Upcoming visits to Helsinki in the Visiting Professor Program

The HSSH Visiting Professor Program continues to bring many internationally recognized scholars to the City Center Campus of the University of Helsinki in 2025.

The HSSH Visiting Professor Program continues to bring many internationally recognized scholars to the City Center Campus of the University of Helsinki in 2025.

This article features preliminary information on visits during the spring term. Detailed information will be posted once it is available. You can also contact the local contact(s) of the Visiting Professors for more information on the detailed program of the visits.

 

Kirsten Fischer, University of Minnesota

Local contact: Laura Kolbe

Kirsten Fischer is currently visiting Helsinki and will give a talk at the HSSH Brown Bag Seminar on 29.1.2025. Click here for more information.

 

Ingrid Schoon, University College London

Local contacts: Katariina Salmela-Aro & Katja Upadaya

Ingrid Schoon is visiting Helsinki in February, 17.–28.2.2025. She will hold a lecture and a workshop during her visit in Helsinki. You can reach out to the local contacts for more information.

 

Kohei Saito, University of Tokyo

Local contacts: Michiru Nagatsu & Sakari Säynäjoki

Kohei Saito’s second visit to Helsinki is coming up in March. There will be seminar events during the week 10.–14.3. and more information about these will be posted later.

 

Mirko Schäfer, University of Utrecht

Local contact: Minna Ruckenstein

Mirko Schäfer is visiting Helsinki in March, 12.–16.3. 

 

Nick Couldry, The London School of Economics and Political Science

Local contact: Risto Kunelius

Nick Couldry is visiting Helsinki in April, 7.–16.4. and he will give a keynote talk on 9.4.. More information on this and other events will be posted later.

 

Fred Markowitz, Northern Illinois University

Local contact: Janne Kivivuori

Fred Markowitz is visiting Helsinki for the month of May, 2025. The visit is jointly funded by HSSH and Northern Illinois University. On May 7th Professor Markowitz will give a  presentation on the topic “Mental Illness, Social Integration, and Criminal Offending” at the Criminological Seminar. On May 14th he will give a presentation at HSSH’s Brown Bag Seminar, titled “Mental Illness, Social Integration, and Criminal Offending”.

 

Surinder Jodhka, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Local contact: Johanna Rainio-Niemi & Meri Kulmala

Surinder Jodhka is visiting Helsinki during May–June, approximately around 25.5.–16.6.2025. More information about the visit will be posted later.

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