Anne Häkkinen is currently working as a postdoctoral research fellow in the multidisciplinary research project People as keepers of intangible industrial heritage (2020-2022) at the University of Jyväskylä, Department of History and Ethnology (ethnology and anthropology), in Finland. Her research interests are diverse ranging from industrial and cultural heritage to migration. Häkkinen has previously studied translocality, transnational marriages, gender, couple formation, arranged marriages, online courtship, and sexuality in the Kurdish diaspora (Ph.D. 2020). She has also worked on several research projects related to migration and integration conducted by the Migration Institute of Finland. She has long-standing experience of carrying out different types of interviews, such as oral history and ethnographic interviews as well as survey inquiries. She is especially experienced in using qualitative narrative methods and analysis.