Research output per year
Research output per year
PL 18 (Unioninkatu 35)
00014
Finland
Research activity per year
Anni Kajanus is a cognitive and psychological anthropologist, working at the interfaces between culture and cognition, morality and cooperation. Her regional focus is China, where she has worked on a range of topics including migration, one-child policy, gender, education, and child-development.
Her most recent research brings together methods and approaches from anthropology and psychology, for a comparative study of human social and cognitive development across cultural-historical contexts, including cooperative behaviours, morality, emotional life, etc. Currently Anni is leading two projects that investigate the role of irritation in human sociality, funded by ERC Starting Grant, and Academy of Finland.
Before joining UH, Anni held postdoctoral fellowships (Marie Sklodowska-Curie; Leverhulme) at the Department of Anthropology, LSE, and the Department of Psychology, Harvard.
Anni received her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Helsinki, MSc in Migration Studies from the University of Amsterdam, and BA in Anthropology from the University of Kent.
Anni is the author of Chinese Student Migration, Gender and Family.
Ph.D., Univeristy of Helsinki
M.Sc., University of Amsterdam
BA, University of Kent
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Kajanus, A. & Sarasjärvi, R. E.
01/10/2022 → 30/09/2027
Project: EU Horizon Europe: European Research Council (HORIZON-ERC)
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2026
Project: Academy of Finland: Academy Project
Anni Kajanus (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Anni Kajanus (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Anni Kajanus (Board member)
Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in public Finnish or international organization
Anni Kajanus (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Anni Kajanus (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
04/04/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
18/02/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media