Anssi Peräkylä
Professor of Sociology
Head of Department
Ph.D. (London 1992)
Department of Sociology
P.O. Box 54 (Unioninkatu 35)
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
Telephone: +358 9 191 24620
Office hour: Tue 14-15, room 317
anssi.perakyla(at)helsinki.fi
My research topic is social interaction in psychotherapy, medical consultations, and everyday settings. Especially I’m interested in the role of emotional expression in social interaction. I give courses on social interaction and interaction research, and I’m the leader of a post-graduate seminar at the Sociology Department. The members of my conversation analytical research group come from the universities of Helsinki and Tampere. I’m the leader of the the national graduate school Language, Action and Social Interaction. Since 2007, I have been the Head of the Sociology Department. Besides my academic work, I also have a small scale psychoanalytic practice which supports and gives inspiration to my research work.