Draft:Tiina Sotkasiira

Tiina Sotkasiira, born in 1973, is a Finnish writer, activist and assistant professor at the University of Eastern Finland.

Her research interests include international migration, integration and settlement of migrants in rural areas, racism, social security and Russian studies.

Academic career
Sotkasiira holds a PhD and a Master's degree in social science with a focus on social and public policy from the University of Eastern Finland and an MSc (Public Order Research and Information Management) from the University of Leicester.

During her career, Sotkasiira has published regularly in her research areas and contributed to several research projects and networks. In 2017, she spent six months as a researcher at the Center for Russian, Central and East European Studies at the University of Glasgow. She has also worked in Russia and is a board member of the Nordic Migration Research Network.

Activism
Sotkasiira is involved in various activist networks. Among other things, she is chairman of Joensuu's local anti-racist working group.