About

I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. If you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good.

Roald Dahl

Who am I?

I’m a 28 year old doctoral researcher living in Tampere. In my research, I explore the physical education, physical activities and exercising, the body and materiality in nineteenth-century England. Since January 2020, I have been producing the history-themed Finnish podcast called Menneisyyden Jäljillä (On the Track of the Past) that aims at popularising research and proving why knowing our past is crucial. For the years 2023–2027, I’m happy to be part of the ELBOW research team, concentrating on research communications.

I believe in doing always one’s best and learning every day something new. I believe the past is not behind us but rather next to us in this day. Understanding others and ourselves through our past is something I value – learning about histories should teach us being more empathic but still holding tight on the values that supports our ideas of a better world. Eternal idealist.

Where am I going?

I’m always open for new possibilities and possibilities to learn. Even though I value my daily routines, I enjoy every day being a little different and having always something new to learn.

At the moment, I’m working on my doctoral dissertation on senses, materiality and experiences of exercising and moving bodies in nineteenth-century Britain. I’m grateful for having the funding for the whole process by the Finnish Cultural Foundation. I want to understand how the new possibilities, offered by the change in the physical culture of the time, changed the way of experiencing one’s own body, depending on gender, class, age, and ableness.

In January 2020, I launched my own history-themed podcast, Menneisyyden Jäljillä (On the track of the past). It aims at popularising historical research, giving voice to researchers and other experts working with historical knowledge, and presenting novel, surprising, and altogether highly interesting views on the past. This website will be the hosting platform for the (Finnish) podcast which is why it is strongly present in my website.

Even though having the expertise in history, I am as excited about future. I work for having different opportunities and ambitions in future as well.