Jukka serves as President of the Finnish Library Association and as President of EBLIDA. He is a writer, educator, politician, broadcast media specialist and besides being involved in library organisations he is also a member of Helsinki City Council, chairperson of the Parliamentary Council for Gender Equality, member of Committee for Human Rights and member of Cultural Board of Helsinki. He has a background in history, having obtained a Master of Arts from Universities of Helsinki and Sussex with specisalisations in Finnish history, social psychology and English and American studies, and has been a lecturer and researcher at the Institute of History at University of Helsinki. He is also a successful author and media personality – has published several books on history, society, culture, libraries and religion, and has been a long-time radio host at Radio Helsinki, TV host at YLE and columnist at Helsingin Sanomat and other publications.