Curriculum vitae

Curriculum Vitae

Kaisa Ketokivi

Uudisraivaajankuja 10 AS 1

FIN-00730 Helsinki, FINLAND

Phone +358 40 705 1243, E-mail [email protected]

Education

Doctor of Social Sciences

Department of Social Research, Sociology, University of Helsinki (2010)

Dissertation “The Relational Self and the Social Bond and the Dynamics of

Personal Relationships. A Sociological Analysis”

Master of Social Sciences

Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki (2003)

Major: sociology, Minors: philosophy and social psychology

Includes Master-level coursework in sociology and philosophy at the University of

Minnesota (1998-1999)

Positions

Current

Post-doctoral researcher in sociology

Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki (2010 – 2013)

Part-time lecturer in sociology

Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki (2009 – present)

Seminar coordinator and chairperson

Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, sociology research seminar (2006 –present)

Past

Researcher in sociology

Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki (2004 – 2010)

Part-time lecturer in sociology

Adult Education Program, University of Helsinki (2007)

Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki (2004)

Research assistant

Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki (2003)

Philosophy teacher

Haukilahti High School, Espoo, Finland school year (2000 – 2001)

Visiting

Visiting Researcher,

New York University, USA, Institute for Public Knowledge (3 months in 2011)

Visiting Research Fellow,

University of Lausanne, Pavie Research Center, Switzerland (4 weeks in 2009)

Visiting Research Fellow, University of Leeds, CAVA – Centre, UK (6 weeks in 2006) 

Research allocations, grants and prizes (last five years)

2010 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Helsinki

Post-doctoral grant, € 21 000 (option for a three year project, 2010-2013)

2009 Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Helsinki

To work on doctoral dissertation, € 4000

2008-2009 Emil Aaltonen Foundation, Tampere

To dedicate to work on doctoral dissertation, 2 X € 20 300

2005-2007 Academy of Finland, Helsinki

Full-time employment in projects led by Prof. Riitta Jallinoja

2003 The Finnish Youth Research Society, Helsinki

Master’s Thesis Award, € 1500

Other Professional Activities

Editorial Review Board member

‘Sosiologia’, Journal of the Finnish Sociological Association (2007-2009; 2010-present)

Guest Editor

‘European Societies’, Special Issue “At a crossroads: Contemporary Lives between

Fate and Choice”, (11(3)), Journal of European Sociological Association, ESA (2006-2009)

Ad Hoc Reviewer

Gaudeamus Helsinki University Press, book chapters (2008)

Panelist

University of Joensuu, 1-year expert panel on the future of informal care (2007)

Invited Speaker

New York University, Institute for Public Knowledge, USA (2011)

Morgan Centre for the Study of Personal Relationships, University of Manchester, UK (2006)

Co-editor (with Docent Sinikka Aapola)

The Finnish Youth Research Society, Anthology of sociological chapters on young people's paths to adulthood,

‘Polkuja ja poikkeamia - Aikuisuutta etsimässä’ (2005)

Teaching

Sociological concepts – Historical and critical perspectives

Master-level course (together with Dr. Katja Yesilova & Dr. Mianna Meskus)

Embedded agency – Experience and social bonds

Master-level course (together with Prof. Docent Marja-Liisa Honkasalo)

Introduction to sociology

Undergraduate course

Personal relationships and individualized society

Research seminar for advanced undergraduates

Supervision of six Master’s theses in sociology on social bonds and personal relationships