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Johanna Kantola is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a particular focus on political science and international relations as well as gender studies. Their extensive academic contributions include work within strategy and management, sociology and political science, and public administration subfields.

Their recent publications cover topics intersecting gender politics, European Union policy, social policy reform, and populism. Notable papers include:

  • Strategies of right populists in opposing gender equality in a polarized European Parliament (2020), International Political Science Review
  • Gender, Violence, and Political Institutions: Struggles over Sexual Harassment in the European Parliament (2020), Social Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society
  • De-Democratization and Opposition to Gender Equality Politics in Europe (2021), Social Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society
  • Reframing the language of human rights? Political group contestations on women's and LGBTQI rights in European Parliament debates (2021), Journal of European Integration
  • Feminist Governance in the European Parliament: The Political Struggle over the Inclusion of Gender in the EU's COVID-19 Response (2022), Politics & Gender

Kantola's coauthors frequently include Anna Elomäki, Petra Ahrens, Emanuela Lombardo, Cherry Miller, and Valentine Berthet. Collaboration with these researchers reflects a concentrated interest in gender and political issues.

The publication venues that regularly feature Kantola's work include:

  • Social Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society
  • JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies
  • International Political Science Review
  • European Journal of Politics and Gender
  • Journal of European Integration

In addition to journal articles, Kantola has authored a book titled Social Partners and Gender Equality published by Springer International Publishing in 2021.

The researcher's topics of study emphasize:

  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • Gender, Security, and Conflict
  • Labor Movements and Unions

Best Publications

  • RETHINKING WOMEN'S SUBSTANTIVE REPRESENTATION

    Karen Celis;Sarah Childs;Johanna Kantola;Mona Lena Krook

  • Gender and the European Union

    Johanna Kantola

  • Feminists Theorize the State

    Johanna Kantola

  • Changing state feminism

    Johanna Kantola;Joyce Outshoorn

  • From state feminism to market feminism

    Johanna Kantola;Judith A Squires

  • Constituting women's interests through representative claims

    Karen Celis;Sarah Childs;Johanna Kantola;Mona Lena Krook

  • Gender and the European Union

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  • Discourses Surrounding Prostitution Policies in the UK

    Johanna Kantola;Judith Squires

  • ‘Why Do All the Women Disappear?’ Gendering Processes in a Political Science Department

    Johanna Kantola

  • Institutionalizing Intersectionality in Europe: INTRODUCING THE THEME

    Johanna Kantola;Kevät Nousiainen

  • Gender and Political Analysis

    Johanna Kantola;Emanuela Lombardo

  • Populism and feminist politics: The cases of Finland and Spain

    Johanna Kantola;Emanuela Lombardo

  • Gender and the Economic Crisis in Europe

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  • State Feminism Finnish Style: Strong Policies clash with Implementation Problems

    Anne Maria Holli;Johanna Kantola

  • Introduction: Gender and Politics: A Gendered World, a Gendered Discipline

    Karen Celis;Johanna Kantola;Georgina Waylen;S. Laurel Weldon

  • Intersektionaalisuus metodologiana ja performatiivisen intersektionaalisuuden haaste

    Sanna Karkulehto;Tuija Saresma;Hannele Harjunen;Johanna Kantola

  • Strategies of right populists in opposing gender equality in a polarized European Parliament

    Johanna Kantola;Emanuela Lombardo

  • Gender and the state: From differences between to differences within

    Johanna Kantola;Hanne Marlene Dahl

  • Gender and Political Analysis

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  • Theorizing Feminist Struggles in the Triangle of Neoliberalism, Conservatism, and Nationalism

    Anna Elomäki;Johanna Kantola

  • Party Politics and Radical Right Populism in the European Parliament: Analysing Political Groups as Democratic Actors

    Johanna Kantola;Cherry Miller

  • Gendering the Representative Work of the European Parliament: A Political Analysis of Women MEP's Perceptions of Gender Equality in Party Groups.

    Johanna Kantola;Lise Rolandsen Agustín

  • Women's Political Representation in the European Union

    Johanna Kantola

  • Gender, Violence, and Political Institutions: Struggles over Sexual Harassment in the European Parliament

    Valentine Berthet;Johanna Kantola

  • De-Democratization and Opposition to Gender Equality Politics in Europe

    Emanuela Lombardo;Johanna Kantola;Ruth Rubio-Marin;Ruth Rubio-Marin

  • Working parents and the welfare state: family change and policy reform in Scandinavia

    Johanna Kantola

Frequent Co-Authors

Emanuela Lombardo
Emanuela Lombardo Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Karen Celis
Karen Celis Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Sarah Childs
Sarah Childs University of Edinburgh
Mona Lena Krook
Mona Lena Krook Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Judith A Squires
Judith A Squires University of Bristol
Georgina Waylen
Georgina Waylen University of Manchester

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