Anniriikka Rantala (M. Soc. Sci.) is a doctoral researcher in gerontology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Finland. She co-leads Working Group 2 ‘Community and Place,’ in the Participatory Approaches with Older Adults (Paar-net) COST action. Rantala is also a member of the executive committee of the Democracy Research Network at Tampere University and a member of the Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care (CoE AgeCare). Her research interests include the linkages between living environment and social inclusion, civic participation, communities, ageing in suburban neighbourhoods, and sociomaterial perspectives on ageing and neighbourhoods.