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Curriculum vitae
Emilia Palonen (PhD)
Adj. prof. in Political Science (spec. Cultural Politics), Jyväskylän yliopisto
University Lecturer in Political Science, University of Helsinki (2015-20)
Palonen is an expert on populism, democracy, local participative governance and planning - as well as politics of memory in symbolic urban landscapes. Academically she is particularly interested in Europe but also engages worldwide. She was trained as an East Europeanist and BA SSEES, and then for the MA and PhD at Essex in Laclaudian discourse theory in the Ideology and Discourse Analysis programme. She was a student of the political theorist Ernesto Laclau. She currently studies hegemony and political change, and leads an Academy of Finland funded project in the #mediasoc programme: Whirl of Knowledge studies knowledge and communcation in hybrid media systems across Europe through social media big data, experimental analysis and theory of hegemony. She has taught from 2006 methods course at the University of Helsinki and leads a Helsinki Summer School course in Rhetoric-Performative Post-foundational Analysis attended by students across the globe. Besides her expertise on Hungary since 1999, she has been actively following Finnish politics and authors the EJPR Political Data Yearbook on Finland, and the Chair of the Finnish Political Science Association (FiPSA). Furthermore, she is also a recognisable media figure, widely appreciated for her balanced professional opinion.
Previous positions: Researcher Academy of Finland project Asymmetries in European Intellectual Space, Helsingin yliopisto (1.3.2014-31.8.2015)
Researcher, Academy of Finland project Populism as Movement and Rhetoric, University of Jyväskylä (October 2013)
Maternity leave (27.4.2013-29.2.2014)
University Lecturer in Political Science, public administration and organisation studies, University of Helsinki (1.11.2010-30.7.2013)
Postdoc reseracher Finnish Cultural Foundation and Emil Aaltonen Foundation (SKR, EAS 2010)
Senior Lecturer in Cultural Policy (1.12.2008-31.12.2009)
Academy of Finland Funded Visiting Researcher, Northwestern University, Ill. (Fall 2008)
Postdoctoral researcher Finnish Cultural Foundation (SKR) 2008.
Postdoctoral researcher in Academy of Finland project Nations and their Others: Finns and Hungarians (1.3.2007-31.12.2007) Visiting Fellow, Collegium Budapest, Institute for Advanced Study, Summer 2009; and May – August 2008; Visiting Fellow, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, 2007–08
DAAD Junior Visiting Scholar, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, Institute for European Ethnology & Department of Urban and Regional Sociology, May – June 2006
Junior Visiting Fellow, Collegium Budapest, Institute for Advance Study, Budapest, Hungary, September 2005 – April 2006
Körber Junior Visiting Fellow ‘History and Memory in Europe’, Institute for Human Sciences – Institute for Advanced Study, IWM, Vienna, 1 March – 31 August 2005
Education information
PhD in Ideology and Discourse Analysis, University of Essex, D. of Government 20 January 2006
MA in Ideology and Discourse Analysis, University of Essex, Dept. of Government, 2001,
BA (hons) in Contemporary East European Studies, University of London, 2000
University College London (UCL), School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES).
Bauhaus Certificate, Bauhaus Kolleg, Dessau, programme on EU Urbanism 2006–2007
External positions
Adj. professor, University of Jyväskylä
Fields of Science
- 517 Political science
- 5201 Political History
- 519 Social and economic geography
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications 2007 2020
Performing the nation: the Janus-faced populist foundations of illiberalism in Hungary
Palonen, M. E. E., 25 Jul 2018, In : Journal of Contemporary European Studies. 26, 3, p. 308-321 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Jätkät & jytkyt: perussuomalaiset ja populismin retoriikka
Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
Populism on the loose: seminal perflections on the condition of differentiality
Kovala, U. & Palonen, M. E. E., Apr 2018, Populism on the Loose. Kovala, U., Palonen, E., Ruotsalainen, M. & Saresma, T. (eds.). Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopisto, Nykykulttuurin tutkimuskeskus, p. 13-26 14 p. (Nykykulttuurin tutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja; no. 35).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
The city-text in post-communist Budapest: street names, memorials, and the politics of commemoration
Palonen, E., 2008, In : GeoJournal. 73, 3, p. 219-230 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Political Polarisation and Populism in Contemporary Hungary(1)
Palonen, E., Apr 2009, In : Parliamentary Affairs. 62, 2, p. 318-334 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Projects 2010 2022
POVA: Populismin valtavirtaistuminen / Mainstreaming Populism in the Twenty-First Century
Herkman, J., Palonen, E., Salojärvi, V. & Gürhanlı, H.
01/09/2017 → 31/08/2021
Project: Research project
Asymmetries in the European Intellectual Space
Nygård, S., Palonen, E., Strang, J., Rainio-Niemi, J. & Jalava, M.
01/09/2012 → 31/08/2016
Project: Research project
ASyMe: Suomen Akatemian hanke: Asymmetriat Euroopan intellektuaalisella kentällä
Strang, J., Nygård, S., Rainio-Niemi, J., Palonen, E. & Jalava, M.
01/09/2012 → 31/08/2016
Project: Research project
Prizes
Design competition: A new symbol for Europe: Among top 12 designs out of 1400
Emilia Palonen (Recipient), 27 Apr 2010
Prize: Prizes and awards
Dosentti (Valtio-opin erit. kulttuuripolitiikan tutkimuksen) - Adj. Professor title in Political Science, spec. Cultural Policy Research
Emilia Palonen (Recipient), 19 May 2016
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities 2008 2019
Populism on the Loose: From Demography to Democracy
Emilia Palonen (Keynote speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
The 17th Thesis Eleven Forum Annual Lecture ‘Populism and Democracy in Contemporary Europe’
Emilia Palonen (Keynote speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Provincializing Populism
Emilia Palonen (Speaker: Keynote)Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Opponent of PhD thesis: Hegemony and the Intellectual Function: Medialised Public Discourse on Privatisation in Sweden 1988-1993
Emilia Palonen (Opponent)Activity: Examination types › Opponent of doctoral dissertation
Tieteellisten seurain valtuuskunta (TSV) (External organisation)
Emilia Palonen (Board member)Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
Press / Media
ABC National Radio in Australia interviews on Hungarian Politics
22/10/2016
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
TV debate on populism in Europe: A-studio, A-talk
09/03/2017
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
"They are usually looking to block" - the EU risks stopping if populists win the election
19/05/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Why are nationalism and right-wing populism rising in Europe?
06/05/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media