland. I have also visited the West Bank as a human rights accompanier.

Currently I’m taking courses in dance pedagogy in the University of Arts via Open University.