I joined Adoc and LID in October 2022, after completing a dual PhD degree in Political Science and Public Administration from Sciences Po Toulouse and Tallinn University of Technology. My doctoral thesis compared the effects of research funding reforms on collaboration and publication practices in sociological research across the three Baltic States from 1988 to the mid-2010s. 

Since joining Adoc, I have focused primarily on policies related to doctoral careers, though my previous publications cover a wide range of topics including governance of science policies, scientific policy development, social sciences and sociology, academic disciplines, and transformations of public policies in post-communist contexts. Additionally, I have professional experience in project management and leadership roles within Estonia’s youth policy, having previously worked at the Estonian Ministry in charge of youth policy, served as a student representative, and collaborated extensively with NGOs and EU-related institutions.

I study how national and European public policies influence doctoral careers across various scientific fields, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. My research adopts a pragmatic approach to social science, drawing on both analytical public policy frameworks and the sociology of public action, with a specific focus on research and development (R&D) policies.

I conduct one- to two-day training sessions designed for international doctoral researchers at various universities. These sessions cover a range of topics, such as doctoral project management, thesis defense preparation, personal strategies for academic and-non academic careers, personal branding and digital identity, professional networking, international mobility, multicultural competencies, among others. Additionally, in 2018, I developed and taught an undergraduate course on higher education and research policy.

1. 2025 (in press): Institutional mechanisms supporting PhD graduates’ transition into diverse careers. In E. Löfström, I. van der Weijden, S. Bengtsen, & K. Inouye (Eds.), Transitions in researcher education and careers. Routledge, with Kereselidze, N., Parmentier, M., van der Weijden, I., Hinostroza Paredes, Y., E, L., & Skakni, I.

2. 2025: Rationalité des transitions postdoctorales : conflits entre les représentations, ressources, et vécus des doctorants et des titulaires de doctorat. La Revue internationale de pédagogie de l’enseignement supérieur, 41(1), with Bran, A. https://doi.org/10.4000/13gp8

3. 2024: Evolution of doctorate policy governance: The rising influence of international organizations. International Higher Education, (118), 24–26, with Lafon, M. https://ihe.bc.edu/pub/aejv41w8/release/2

4. 2024: Examining policy response to international PhD student mobility in France: Immigration, Europeanisation, internationalisation. International Higher Education, (119), 10–12, with Alimukhamedov, F. https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/18011

5. 2022: Practices and discourses of internationalisation: Baltic States’ sociology before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Revue d’histoire des sciences humaines, 40, 186–206. https://doi.org/10.4000/rhsh.7072

6. 2022: Possibilities and limits in the appropriation of neoliberal research funding models: Social Sciences and Humanities funding in the Baltics. Revue internationale de politique comparée, 29(1), 127–150. https://doi.org/10.3917/ripc.291.0127

7. 2021: Science policy meets post-New Public Management: Estonian and Finnish reforms 2012–2015. Journal of Baltic Studies, 52(1), 127–150, with Virtanen, J. https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2020.1857277

8. 2018: Structuring effect of the EU Framework Programmes in Estonia? The case of sociology. Revue Gouvernance, 15(1), 43–62. https://doi.org/10.7202/1056260ar

9. 2018: Paths of Baltic States public research funding 1989–2010: Between institutional heritage and internationalisation, Science and Public Policy, 46(3), 391-403. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scy066

10. 2017: Organizational Transformation and Scientific Change: The Impact of Institutional Restructuring on Universities and Intellectual Innovation (Research in the Sociology of Organisations, Volume 42), edited by: Richard Whitley and Jochen Gläser. Bingley: Emerald, 2014, pp. 406., Interdisciplinary Political Studies, 3(1) 223-226. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X201442

11. 2015: Mutations institutionnelles post-soviétiques et temporalité individuelle : la politique de la jeunesse en Estonie, Temporalités, 22. https://doi.org/10.4000/temporalites.3235

– European Union R&D Policiesx
– Doctoral Policies and Careers
– Research Methods: qualitative interviewing, ethnography of public administration, multilevel analysis, process tracing, case studies, comparative methods, bibliometrics, document and discourse analysis, theory-based generalization, grounded theory, situational analysis, and policy analysis frameworks (including institutional analysis, policy transfer, and policy implementation).

– Independent expert representing Adoc TM, at the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) Working Group for Early- and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCRs) – Assessment and Research Culture
– Member of the research network The European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), SIG24
– Member of the COST Action European Network on International Student Mobility: Connecting Research and Practice (ENIS)
– Member of ConCoRD-SHS (Conditions et contraintes de réalisation des doctorats en sciences humaines et sociales)