My doctoral dissertation in Sociology “Relational Subjects: Family Relations, Law and Gender in the European Court of Human Rights” (working title) will soon be handed in for pre-examination at the University of Helsinki. In the Finnish system, the pre-examination takes at least three months, after which, depending on the comments and evaluation of two academically distinguished pre-examiners, the dissertation is recommended for public defense – or not. So, more news in 2016!