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Marina Lindell is a Research Fellow at Åbo Akademi University's Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, affiliated with the Social Science Research Institute's Minority Research unit. Her work focuses on deliberative democracy, political polarization, and ethnolinguistic identity dynamics, particularly among Swedish-speaking minorities in Finland.
- Research Themes: Democratic renewal, public deliberation, language policy, and societal polarization.
- Projects: Leading initiatives on affective polarization, citizen assemblies, and language climate analysis.
Recent publications examine how personality traits influence deliberative experiences, the role of ethnolinguistic identity in language climate change, and democratic innovations like minipublics for sustainable transformations. She has received the FSD Data Handling Prize (2024) and the Årets Docent Award (2025).
- Scientific Awards:
- FSD Data Handling Prize (2024)
- Årets Docent Award (2025)
Active in academic evaluation (funding applications, thesis examinations) and conference participation (e.g., MPSA 2025), Lindell contributes to sustainability governance frameworks and comparative studies of deliberative mini-publics.
