Projects

• Children in care: Globalization and resistance

Site of research: Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University
Project director: Academy Research Fellow Olga Ulybina
Sponsor: Academy of Finland (Suomen Akatemia), period: 1/9/2021 – 31/8/2026

• Inner Truth Evaluation: Technologies of evaluation and testimonial practices in assessing the “inner truth” of individuals (ITE)

         Site of research: Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University
         Project director: Dr Valtteri Vähä-Savo
         Sponsor: Kone Foundation (2021-2024)

• Epistemic Capital in the Synchronization of National Policies (Extended project): The effects of COVID-19

Site of research: Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University
Project director: Professor Pertti Alasuutari
Sponsor: Academy of Finland (2020-2021)

• European solidarities in turmoil (EUsoil): Relational scaffolding of epistemic work in policy debate

Site of research: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere
Project director: Dr. Hanna Rautajoki
Sponsor: Academy of Finland (2018-2021)

• Understanding the impact of EU policies on the deinstitutionalization of child care in non-EU Eastern European countries

Site of research: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere
Project director: Dr. Olga Ulybina
Sponsor: European Commission,  Horizon 2020 (2018-2020)

• The Rise of International Policy Models and Recommendations: The Case of the OECD

Site of research: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere
Project director: Dr. Marjaana Rautalin
Sponsor: Academy of Finland (2017-2020)

• Epistemic Capital in the Synchronization of National Policies

Site of research: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere
Project director: Professor Pertti Alasuutari
Sponsor: Academy of Finland (2016-2020)

• Epistemic Governance in Policymaking

Site of research: School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Uni. of Tampere
Project director: Professor Pertti Alasuutari
Sponsor: Academy of Finland (2014-2018)

• Morality in politics

Site of research: School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Uni. of Tampere
Project director: Dr Ali Qadir
Sponsor: Academy of Finland (2016 – 2019)

• Synchronization of National Policies

Site of research: School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Uni. of Tampere
Project director: Professor Pertti Alasuutari
Sponsor: Kone Foundation (2014-)

• The Moderns: A Study on the Governmentality of World Society

Site of research: School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Uni. of Tampere
Project director: Professor Pertti Alasuutari
Sponsor: Academy of Finland (2009 – 2013)

• The Domestication of Ubiquitous Communication

Site of research: School of Social Sciences & Humanities, Uni. of Tampere
Project director: Professor Pertti Alasuutari
Sponsor: Academy of Finland, Research Programme MOTIVE (2009 – 2012)

• Domesticating Design at Work

Site of research: School of Social Sciences & Humanities, Uni. of Tampere
Project director: Ph.D (sociology), psychologist Virve Peteri
Sponsor: Academy of Finland (2009 – 2012)

• Knowledge Production, Power, and Global Social Change: The Interplay between the OECD and Nation States

Site of research: Department of Social Research, Uni. of Tampere
Project director: Professor Pertti Alasuutari
Sponsor: Academy of Finland (2006-2009)