I am a senior lecturer of communication at the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥, Department of Language and Communication Studies. My main responsibilities include teaching, thesis supervision, research and administrative tasks related to the bachelor's and master's degree programmes of communication at JYU. I have experience in teaching from basic studies to advanced studies, and from various themes, such as organizational communication, technology-mediated communication, artificial intelligence, communication competence, and team communication. I supervise master's theses and act as the secondary supervisor for PhD dissertations.
Since 2022, I have served as the chair/president of the Finnish Association of Communication and Social Interaction, Prologos ry. I am also a member of the Council of Ethics for Communication (VEN).
My research focuses on the meaning of digital technologies in (workplace) communication and social interaction. I specialize in studying AI and social bots, communication technology in organizations, platformed organizing, and teamwork.
I act as co-PI and leader of the JYU project in the Research Council of Finland funded research consortium Generative Technologies in Communicative Organizing (GET:ORG). I am also a part of the research project SODA: Fluid Organizing on Digital Platforms (U of Helsinki) and a member of the CoCoDigi research group.
My work has been published in various national and international journals, such as Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Human-Machine Communication, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Information Technology & People, Media & Viestintä, Prologi, Workplace Communication (Routledge).
