University of Helsinki
CEREN affiliated researcher Niko Pyrhönen defended his doctoral dissertation on Friday 16 October. The topic for his dissertation is The True Colors of Finnish Welfare Nationalism – Consolidation of Neo-Populist Advocacy as a Resonant Collective Identity through Mobilization of Exclusionary Narratives of Blue-and-White Solidarity.
Professor Peter Kivisto from Augustana College served as the opponent and Professor Matti Kortteinen acted as the custos.