Dr. Samuli Kangaslampi
PhD in Psychology
Academy Research Fellow, University Lecturer
Speaker, Trainer
Fields of Expertise and Interest
- psychological trauma and traumatic stress
- effects of trauma and stress on child and adolescent development
- psychotherapy research, mechanisms of change involved in psychological treatment
- autobiographical memory, earliest memories, traumatic memories
- psychoactive substances, psychedelics
Roles and Employment
I am permanently employed as a University Lecturer in clinical psychology at Tampere University. For 2026-2030, I am on leave from that position and working as an Academy Research Fellow, funded by the Research Council of Finland. In 2023-2025, I was also a Senior Researcher at INVEST, University of Turku, and in 2023-2024, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Maastricht University.
In addition, I am chairperson of the Finnish Psychotrauma Society, vice chairperson of the Finnish Association for Psychedelic Research, member of board of the Finnish Psychological Society, and chairperson of the Section for Research, Teaching, and Development Activities of the Finnish Psychological Association. I also act as Editor-in-Chief of Psykologia (Journal of the Finnish Psychological Society).
Speaker and Trainer
I have years of public speaking, teaching, and lecturing experience and am available for talks, lectures, presentations, training events etc. on the above topics at different levels of expertise, in English or Finnish.
I have given lectures and trained professionals at a wide variety of events organized by, e. g., the Hospital Districts of Pirkanmaa, Helsinki and Uusimaa, and Southwest Finland, the City of Tampere, the City of Helsinki, Johns Hopkins University, Maastricht University, Tampere University, University of Jyväskylä, University of Turku, Tampere Vocational College, the Deaconess Foundation, Central Union for Child Welfare, the Network for Preventive Substance Abuse Work.
I am also an amateur improv actor and perform regularly in public and private events in Finland as part of improv troupe Ohimeni.
Contact me at samuli @ kangaslampi . net
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0480-9806 Research profile