People

Indigenous Studies staff and associated researchers.
Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen

Professor, coordinator of the program

Amazonia, biodiversity, relational onto-epistemologies, Indigenous research methodologies, research ethics, Indigenous sustainability, biocultural heritage, Indigenous knowledge, temporality

Pirjo Virtanen's research portal profile

pirjo.virtanen@helsinki.fi

Phone: +358294140020

Hanna Guttorm

Senior Researcher, Kone Foundation fellow.

Indigenous research methodologies, Indigenous cosmologies, Sámi ontologies, Indigenous sustainability, traditional ecological knowledge, post qualitative research methods, research writing

Hanna Guttorm's research portal profile

hanna.guttorm@helsinki.fi

Phone: +358294140043

Victoria Peemot

Postdoctoral researcher, Kone Foundation fellow

human-nonhuman relationships, memory politics, Indigenous methodologies, environmental humanities

Victoria Peemot’s research portal profile

victoria.peemot@helsinki.fi

+358401202164

 

Outi Laiti

Postdoctoral 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

Outi Laiti's research portal profile

outi.laiti@helsinki.fi

Francisco Moura Cândido Apurinã

Postdoctoral researcher, Indigenous Studies

Human-environment interactions, Indigenous sacred places and their protection

Francisco Apurinã's research portal profile

fr.apurina@gmail.com

Maria Fedina

Doctoral researcher, Indigenous Studies

Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia, Indigenous peoples of the North, the Arctic, self-determination

Maria Fedina’s research portal profile

maria.fedina@helsinki.fi

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

irja.seurujarvi@gmail.com

Phone: +358400876222

 

Jelena Porsanger

 

 

Associated Senior researcher

Indigenous research methodologies, Sámi epistemology

jelena.porsanger@gmail.com

Phone: +4792262212

Stef Spronck

 

Associated University Postdoctoral researcher

Indigenous languages of Australia, linguistic field methods

Stef Spronck's research portal profile

stef.spronck@helsinki.fi

Phone: +358294123320

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

reetta.toivanen@helsinki.fi

Phone:  +358294123737

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

dorothee.cambou@helsinki.fi

Phone: +358294123271

Vanesa Martin Galan

 

Postdoctoral researcher

Bolivian lowlands, Indigenous ontologies, Meteorology, Climate change, Pollution, Collaborative / Indigenous research methodologies

 

vanesa.martin.galan@gu.se

 

Sinituuli Korja

PhD Researcher, Amazonian Indigenous education