Hilli is a university lecturer and associate professor in pedagogy at Åbo Akademi University, with a research focus on Didaktik and digital spaces. Hilli has contributed to the development of hybrid and distance education and is currently involved in research on generative AI in education through the NordicEdAI (2024–2027) and COWRITE (2025–2027) projects. She leads the study programme in higher education pedagogy and poeda, the Finnish-Swedish postqualitative research network in education.