I am Nora Repo-Saeed, a researcher and a devoted people person, who is passionately committed to promoting equality and non-discrimination. I can help you get started if you want to broaden your horizons and change the world one person at a time.
I have a strong, wide-ranging expertise in issues of inclusion and am able to analyse any context in depth. My own personal story is one of being different, of making non-traditional choices and of being excluded. I want to work on promoting equality, so that others do not have to go through the same thing.
About
Achievements
Community Building Projects
Peer Reviewed Publication
2025
A research article 'Resisting Oppression Creatively. Counter-stories as Expressions of Resistance among Religious Minorities in Finnish Schools' on religious minorities in Finnish comprehensive schools, co-authored with Milena Parland.
https://irstudies.org/index.php/jirs/article/view/1075
Open Letter to the President of France Emmanuel Macron
2022
ln the newspaper Ouest-France, together with other authors, I responded to the challenge addressed by the French president to write a new, inclusive and participatory history of Europe.
https://www.ouest-france.fr/reflexion/point-de-vue/point-de-vue-le-temps-est-venu-d-ecrire-une-histoire-de-l-europe-ef4f2a2e-7d2a-11ec-94d8-f8316f0f985f?fbclid=IwAR3ZSIoUbY_-TpCiwslU_KPQAwLJoz68V9QLOv7IcGFzNrbDQtU0Q1_j4TQ
Project Planning
2020
Planning the ‘Toward a New Us’ project, which aimed to promote social cohesion, inclusion and non-discrimination, for the ADRA Finland Foundation.
https://adra.fi/2020/12/04/yhteiskuntamme-on-meidan-kaikkien/
Bachelor's Thesis with an Emphasis on a Marginalized Community
2020
A thesis dealing with undocumentedness and assistance work. The thesis was awarded a prize by the Finnish Association for Research on Diaconia.
https://www.theseus.fi/items/33b603f3-2254-4520-89ac-3ac2d9ddf030
https://www.dts.fi/sivellin-palkinto/
Steps along the Way
Some Highlights of My Diversity Work
Conference Speaker, 2026
In Research Conference in Theology and Religion 2026, with the presentation 'Diversity as both a challenge and a strength in the social care workplace. Reflections on the everyday life and the holy in a diverse community.' (FIN Erilaisuus työyhteisön haasteena ja voimavarana sosiaalihuollossa. Pohdintaa monimuotoisen työyhteisön arjesta ja pyhästä).
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/research-conference-theology-and-religion-2026/programme
Co-Writer, When the School Is Unsafe Material (SWE När skolan är otrygg), 2023
I contributed in writing a material compiling information on anti-discrimination work in primary schools in Finland.
https://research.abo.fi/fi/publications/n%C3%A4r-skolan-%C3%A4r-otrygg/
Event Organizer, 2019
Organiser of two seminar events bringing together religious communities and political decision-makers, which were held at the Finnish Parliament.
https://hermannindiakoniatalo.com/2019/12/20/vihapuheesta-myotatuntoon-nakokulmia-suomalaiseen-yhteiskuntaan/
European Citizens' Initiative's Registration, 2018
One of the seven EU citizens who registered the ‘We Are a Welcoming Europe' citizens’ initiative at the European Commission.
https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2018/000001_en
My Moto
'Humanity, inclusion and solidarity seem more important than ever, yet they are perhaps valued less than ever before. We can always influence our own perspectives, if only we want to. Everyone can play a part in building a society based on inclusion and genuine equality.
Be curious and get excited – come and join us!'