Kaarina Kailo has published numerous co-edited books on topics from post-colonialism (Sami people) to feminist views on folkore, storytelling, literature, gift economy/gift imaginary, neoliberal economic philosophy, honour-related gender violence, mythology, ecofeminism, bear myths, and sauna and sweatlodge as gynocentric ritual spaces. Her current research compares Northern Indigenous women s writings on trauma and healing. She is active in local, national and international Green-Left politics.