(For an extensive CV, see below)
Born 13 Sep 1967
Academic education and degrees
2017 Adjunct Professor (docent), history of criminology and sociology, University of Oulu
2000 Adjunct Professor (docent), sociology, University of Helsinki
1994 D. Soc. Sc., sociology, University of Helsinki
1991 M. Soc. Sc., sociology, University of Helsinki
Education, other
2010 Specialist Qualification in Management, JTO School of Management
Work experience
2016- Professor of Criminology, University of Helsinki
2015-2016 Research Director, Criminological Unit, Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy, University of Helsinki
2000-2014 Research Director, Criminological Unit, National Research Institute of Legal Policy
1992-2000 Researcher, National Research Institute of Legal Policy (From 1 Sep 1995 full-time Researcher)
Other activities: selected examples
2019-2022 Chair, Finnish Society of Criminology
2016-2021 Chair, Research Division of the National Council for Crime Prevention (Finland)
2018-2020 Director, Master’s Programme in Social Research (University of Helsinki)
2016-2018 Member of Jury, ESC Young Criminologist Award
2015- Member, Editorial Board of the European Journal of Criminology
2015 Data Prize of the Finnish Data Archive for releasing 11 national survey datasets to the wider academic community
2013–2015 Editor, Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention (journal later renamed as Nordic Journal of Criminology)
2011–2012 Invited lecture “On the Practice of Research Management”, University of Helsinki, Higher Education Governance and Management (HEGOM) Network
2010- Member, Steering Committee of the International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD)
2010 Visiting Researcher, Centre for Criminology, Oxford University, Trinity Term 2010.
2006–2007 Commissioned by the Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology to write the joint Nordic report of the International Self-Report Delinquency Study
2005–2006 Member, Steering Group of the Finnish Violence against Women Survey
2003–2004 Editor, Oikeus (with Prof. Anne Alvesalo-Kuusi)