Matti Nelimarkka leads the Helsinki Social Computing Group, a collective that works in social and societal computing. His work is focused on politics, democracy and human-computer interaction, including topics such as social media politics, design as political action and societal impact of algorithmic systems. His expertise in social data science and computational methods bridges the gap between advanced methods and and social science research, with a particular focus on the interplay between social theories and their practical application through coding workflows as well as questions on validity and reliability with these novel methods. His multidisciplinary endeavors are grounded in his affiliations: he is an university lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki and visiting scholar at the Department of Computer Science, Aalto University. Dr. Nelimarkka's commitment to integrating academic insights with industry practices is further evidenced by his role at Futurice, a prominent Finnish firm specializing in software consultancy.Dr. Nelimarkka holds a PhD in computer science (University of Helsinki) and the title of docent in media studies (Tampere University) and computer science (University of Helsinki).