Reko Elovainio

Reko Elovainio is a researcher at the Department of Psychology at the University of Helsinki, where Elovainio completed both undergraduate and graduate education. Elovainio's research focuses on collective psychological ownership and its implications for intergroup relations, with particular attention to how collective ownership beliefs shape attitudes toward immigration and welfare chauvinism. Elovainio's work examines phenomena including collective epistemic ownership, territorial ownership, and the experiences of second-generation immigrants, contributing to understanding of how groups develop shared psychological claims over resources, territories, and national identity.