Elina Oinas, Professor

Professor, Swedish School of Social Science
Helsinki Inequality Initiative (INEQ)
Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)
Helsinki Institute of Urban and Regional Studies (Urbaria)
Supervisor for doctoral programme, Doctoral Programme in Gender, Culture, and Society
Supervisor for doctoral programme, Doctoral Programme in Political, Societal and Regional Change

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4340-465X

Phone+358504485641, +358294128474
Emailelina.oinas@helsinki.fi

PB 16 (Snellmansgatan 12)
00014
Finland

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Description of research and teaching

Professor in Sociology

External positions

Dosentti, University of Turku

2010 → …

Docent, Åbo Akademi University

2007 → …

Fields of Science

5141 Sociology
gender
Nordic welfare states
Nordic countries
power
social policy
transnationalism
welfare state
development
health
5203 Development Studies
5200 Other social sciences
Gender Studies

International and National Collaboration

Publications and projects within past five years.

19 Chapter
18 Article
1 Anthology or special issue
1 Other articles
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- 1 Doctoral Thesis

Wayward academia: Wild, Connected, and Solitary Diffractions in Everyday Praxis
Oinas, E., Feb 2021, (Accepted/In press) In : Matter. 2, 1, p. 26-51 25 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
When cultures meet: Microbes, permeable bodies, and the environment
Huttunen, K., Oinas, E. & Sariola, S., 2021, (Accepted/In press) With Microbes. Brives, C., Rest, M. & Sariola, S. (eds.). Mattering Press, 18 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
När finlandssvenskar möter nya ”andra”
Oinas, E., Dec 2020, In : Källan : Svenska litteratursällskapet informerar. 2020, 2, p. 7 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Other articles › General public

Open Access
HIV Politics and Structural Violence: Access to Treatment and Knowledge
Oinas, E., 21 Nov 2019, Gender, global health and violence : Feminist perspectives on peace and disease. Vaittinen, T. & Confortini, C. C. (eds.). London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers , p. 89-114 26 p. (Feminist Studies on Peace, Justice and Violence).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
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Welfare State and Feminist Transnational Knowledge Production
Liu, X., Leppänen, K., Oinas, E., Zhao, Y., Yu, L. & Sundberg, T., 7 Jun 2019, Gendered Dimensions of Welfare in China and the Nordic Region : Feminist transformations, visions and recommendations. A Sino-Nordic Gender Studies Network Workshop The Danish Cultural Center, Beijing 25 – 29 March 2019.. Savinetti, N. (ed.). Copenhagen: NIAS Press, p. 17-23 7 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific

Open Access

1 Not started
3 Active
6 Finished

WIRE: Will to Relevance - Ideals in Finland-Africa Collaborations in Biomedicine and Gender Studies
Oinas, E.
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2024
Project: Research project
SIDA: Svenskfinlands nya konturer – identitet, disidentifikation och solidaritet i möten med nya ”andra”
Oinas, E.
01/04/2020 → 31/12/2023
Project: Research project
EDIT: EDIT - Equality and Democracy in Transformation
Oinas, E.
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2022
Project: Research project
Children's migration in historical and cross-cultural perspectives
Oinas, E., Abebe, T. & Einarsdottir, J.
Project: Research project
SCRIBE: Socialities of a vaccine trial: Bacteria, Tourists, Local Communities, and Scientists in Benin
Oinas, E.
01/01/2017 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research project

69 Academic visit at UH
26 Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
26 Academic visit to other institution
14 Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
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Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities (HSSH) (Organisational unit)
Elina Oinas (Board member)
Dec 2020 → …
Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
Ruhr Univ Bochum, Ruhr University Bochum
Elina Oinas (Visiting researcher)
28 Feb 2020 → 6 Mar 2020
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities (HSSH) (Organisational unit)
Elina Oinas (Board member)
7 Oct 2020 → …
Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in research network
PhD supervision Ella Alin: 'Relationships at the intersection of gender and race: deconstructing whiteness in multicultural Finland' (The doctoral programme in Gender, Culture, and Society)
Eija Ranta (Supervisor), Elina Oinas (Supervisor) & Veronika Honkasalo (Supervisor)
Jan 2019 → …
Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
Henriette Gunkel
Elina Oinas (Host)
27 May 2019 → 2 Jun 2019
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Academic visit at UH