Research output per year
Research output per year
PL 18 (Unioninkatu 35), 211
HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO
Finland
PL 18 (Unioninkatu 35)
00014
Finland
Research activity per year
My research operates at the intersections of development, politics, and power in Latin America and Africa. I am particularly interested in Indigenous and ethnic politics, anti-racism activism, democracy and intersectional inequalities in the Global South, as well as decolonizing and locally grounded alternatives to mainstream development thinking and practice. In terms of Finland's development policy, my key focus is on the strengthening of civil societies and democracy.
My ongoing Academy of Finland research project (2019-2023) investigates new forms of Indigenous, ethnic, youth, and feminist activism in post-popular uprising contexts of the Global South (Bolivia, Kenya, Tunisia). The research team consists of myself (PI), university researcher Henri Onodera and PhD candidate Martta Kaskinen.
During my Academy of Finland fellowship (2021-2026), my research focuses on social justice and raciality in Latin American revolutions (Bolivia, Cuba), with a particular focus on anti-racism activism and in collaboration with anti-racist activists.
My first book Vivir Bien as an Alternative to Neoliberal Globalization (Routledge, 2018) examines Indigenous politics, state formation and transformative alternatives to mainstream development thinking through the ethnographic analysis of state discourses and bureaucratic applications of the notion of Vivir Bien/Buen Vivir (living well) in Bolivia. I investigated the potentials and challenges in the search for more just, inclusive and ecologically sustainable alternatives to growth-based development models in the global South.
Development Studies, D.Soc.Sc.
Award Date: 2 Dec 2014
Cultural and Social Anthropology, MSSc
Award Date: 17 May 2006
Associate researcher, Centro Latinoamericano de Ecología Social (CLAES)
2 Jan 2016 → 31 Dec 2017
Associate researcher , Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi
1 Nov 2014 → 31 Oct 2015
Research output: Book/Report › Book › 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 › Commissioned report
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Ranta, E., Rodriguez Malagón, A., Zenteno, C., Pulkkinen, H. M., Sarkkinen, H. T. & Tarnaala, E. M. G.
01/09/2021 → 31/08/2026
Project: Research project
Ranta, E., Onodera, H., Kaskinen, M., Arnivaara, I. E., Hämäläinen, M. J. & Marttinen, H. T.
01/09/2019 → 30/06/2024
Project: Research project
Ranta, E., Urvas, A. & Ylönen, M.
13/03/2023 → 15/04/2023
Project: Research project
Kontinen, T., Palmusaari, M., Perhaler, M., Ranta, E. & Salmivaara, A.
13/12/2021 → 13/06/2022
Project: Research project
01/01/2013 → 30/06/2014
Project: Research project
Eija Ranta (Member of editorial board)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal
Eija Ranta (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Marikki Karhu (Keynote speaker), Eija Ranta (Keynote speaker), Juho Uusihakala (Keynote speaker) & Tiina Kontinen (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Eija Ranta (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Eija Ranta (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
10/11/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
27/07/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
07/09/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
28/06/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
10/05/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media