Indigenous Studies staff and associated researchers.
People
Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen
Associate professor, coordinator of the program
Amazonia, research ethics, Indigenous research methodologies, relational ontologies, Indigenous epistemologies, Indigenous sustainability, traditional knowledge, TEK
Pirjo Virtanen's research portal profile
Phone: +358294140020
Hanna Guttorm
Senior Researcher, Kone Foundation fellow 2020–2024, postdoctoral fellow within Sustainability Science (HELSUS) (2018-2020).
Indigenous research methodologies, Indigenous cosmologies, Sámi ontologies, Indigenous sustainability, traditional ecological knowledge, post qualitative research methods, research writing
Hanna Guttorm's research portal profile
Phone: +358294140043
Francisco Moura Cândido Apurinã
Postdoctoral researcher, Indigenous Studies
Human-environment interactions, Indigenous sacred places and their protection
Laura Siragusa
University Researcher within Indigenous Studies and the Environmental Humanities Programme at UH (HUH) (2017-2019/2021-2022). P.I. and Senior Researcher of the KONE Säätiö project, A tangible heritage: Vepsian language and non-human agencies to co-construct a northern environment (2019-2021)
Linguistic, Environmental, and Medical Anthropology, Indigenous Methodologies, Human-Environment relations, Heritage Language Revival Movements, Language Responsibility and Materiality
Laura Siragusa's research portal profile
Phone: +358294123315
Irja Seurujärvi-Kari
Associated Senior researcher
Indigenous Studies, Sámi languages, language revitalization, Indigenous movement, language policy, indigeneity, Sámi movement, indigenous women's leadership
Irja Seurujärvi-Kari's research portal profile
Phone: +358400876222
Jelena Porsanger
Associated Senior researcher
Indigenous research methodologies, Sámi epistemology
Phone: +4792262212
Reetta Toivanen
Associated Researcher, HELSUS Professor in Sustainability Science (Indigenous Sustainabilities)
Critical narratives on Europe, the Arctic, human rights, Indigenous sustainabilities, youth, equality, human rights education
Reetta Toivanen's research portal profile
Phone: +358294123737
Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares
Associated Postdoctoral Researcher
Indigenous and Local Knowledge, ethnoecology, biocultural diversity
Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares's research portal profile
alvaro.fernandez-llamazares@helsinki.fi
Phone: +358294159076
Outi Laiti
Associated researcher
Sámi games, Indigenous games, Game jamming, Indigenous Game Design, Indigenous worldview, Indigenous research methodologies, Intangible heritage, Ethnoprogramming, Indigenous programming, Indigenous ICT, Human-Computer Interaction
Maria Fedina
Doctoral student, Indigenous Studies
Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia, Indigenous peoples of the North, the Arctic, self-determination
Heidi Konttinen
Doctoral student, Indigenous Studies, Finnish Cultural Foundation grantee
Arctic; Indigenous sustainabilities; local sustainabilities; human-nonhuman relationships; ontological approach to crafts, art and design
Rani-Henrik Andersson
Associated University Lecturer
Indigenous peoples of North America, nature parks
Rani-Henrik Andersson's research portal profile
rani-henrik.andersson@helsinki.fi
Phone: +358294121725
Dorothee Cambou
Assistant professor in Sustainability science
Indigenous peoples' rights, land and resource governance, self-determinaton issues, energy justice
Dorothee Cambou's research portal profile
Phone: +358294123271
Stef Spronck
Associated University Researcher
Indigenous languages of Australia, linguistic field methods
Stef Spronck's research portal profile
Phone: +358294123320