{"id":583,"date":"2025-08-08T13:35:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T11:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/?page_id=583"},"modified":"2025-10-28T12:38:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:38:45","slug":"pauliina-lukinmaa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/menopausing-network\/people\/pauliina-lukinmaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Pauliina Lukinmaa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/535\/2025\/10\/Connect-Pauliina-Lukinmaa-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-722\" style=\"width:290px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/535\/2025\/10\/Connect-Pauliina-Lukinmaa-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/535\/2025\/10\/Connect-Pauliina-Lukinmaa-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/535\/2025\/10\/Connect-Pauliina-Lukinmaa-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/535\/2025\/10\/Connect-Pauliina-Lukinmaa-5-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pauliina is a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Humanities, University of Eastern Finland. Her research focuses on the everyday practices and community-building efforts of LGBTIQ+ activists across various contexts, with an emphasis on transnational networks, cultural exchange, and identity formation. Pauliina\u2019s ethnographic PhD research (2018\u20132022) examined the development of LGBTIQ+ activism in St. Petersburg during the late 2010s under an increasingly authoritarian regime. Her current project (2023\u20132026) explores the everyday practices, networks, and expressions of transnational solidarity among Russian-speaking LGBTIQ+ activists in the Baltic states, particularly in the wake of Russia\u2019s full-scale war of aggression in Ukraine in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of November 2025, Pauliina will begin working part-time and later transition to full-time on the \u201cMenopausing: Exploring Diversity, Awareness, and Activism\u201d project (2024\u20132028). Drawing on Queer and Cultural Studies, Pauliina investigates menopause activist communities and influencers in Finland who strive to advance gender and age equity both online and offline. Central to the project is the introduction of the term \u201cmenopausing,\u201d which conceptualizes menopause as a dynamic and evolving process shaped by the interplay of lives, contexts, and language. Pauliina focuses on LGBTIQ+ individuals and their efforts to challenge traditional notions of biology and gender associated with menopause. She explores the transformative power of LGBTIQ+ menopause communities, examining how they create spaces for gender ambiguity and fluidity, encouraging a rethinking of identity, gender, and aging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact: pauliina.lukinmaa[at]uef.fi<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"links-block\">\n\n    \n    <ul class=\"link-list\">\n        \n            \n            <li class=\"link-list-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/pauliina.lukinmaa\/\" class=\"link-reset link hover-scale-down\">\n                    <svg\n        width=\"43\" height=\"25\"\n        viewBox=\"0 0 43 25\"\n        xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n    <path\n        d=\"M30.027 0 43 12.5 30.027 25 27 22.083 34.351 15H0v-5h34.351L27 2.917z\"\n        fill=\"currentColor\"\n        fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\/>\n<\/svg>                    <div>UEF Connect &#8211; Pauliina Lukinmaa<\/div>\n                <\/a>\n                <div class=\"link-info\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n\n        \n            <li class=\"link-list-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/fi.linkedin.com\/in\/pauliina-lukinmaa-she-her-642991aa\" class=\"link-reset link hover-scale-down\">\n                    <svg\n        width=\"43\" height=\"25\"\n        viewBox=\"0 0 43 25\"\n        xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n    <path\n        d=\"M30.027 0 43 12.5 30.027 25 27 22.083 34.351 15H0v-5h34.351L27 2.917z\"\n        fill=\"currentColor\"\n        fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\/>\n<\/svg>                    <div>LinkedIn<\/div>\n                <\/a>\n                <div class=\"link-info\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n\n        \n            <li class=\"link-list-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2317-7103\" class=\"link-reset link hover-scale-down\">\n                    <svg\n        width=\"43\" height=\"25\"\n        viewBox=\"0 0 43 25\"\n        xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n    <path\n        d=\"M30.027 0 43 12.5 30.027 25 27 22.083 34.351 15H0v-5h34.351L27 2.917z\"\n        fill=\"currentColor\"\n        fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\/>\n<\/svg>                    <div>ORCID<\/div>\n                <\/a>\n                <div class=\"link-info\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n\n                <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div id=\"accordion-block_6d0ec198744024e138a3cb8e7c9dda10\" class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-8067\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-8067\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLukinmaa, P.; Ott, M.; &amp; Lulle, A. (2025). H\u00e4pe\u00e4st\u00e4 kohti moninaisia vaihdevuosia. Politiikasta.fi. \t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-8067\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-8067\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Julkinen keskustelu vaihdevuosista on murroksessa. Vaihdevuosien vallankumouksellinen potentiaalin vapauttaminen vaatii asennemuutosta ja kielellist\u00e4 k\u00e4\u00e4nnett\u00e4.<\/p>\n<p>Lue koko Politiikasta-tiedeverkkolehdess\u00e4 julkaistu puheenvuoro klikkaamalla\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/politiikasta.fi\/hapeasta-kohti-moninaisia-vaihdevuosia\/\">t\u00e4st\u00e4<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-7654\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-7654\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLukinmaa, P. (2022). LGBTIQ+ activists in St Petersburg: forming practices, identifying as activists,  and creating their own places. Dissertations in Education, Humanities, and Theology 2022; 188: Punamusta Oy.\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-7654\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-7654\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>This study examines the everyday activities of LGBTIQ+ activists in St Petersburg, Russia, a country that is currently hostile to minorities. The ethnographic study is located in the intersections of Cultural, Russian, and Gender Studies.<\/p>\n<p>Government suppression, legislative restrictions, and societal discrimination, as well as the manifold and multivocal LGBTIQ+ activist movement and the diversity of metropolitan St Petersburg, form a complex setting in which LGBTIQ+ activists create different tactics and strategies within various networks to realize their activist practices. Drawing on this environment, the study examines three main analytical themes. First, it investigates how LGBTIQ+ activists form and organize their activities in St Petersburg. Second, it explores how LGBTIQ+ activists identify with and name themselves as activists in St Petersburg. Finally, it examines how LGBTIQ+ activists create their own places in St Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p>The whole dissertation is available by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/erepo.uef.fi\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/72f77d35-bd0a-416d-a6f0-a2d9c4edef6f\/content\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pauliina is a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Humanities, University of Eastern Finland. Her research focuses on the everyday practices and community-building efforts of LGBTIQ+ activists across various contexts, with an emphasis on transnational networks, cultural exchange, and identity formation. 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