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List of publications

Articles in peer-reviewed journals, e-journals, and invited book chapters:

• “‘Give Us Back Sweden!’ A Feminist Reading of the (Re)Interpretations of the Folkhem Conceptual Metaphor in Swedish Radical Right Populist Discourse”. In NORA – Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research 21.1 (2013), pp. 4-20.

• “Heteronormative Constructions of Romanianness: A Genealogy of Gendered Metaphors in Romanian Radical-Right Populism 2000–2009″. In Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe 19.1-2 (2011), pp.453-470.

• (co-authored) Johanna Kantola, Ov Cristian Norocel and Jemima Repo. “Gendering violence in the school shootings in Finland”. In European Journal of Women’s Studies 18.2 (2011), pp. 183-197.

• “Reading ‘Princepele’ through the Eyes of the Doomed – Queering Nationalism and Masculinity in a Communist Romanian Novel”. In SQS – Suomen Queer-tutkimuksen Seuran Lehti – Tidskrift för Queerforskning i Finland – Journal of Queer Studies in Finland, 1-2 (2010), pp. 1-11.

• “Constructing radical right populist resistance: Metaphors of heterosexist masculinities and the family question in Sweden”. In NORMA: Nordic Journal for Masculinity Studies 5.2 (2010), pp. 169–183.

• “Romania is a family and it needs a strict father: conceptual metaphors at work in radical right populist discourses.” In Nationalities Papers, 38.5 (2010), pp. 705-721.

• “Globalisation and its male contenders? The question of conservative masculinities within the radical right populist discourses across the EU.” In Globalisation – Challenges to Research and Governance, pp. 237-250. Jukka Kultalahti, Ilari Karppi, Olli Kultalahti, Ernesto Todisco, eds. (2009). Helsinki, Finland: East-West Books Helsinki.

• “Bracketing the Problems at Home, Scrutinizing the Near Abroad: Does the ‘Compatriots’ Nationalist Discourse Portray a Russian Foreign Policy Entrapped in the Democratization Process?” In Alternatives. Turkish Journal of International Relations, 4.1-2, (2005), pp.124-138.

• “The Ubiquitous Otherness. Nationalism, and Heterosexual and Homosexual Masculinities in Romanian Communist Literature.” In Nationalisms Across the Globe: An Overview of the Nationalism of State-Endowed and Stateless Nations, Vol. I: Europe, pp. 301-313. Wojciech Burszta, Tomasz Kamusella and Sebastian Wojciechowski, eds. (2005). Poznan, Poland: Wyższa Szkoła Nauk Humanistycznych i Dziennikarstwa.

• “The Nation Endangered. Ethnic Purity and Nationalist Heroic Masculinity in the Inter-war Romanian Legionary Movement.” In Nationalisms Across the Globe: An Overview of the Nationalism of State-Endowed and Stateless Nations, Vol. I: Europe, pp. 261-275. Wojciech Burszta, Tomasz Kamusella and Sebastian Wojciechowski, eds. (2005). Poznan, Poland: Wyższa Szkoła Nauk Humanistycznych i Dziennikarstwa.

Expert reports:

• “Antifeminism och maskulinitet – Manliga ideal inom högerradikal populism i Norden”. In Hvordan motarbeide antifeminisme og høyreexktremisme (2013), pp. 24-29. Oslo, Norway: Reform – ressurssenter for menn.

Conference papers:

• “Between Family Fathers, Conservative Sons and Lone Warrior: Antifeminism and Xenophobia in Radical Right Populism across Northern Europe” – presented at Research Days – Forskardagarna, panel 3 “Public politics in Sweden I”,  (22-23.05.2013) Skytteholmen, Ekerö – Sweden.

• “Antifeminism and Xenophobia in Radical Right Populism across Northern Europe: Of Denatured Women, Spiteful Minorities, and Parasitical  Migrants ” – presented at the 3rd Nordic Populism Research Network Meeting (NOPO), within panel 2 “Crisis, Welfare Chauvinism and Immigration” (21-22.05.2013) University of Turku, Turku/Åbo – Finland.

• “(Högerradikal populism och) Antifeminism i Norden: Några exempel från Finland, Norge och Sverige” – presented at the “Ekspertseminar om Maskulinitet, antifeminisme og fremmedfrykt”/ “Expert seminar om masculinity, antifeminism and xenophobia” (29.11-30.11.2012) Reform – Ressurssenter for menn, Oslo – Norway.

• “When the Future Already Happened: The Common Swede Reclaiming the Folkhem (2005–2010)” – presented at the 2nd Nordic Populism Research Network Meeting (NOPO), panel 3 “Media Internet and Populism” (19-20.09.2012) University of Bergen, Bergen – Norway.

• “‘Give Us Back Sweden!’ A Feminist Reading of the (Re)Interpretations of the Folkhem Conceptual Metaphor in the Swedish Radical Right Populist Discourse” – presented at “Immigrants and Civil Society” 16th Nordic Migration Research Conference & 9th ETMU Days, within panel “Intersections of gender, race and ethnicity: Categorisations and lived experiences” (13-15.08.2012) University of Turku, Turku/Åbo – Finland.

• “Maintaining purity at any costs – masculinity metaphors and hate in the Nordic context” – presented at XLIII Politiikan tutkimuksen päivät/ XLIV Annual Meeting of Finnish Political Science Association (FPSA), within panel 3 “Tasa-arvo, vähemmistöt ja monikulttuurisuus/Equality, minorities and multiculturalism” (08-09.03.2012) University of Turku, Turku/Åbo – Finland.

• “These Mighty Men Defending Their National Families – A Few Research Notes on Finnish Radical Right Populism” – presented at the Nordic Populism Research Network (NOPO) Kick-off Seminar (8-9.12.2011) Aalborg University, Aalborg – Denmark.

• “‘Give Us Back Sweden!’ A Feminist Reading of the (Re)Interpretations of the Folkhem Conceptual Metaphor in the Swedish Radical Right Populist Discourse” – presented at 10th Conference of European Sociological Association (ESA), within RN 32 Political Sociology, Stream “Populism and the Extreme Right” (abstract) (7-10.09.2011) Université de Genève, Genève – Switzerland.

• (co-authored with Ann-Cathrine Jungar, Södertörn University College, Sweden) “Of True Finns and Democratic Swedes: A Feminist Reading of the (Re)Interpretations of the National Constructions in the Nordic Radical Right Populist Discourses” – presented at 10th Conference of European Sociological Association (ESA), within RN 32 Political Sociology, Stream “Gender and Politics” (7-10.09.2011) Université de Genève, Genève – Switzerland.

• “The Rhetorical (Re)Constructions of the Swedish Folkhem: A Feminist Reading of Conceptual Metaphors” – presented at XVI Nordiska Statsvetarkongressen (NOPSA), within Workshop ‘Nordic populism revisited: Towards A New party family’ (9.08.2011-12.08.2011) Åbo Akademi University, Vaasa/Vasa – Finland.

• “Constructing radical right populist resistance: Metaphors of heterosexist masculinities and the family question in Sweden” – presented at Årskonferencen i Foreningen for Kønsforskning i Danmark “Magt og Mobilisering – lokalt, nationalt og globalt”, within Workshop “Højrepopulisme i et kønsperspektiv”/ “Rightwing populism in a Gender Perspective” (30.04.2011) Aalborg universitet, Aalborg – Denmark.

• “The Rhetorical (Re)Constructions of the Swedish Folkhem: A Feminist Reading of Conceptual Metaphors” – presented at XLIII Politiikan tutkimuksen päivät/ XLIII Annual Meeting of Finnish Political Science Association (FPSA), within the directed panel “Moulding Identity, Trust and Commitment in the Nordic Countries: Balancing between Assimilation and Accommodation in the (Post)Multicultural World?” (20-21.01.2011) University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä – Finland.

• “A Feminist Reading of Conceptual Metaphors: the Construction of Radical Right Populist Masculinities in Sweden” – presented at II European Conference on Politics and Gender , within Section 4: Research Methodologies and Methods (13-15.01.2011) Central European University (CEU), Budapest – Hungary.

• “‘Give Us Back Sweden!’ A Feminist Reading of the (Re)Interpretations of the Folkhem Conceptual Metaphor in the Swedish Radical Right Populist Discourse” – presented at REMESO workshop “Right wing populism and the Sweden Democrats” (17.11.2010), REMESO – Institutet för forskning om migration, etnicitet och samhälle, Linköpings universitet, Linköping – Sweden.

• “Constructing Radical Right Populist Resistance: Metaphors of Heterosexist Masculinities and the Family Question in Sweden” – presented at the first interim Conference of ESA RN 32 Political Sociology, Workshop 1 C: “Populism at the polls and beyond: causes and consequences” (4-5.11.2010), Université Lille 2 (CERAPS), Lille – France.

• “Manufacturing Belonging from a Radical Right Populist Perspective: Metaphors of National Family and Heterosexist Masculinities in Sweden”- presented at the 3rd Conference of the NordForsk Network on Multidimensional Equality and Democratic Diversity (DEMDI), Workshop 1: “Citizenship and belonging” (28-29.10.2010), Sigtuna – Sweden.

• “Writing Histories of Pure Swedish Families: Metaphors of Heterosexist Masculinities (Re-)Defining the Family in the Swedish Radical Right Populism“- presented at the 8th European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC 2010), Workshop SEX08: “(Re)-Producing the Nation, Histories of (Re)-Defining the Family? ” (13-16.04.2010) Hogeschool Ghent, Ghent – Belgium.

• “Obsessions of Romanian Purity: Masculinity Metaphors in Romanian Radical Right Populism 2000-2009.”- presented at The ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops (ECPR Joint Sessions) Workshop 17: “Disassembling Populism (and Putting It Back Together Again): Collaborative Empirical Research on Interactions among Populism’s Attributes” (22-27.03.2010) Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster – Germany.

• “Defending Romanianness and Heteropatriarchy. Masculinity Metaphors in Romanian Radical Right Populism”- presented at the XLII Politiikan tutkimuksen päivät/ XLII Annual Meeting of Finnish Political Science Association (FPSA), within the directed Panel “Can Others Become Part of Us? Questions of National (Im)Purity” (11.03-12.03.2010) University of Helsinki, Finland, and Tallinn University, Tallinn – Estonia.

• “Conceptual Metaphors at Work in Radical Right Populist Discourses: Romania is a Family and It Needs a Strict Father”- presented at the 2009 Annual Conference of the Swedish Political Science Association (SWEPSA- Statsvetenskapliga förbundets årsmöte 2009), within Panel “Kön och politik” (8.10-9-10.2009) Örebro University, Örebro – Sweden.

• “Conceptual Metaphors at Work in Radical Right Populist Discourses: Romania is a Family and It Needs a Strict Father”- presented at the 5th European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Conference, within Section Gender and Politics, Panel “Feminism and Conservatism: An uneasy co-existence?” (abstract) (10.09-12.09.2009), Universität Potsdam, Potsdam – Germany.

• “How About Taking Gender in the Theorizing of Populism?”- presented at the 9th Conference of European Sociological Association (ESA), within RN 32 Political Sociology, Panel “The Extreme Right” (abstract) (2.09-5.09.2009), Lisbon University Institute (ISCTE), Lisbon – Portugal.

• “Conceptual Metaphors at Work in Radical Right Populist Discourse. Romania Is a Family and It Needs a Strict Father” -presented at the CBEES Workshop From postcommunism and transitology to non-teleological change. Present and future research on Eastern and Central Europe (15.06-16.06.2009), Södertörn University College, Stockholm – Sweden.

• “Gendering violence in the school shootings in Finland” (co-authored with Prof. Johanna Kantola and Ph.D. Student Jemima Repo) -presented at Politiikan tutkimuksen päivät/ The Political Science Research Days (12.03-13.03.2009), Tampere University, Tampere/Tammerfors – Finland.

• “Violent masculinities and school shootings in Finland” (written together with Prof. Johanna Kantola and Ph.D. Student Jemima Repo) – presented at Foranderlige Mænd og Maskuliniteter i Ligestillede Samfund/ Changing Men and Masculinities in Gender Equal Societies conference, within Theme H: Uddannelse og opdragelse af drenge og piger: normalisering og formning af genus/ The education and upbringing of boys and the formation of masculinities (28.01-30.01.2009), Roskilde University, Roskilde – Denmark.

• “Performing Masculinity within the Nationalist Discourse across the EU – A Comparative Study of Finland, France, Sweden, and Romania -” – presented at XV NOPSA (Nordic Political Science Association) within the Populism workshop (06.08-09.08.2008), Tromsø University, Tromsø – Norway.

• “The Nation as a Defenseless Woman. On Extreme-Right Populist Parties and Gender Conceptualizations”- presented at the “XII International Conference of Young Scholars” (28.05.2008), University of Economics, Prague – the Czech Republic.

• “Reading ‘Princepele’ through the Eyes of the Doomed: Queering the Nationalism and Masculinity of a Communist Romanian Novel”- presented at the PhD course “What’s up in Queer Theory? Recent Developments in Queer Studies” (08.05-10.05.2007), Lund University, Lund – Sweden.

• “Performing Masculinity within the Nationalist Discourse across the EU – A Comparative Study of France, Sweden, and Romania -. A Literature review of the Field” – presented at the PhD course “Masculinities-Discourses and Practices” (30.04-02.05.2007), Aalborg University, Aalborg – Denmark.

Selected book reviews:

• Rensmann, Lars and Julius H. Schoeps (eds.). “Politics and Resentment. Antisemitism and Counter-Cosmopolitanism in the European Union” (Brill Academic Publishers: 2011). Comparative Sociology, 12.3 (2013).

• Keskinen, Suvi, Salla Tuori, Sari Irni and Diana Mulinari (eds.). “Complying with colonialism. Gender, race and ethnicity in the Nordic region” (Ashgate: 2009). Social Anthropology /Anthropologie sociale, 18.2 (2010).

• Smith, Iyall Keri E. and Patricia Leavy (eds.). “Hybrid Identities. Theoretical and Empirical Examinations” (Brill: 2008). Comparative Sociology, 9.3 (2010).

• Parpart, Jane L., and Zalewski, Marysia (eds.). “Rethinking the Man Question.Sex, Gender, and Violence in International Relations” (Zed Books: 2008). Cooperation and Conflict, 44.4 (2009).

• Cockburn, Cynthia. “From Where We Stand: War, Women’s Activism and Feminist Analysis” (Zed Books: 2007). Comparative Sociology, 7.4 (2008).

• Gingrigh, Andre, and Marcus Banks (eds.). “Neo-nationalism in Europe and beyond: perspectives from social anthropology.” (Berghahn: 2006). Social Anthropology /Anthropologie sociale, 16.1 (2008).

• Cohen, Robin. “Migration and Its Enemies. Global Capital, Migrant Labour and the Nation-State” (Ashgate: 2006). Comparative Sociology, 6.4 (2007).

• de L’Estoile, Benoît, Federico Neiburg and Lygia Sigaud (eds.). “Empires, Nations, and Natives: Anthropology and State-Making” (Duke University Press: 2005). Social Anthropology /Anthropologie sociale, 15.3 (2007).

• Enloe, Cynthia. “The Curious Feminist: Searching for Women in a New Age of Empire” (University of California Press: 2004). Social Anthropology /Anthropologie sociale, 15.2 (2007)

• Chabal, Patrick and Jean-Pascal Daloz. “Culture Troubles. Politics and the Interpretation of Meaning” (Hurst & Co: 2006). Comparative Sociology, 6.1-2 (2007).

• Theobald John. “The Media and the Making of History” (Ashgate: 2004). Comparative Sociology,  5.2-3 (2006).

• Kam Louie and Morris Low (eds.). “Asian Masculinities. The Meaning and Practice of Manhood in China and Japan” (RoutledgeCurzon: 2003). Comparative Sociology, 5.1 (2006).