Veikko Isotalo (PhD) is a senior researcher in Political Science at the University of Turku. Isotalo defended his thesis on effects of ideology on political candidates' electoral success in multi-party open-list systems in 2025. Veikko is currently part of ERC-funded ADDI research project. His work focuses on digital democratic innovations, including voting advice applications (YouthVAA). Veikko is a co-founder of OpenVAA non-profit. Additionally, Veikko has been part of Kansalaisbarometri and he is an active member of Finnish National Election Study.

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