Ongoing research projects:
Citizen Minscapes: Detecting social, emotional and national movements in Social Media (Academy of Finland, 2016-2019, Consortium, www.aka.fi/digihum)
Poster: Poster_DigiHum
POLITOUR: Policies and Practices of Tourism Industry – A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Study on Central America (Academy of Finland, 2011-2014)
Poster: POLITOUR-poster
– Academy of Finland (Development Studies, 2010-2014, 522 440 €) Project- abstract
Risks and Vulnaribity Network: Social Straregies of Prevention and Adaptation (RedRiesgoResiliencia)
– http://redriesgoresiliencia.ciesas.edu.mx/
– European Union & FONCICYT (Mex.), 2010-2011, 142 816 €
World Politics, Global Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility: an Interdisciplinary Perspective (Academy of Finland, 2009-2010)
-Academy of Finland (Senior Scientist’s Project, 2009-2010, 134 000 €) Project-abstract
Previously received resarch funding
-Nordiska Samfundet för Latinamerikaforskning, NOSALF (1985)
-Amici Insituti Iberoamericani Universitatis Helsingiensis (various, 1991-1998)
-Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland (1990, 2002)
–Deutsher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD (1991), Chancellor of the University of Helsinki (various
grants for international conferences, 1994-2005)
-Academy of Finland (researcher 1992-1994, short grants 1997, 1998, 2000)
–Research Funds, University of Helsinki (1996, 1999-2001)
–University of Helsinki/Complutense University, Spain (1997)
–Georg and Ella Ehrnrooth Foundation (1998)
–CIMO travel grants (2001; 2003)
-Suomen tietokirjailijat (2005)
–Tiedonjulkistamisen neuvottelukunta (2006)
–Kone Foundation (2007-2008, project director, grants for research assistants, 30 000 €)