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I am a philosopher of science. I am interested in the politics of knowledge production, philosophy of social sciences and sustainability science, social epistemology, and history of science during the Nordic Enlightenment.
I am currently finalising my doctoral thesis "The quest for relevance: Can research help us in solving grand challenges?", and it is currently under review. I looks at the relationship between research funding and research organisation. I am interested in finding out what relevance means for researchers and research institutions. I am a strong supporter of the social sciences and humanities, and believe they should have a greater role in challenge-based funding.
In 2023, I worked as a research coordinator in "ReSES: Rethinking the servicability of economics to the society". In this project, we organised a series of events on the societal role of economics in the society. In 2020-2021, I worked as a doctoral researcher in "Prediction in a Changing Climate". The project studied philosophy of climate sciences, and I was interested especially in the aspect of policy-relevance. In 2017-2019, I worked in "Interdisciplining the university: Towards sustainable knowledge production", which looked at how interdisciplinarity changes (and does not change) university governance and the standards set for academic knowledge.
I have received several personal research grants that have allowed me to work with my doctoral thesis. These foundations include: Finnish Cultural Foundation, Oskar Ölflund stiftelse, and Jenny and Antti Wihurin rahasto.
Teaching
I have taught several courses in philosophy (Masters and Bachelor level). These include: "Philosophy of climate sciences" (2021, together with Tero Ijäs), "Philosophy seminar I" (Bachelor level, 2019), "Introduction to Philosophy of Social Sciences tutorial" (together with Aki Lehtinen, 2017 and 2018).
I would be very happy to supervise Bachelors' or Masters' theses: Send me email, if you have a topic connected to my areas of expertise!
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Scientific
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Professional
Aydinonat, N. E. (Project manager), Lari, T. (Participant), Mäki, U. (Participant), North, J. A. (Participant) & Välikangas, A. (Participant)
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2026
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
Välikangas, A. (Project manager)
01/08/2017 → …
Project: Research project
Salmela, M. (Project manager), Koskinen, I. (Participant), Välikangas, A. (Participant), Merz, M. (Participant), MacLeod, M. (Participant), Munck af Rosenschöld, J. (Participant) & Tulkki, L. (Participant)
01/09/2016 → 31/08/2020
Project: Research project
Välikangas, A. (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Aydinonat, N. E. (Speaker: Chair), Kosonen, T. (Speaker: Presenter), Paananen, M. (Speaker: Presenter), Pekkarinen, E. (Speaker: Presenter), Rentola, E. (Speaker: Presenter), Saarinen, A. (Speaker: Presenter), Välikangas, A. (Secretary of organizing committee), North, J. A. (Member of organizing committee) & Lari, T. (Member of organizing committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Chang, H.-J. (Speaker: Keynote), Aydinonat, N. E. (Chair of organizing committee), Välikangas, A. (Attendee), North, J. A. (Member of organizing committee) & Lari, T. (Member of organizing committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Morgan, M. S. (Speaker: Keynote), Aydinonat, N. E. (Chair of organizing committee), Välikangas, A. (Secretary of organizing committee), North, J. A. (Member of organizing committee) & Lari, T. (Member of organizing committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Aydinonat, N. E. (Chair of organizing committee), Välikangas, A. (Secretary of organizing committee), North, J. A. (Member of organizing committee), Lari, T. (Member of organizing committee), Mäki, U. (Speaker: Chair), Carlin, W. (Speaker: Keynote), Bhatia, R. M. (Speaker: Presenter), Hellström, E. (Speaker: Presenter), Pantzar, M. (Speaker: Presenter) & Uusitalo, R. (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars