Associate Professor in Political Science Researcher
Faculty of Management and Business Tampere University

Niina Meriläinen is a Docent of Political Science at the Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University. She serves as a senior researcher specializing in cognitive and cyber warfare, disinformation, propaganda, intelligence, and information operations. Her work explores the intersections of security, technology, and political communication, contributing to a deeper understanding of information warfare and cognition alongside of kinetic warfare.