Pirkko Liisa Raudaskoski

Pirkko Liisa Raudaskoski is a Professor in the Department of Communication and Psychology at Aalborg University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. She is affiliated with the Mediated Communication research group and the Center for Cultural Psychology, where she leads the VILA - Video Research Lab. Her research spans practical studies, discourse analysis, and sociomaterial approaches, with a focus on intelligibility-in-practice through video-based methods.

Her research interests center on how people make sense of and accomplish actions in everyday and institutional settings. She employs ethnomethodological conversation analysis, multimodal interaction analysis, and membership categorization analysis to study social practices. Her theoretical framework is grounded in sociomaterialism, linking micro-level interactions to broader societal issues such as public participation, healthcare, and environmental sustainability. She contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals through work in communication, pedagogy, media research, and professional discourse.

Her recent publications and projects reflect a strong trend in methodological innovation, particularly in the use of 360-degree video, immersive analytics, and software tools for qualitative research. Themes include assemblage theory, affective orientation in learning, healthcare interaction, and social robotics. She has contributed to major publications such as The Cambridge Handbook of Analysing Discourse and developed open-source tools like 360mash.

• Research leader of the Velux-funded HUMpraxis project How to talk about medicines? (2024–2027)
• Co-investigator in Touch and Affect in Health Care Interaction (2021–2025)
• Participant in Environmental Humanities Cluster and SIMVIDIA projects
• Active peer reviewer and academic contributor, including service for the Swiss National Science Foundation

She supervises PhD students and teaches methodological courses in communication and psychology, covering ethnomethodology, discourse analysis, and qualitative research design. She has been involved in organizing conferences and workshops internationally and has contributed to academic discourse through public engagement and media appearances on topics such as propaganda and research freedom.

Her research is supported by multiple grants from national and international bodies, and she collaborates across disciplines and institutions. She leads and participates in labs and research groups including VILA - Video Research Lab and DigHumLab, focusing on digital tools for qualitative inquiry and immersive analytics.