Lukinmaa, Pauliina

I work as a postdoctoral researcher in Gender Studies at the School of Humanities, University of Eastern Finland. In my postdoctoral project, funded by the Kone Foundation (2023–2026), I study the everyday practices, networks, and expressions of transnational solidarity among Russian-speaking LGBTIQ+ activists in the Baltic states and online, particularly following Russia's full-scale war of aggression in Ukraine in 2022. My ethnographic PhD research (2022) examined LGBTIQ+ activism in St. Petersburg during the late 2010s, focusing on how activists formed their activism, identified as activists and created their own places in the city. From November 2025, I have worked part-time on a project "Menopausing: Diversity, Awareness, and Activism" (2024–2028, funded by the Research COuncil of Finland). I focus on the LGBTIQ+ communities, examining how they access information, create spaces for themselves, and form communities of support. I am a board member of the Association for Gender Studies in Finland and a vice member at the executive team of the national HILMA Network for Gender Studies.