During the period 2012–2015 there are 13 PhD students accepted to study in Gender Studies Doctoral Programme.

PhD students funded by Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture

4-year funding (2012–2015)

Sanna Karhu (University of Helsinki): Judith Butler on Subject and Norms. Supervisors: Tuija Pulkkinen, Johanna Oksala.
Niina Vuolajärvi (University of Eastern Finland): Sex Work as a Gendered Form of Migration and Precarious Labour. Supervisor: Eeva Jokinen.

3-year funding (2012–2014)

Johanna Hiitola (University of Tampere): Hallittu vanhemmuus. Sukupuoli, luokka ja etnisyys huostaanottoasiakirjoissa. [Governed Parenthood. Out-of-Home Placements, Gender, Class and Ethnicity.] Supervisors: Jaana Vuori, Suvi Keskinen. Defence 27.2.2015.
Salla Peltonen (Åbo Akademi University): The Question of Language in the Philosophical Exchange between Rosi Braidotti and Judith Butler. Supervisors: Harriet Silius, Sari Irni, Katariina Honkanen.

3-year funding (2013–2015)

Liu Xin (Åbo Akademi University): Trilling Race. The Political Economy of Racialized Visual-Aural Encounters. Supervisors: Harriet Silius, Elina Oinas, Sari Irni. Defence 20.8.2015.
Mona Mannevuo (University of Turku):Affektitehdas. Työn rationalisoinnin historiallisia jatkumoita. [The Affect Factory: Historicizing the Rationalization of Labour.] Supervisors: Marianne Liljeström, Anu-Hanna Anttila. Defence 12.9.2015.

2-year funding (2012–2013)

Soili Petäjäniemi-Brown (University of Helsinki): Judith Butler’s Critical Encounter with Existential Phenomenology. Supervisors: Tuija Pulkkinen, Johanna Oksala.

Self-funded PhD students (1.4.2012–2015)

Pauline S. Hortelano (Åbo Akademi University): Rethinking Integration: An Intersectional Analysis of Migrants’ Experiences of the Implementation of the Finnish Integration Policy. Supervisor: Harriet Silius.

Aino-Kaisa Koistinen (University of Jyväskylä). The Human Question in Science Fiction Television: (Re)Imagining Humanity in Battlestar Galactica, Bionic Woman and V. Supervisors: Sanna Karkulehto, Susanna Paasonen. Defence 11.4.2015.

Iiris Lehto (University of Eastern Finland): Naiset sisällä, miehet ulkona. Hoivakentän uusjako ja sen vaikutukset hoivaan, hoivasuhteisiin ja sukupuoleen. [Women in, men out. New Devision of Labor in Care Work, and its Implications in Relations of Care and Gender.] Supervisor: Eeva Jokinen.

Maiju Parviainen (University of Eastern Finland): Heterohalun koulutusta – sukupuoli ja seksuaalisuus seksologiaasiantuntijuuden näkökulmasta. [Training Hetero Desire – Gender and Sexuality from the Point of View of Sexology Specialists.] Supervisors: Jaana Vuori, Taina Kinnunen.

Hanna Peltomaa (University of Lapland): Seksuaalivähemmistöt lappilaisissa kyläyhteisöissä. [Sexual Minorities in the Village Communities in Lapland.] Supervisors: Päivi Naskali, Tuula Juvonen.

Emmi Vähäpassi (University of Turku): Gender and Corporeality in Trans Publics. Supervisors: Susanna Paasonen, Leena-Maija Rossi, Jin Haritaworn.