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Mikko Mattila serves as Professor of Political Science at the University of Helsinki's Faculty of Social Sciences, where he supervises doctoral candidates in both the Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences and the Doctoral Programme in Political, Societal and Regional Change. His ORCID profile (0000-0002-2289-8486) reflects extensive scholarly engagement.
His research centers on comparative political behavior, with specialization in European Union decision-making processes (particularly Council voting), health-related political engagement, and intraparty competition dynamics. Recent projects include the completed IntraComp: Intraparty Competition (2018-2022) and Health and Political Engagement (2013-2017), examining how physical/mental health conditions moderate political participation across age cohorts.
Publication trends reveal sustained output in top journals like Electoral Studies and European Journal of Political Research, with recent work focusing on mental health's complex relationship with voting behavior, economic voting patterns in polarized environments, and candidate-centered campaigning in open-list systems.
- The Journal of Common Market Studies Best Article Prize 2015 for 'Money Makes the World Go Round: the Objective Foundation of Conflict in the Council of Ministers' (awarded 2017)
With 215 recorded academic activities including 130 peer reviews and 42 media engagements, Mattila actively contributes to scholarly discourse through journal editing, conference participation, and public commentary on Finnish/EU politics. His supervised work includes 6 doctoral projects, while consultancy activities focus on election analysis and policy evaluation.
Current research directions involve analyzing youth participation through EUBS Broadcasting Station collaborations and examining Finnish commissioner appointments, maintaining strong connections between academic research and real-world political processes.
