Johanna Rainio-Niemi is Associate Professor in Political History at the University of Helsinki.

She is currently Co-PI in several research projects, e.g.: WelKnowHow: Compromise-building in a Welfare State: State Committees in Finland and Sweden as Inclusive Institutions; WelKnowHow: State Committees Institution in Finland and Sweden: A Case for Inclusive Democracy and Good Quality Policy Preparation?

Recent publications include ‘Neutrality Law in A Comparative Perspective: Austria, Switzerland, Finland‘ The Defence Horizon Journal (2023) with P. Hilpold et al.; ‘Social cohesion through policy coordination: The state, interests and institutions in Austria and Finland after 1945′, in: Ch. LIoyd, M. Hannikainen (ed.), Social Cohesion and Welfare States : From Fragmentation to Social Peace (Abingdon: Routledge 2022) 128-160.