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Research activity per year
I am a Science and Technology Studies scholar drawing from sociologies of medicine/health and illness, law and society, and to a lesser degree from sociology of insurance.
My current project (2023-2025) is studying insurance medicine: using qualitative methodology, I focus on the interaction of medicine, insurance and law in varied institutional contexts of dispute resolution.
I am also engaged (2024-2025) in an interdisciplinary research project that uses computational methods to model cross-disciplinary diffusion of knowledge.
My dissertation (2020) handled medical expertise in Helsinki District court from the perspective of science and technology studies, with emphasis on judges' evaluation of evidence, advanced MRI technology, and clinical practice guidelines in court.
I teach and coordinate a post graduate course on science, expertise and society at University of Helsinki.
Sociology, Doctor of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki
Award Date: 1 Sept 2020
Political science, M.Soc.Sc
Award Date: 30 Jul 2008
Research output: Other contribution
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
Taipale, J. (Principal Investigator)
01/03/2023 → 31/12/2025
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
Mäihäniemi, B. (Principal Investigator), Taipale, J. (Principal Investigator) & Li, S. (Principal Investigator)
15/12/2022 → …
Project: Research project
Koulu, R. (Principal Investigator), Sankari, S. (Project manager), Koivisto, I. (Participant), Mäihäniemi, B. (Participant), Hakkarainen, J. M. (Participant), Taipale, J. (Participant), Havu, K. (Participant), Schütte, B. (Participant), Honkasalo, T. (Participant), Lindroos-Hovinheimo, S. (Participant), Söderholm, S. (Participant), Hirvonen, H. (Participant), Maroni, M. (Participant), Kontiainen, L. E. (Participant), Wernick, A. (Participant), Heikkinen, T. S. (Other), Heikkonen, S. K. (Other), Alizadeh Westerling, F. (Participant), Banzuzi, E. (Participant), Li, S. (Participant), Heydari, T. (Participant) & Wong-Toropainen, S. K. (Participant)
01/11/2016 → …
Project: Research project
Sankari, S. (Project manager), Koivisto, I. (Principal Investigator), Alizadeh Westerling, F. (Participant), Hakkarainen, J. M. (Participant), Honkela, T. (Participant), Kiviluoma, S. S. K. (Participant), Koulu, R. (Participant), Lehtinen, S. S. (Participant), Maroni, M. (Participant), Mäihäniemi, B. (Participant) & Taipale, J. (Participant)
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/09/2019 → 30/04/2024
Project: Research Council of Finland: Targeted Academy Project
Taipale, J. (Visiting researcher)
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
Taipale, J. (Speaker) & Pääkkönen, J. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Taipale, J. (Speaker: Presenter) & Pääkkönen, J. (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Taipale, J. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Taipale, J. (Chair of organizing committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars