Elina Penttinen (PhD) is the author of Joy and International Relations: a new methodology (Routledge 2013). She has been teaching research methodology and scientific writing using mindfulness, cultivation of positive emotions and postmodern qualitative approach since 2009. Currently she works as university lecturer in Gender Studies, Department of philosophy, history, culture and art studies, University of Helsinki. Her current research project focuses with physical experience of emotional abuse in the field of feminist study of violence. She has expertise in methodology for political and social sciences. For inquiries of mindfulness based research methodology courses contact elina.penttinen@helsinki.fi.