Project Leader
Åbo Akademi University
magdalena.kmak@abo.fi

Deputy PI
Deaconess Foundation
johanna.leinonen@hdl.fi

Project and interaction coordinator
Åbo Akademi University
yasmin.samaletdin@abo.fi

Leader of Work Package 2
University of Turku
mehrnoosh.farzamfar@utu.fi

Leader of Work Package 3
Åbo Akademi University
gunilla.widen@abo.fi

Leader of Work Package 4
Migration Institute of Finland
marja.tiilikainen@migrationinstitute.fi

Co-Leader of Work Package 5
University of Oulu
seija.jalagin@oulu.fi

Co-Leader of Work Package 5
University of Oulu
joa.hiitola@oulu.fi

Leader of Work Package 6
Migration Institute of Finland
saara.pellander@migrationinstitute.fi

Project coordinator
Åbo Akademi University
emilia.plichta@abo.fi

Researcher in WP2
Migration Institute of Finland
jaana.palander@migrationinstitute.fi
In project June 2022-May 2023

Researcher in WP2
University of Turku
mervi.leppakorpi@utu.fi
In project Jan. 2022-Dec. 2024

Researcher in WP2
Åbo Akademi University
stephen.phillips@abo.fi
In project Jan. 2022-May 2024

Researcher in WP2
University of Turku
yulia.y.dergacheva@utu.fi

Researcher in WP2
Åbo Akademi University
dionysia.kang@abo.fi
In project Sept. 2021-

Researcher in WP3
Åbo Akademi University
khadijah.kainat@abo.fi
In project Jan. 2025-Aug. 26

Researcher in WP3
Åbo Akademi University
hilda.ruokolainen@abo.fi
In project Jan. 2023- Dec. 2024

Researcher in WP3
Migration Institute of Finland
linda.backman@migrationinstitute.fi
In project 2023-2024

Researcher in WP4
Migration Institute of Finland
sari.vanhanen@migrationinstitute.fi
In project Feb. 2022-Dec. 2024

Researcher in WP4
University of Oulu
outi.kahari@oulu.fi
In project June. 2022-Nov. 2025

Researcher in WP3
Åbo Akademi University
magdalena.kosova@abo.fi
In project Sept. 2023 –

Researcher in WP4
Migration Institute of Finland
mika.raunio@migrationinstitute.fi
In project Aug. 2022- June 2024

Research assistant in WP 4
Migration Institute of Finland
gabriel.olegario@migrationinstitute.fi
In project Oct. 2022-July 2023

Researcher in WP5
University of Oulu
iida.kauhanen@oulu.fi
In project jan.2022- jul.2024

Researcher in WP5
Åbo Akademi University
liselott.sundback@abo.fi
In project June 2024- Nov. 2025

Researcher in WP5
University of Oulu

Researcher in WP4 and WP5
University of Oulu
elina.turjanmaa@oulu.fi
In project Apr. 2023- Sept. 2025

Researcher in WP5
Migration Institute of Finland
eveliina.lyytinen@migrationinstitute.fi
In project 2022-2023 (10%), 2024-2027 (100%)

Researcher in WP5
University of Oulu
zeinab.karimi@oulu.fi
In project Mar. 2025-Aug. 2027

Leader of Work Package 2
University of Turku
daniela.alaattinoglu@utu.fi