Niko Hatakka, D.S.Sc.

My research has mostly focused on the relationship of populism and media, political communication, parties, and political online movements. I work as a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Parliamentary Studies at the University of Turku, most recently in the Academy of Finland -funded project ‘Mainstreaming populism in the 21st century’. I also work as a Research Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLSIS) of the University of Birmingham, in the ESRC funded project ‘The survival of the mass party’. I'm on the board of the Finnish Media and Communication Research Association (Mevi ry) and on the editorial board of the journal Media ja viestintä.