Susanna Jussila
Biography
I am a doctoral researcher at the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy of the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥. My dissertation investigates how body and trauma consciousness can strengthen political agency inside today's global social justice movements. Interdisciplinary research areas covered in my dissertation include feminist political theory, critical phenomenology and somatic trauma research.
Before starting my PhD studies, I co-wrote a popular science book on body consciousness (Jussila & Ohraniemi 2021) and worked in social justice movements in Finland and abroad.
Research interests
My research contributes to understanding the role of embodiment and trauma consciousness in working towards social justice. Drawing on critical phenomenology my work is situated in feminist political theory, having dialogue with critical resilience studies and politics of hope, among others.