Religion, Migration, Settlement
Reflections on Post-1990 Immigration to Finland
Biographical note
Tuomas Martikainen, Ph.D. (2004), Åbo Akademi University, is Professor of Ethnic Relations at the Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, Finland. His areas of interest in the study of religion include globalisation, migration and settlement, governance and consumerism.
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Students, post-graduates and scholars interested in religion, migration and diaspora.
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