Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
I am a historian specializing in business and political history, business-politics links, business and employers' associations, and industrial relations.
Research interests:
Business-politics-links; business political power; corporate political activity
Industrial relations; Finnish employer policies; labour market relations and policies
Neoliberalism and neoliberalisation
History pedagogy
(Photo by Veikko Somerpuro)
Curriculum vitae
Employment history
2023-2025 University of Helsinki: University Researcher, Centre for Nordic Studies (CENS), Department of Cultures
2020-2023 University of Turku: University Instructor, Contemporary History
2018, 2020 University of Helsinki: Postdoctoral researcher, Helsinki University Humanities Programme
2018-2019 University of Helsinki: University lecturer (acting), Business History
2017 University of Helsinki: University lecturer (acting), Finnish and Nordic History
2016-2018 University of Helsinki: Researcher in researcher project "A Long Engagement: Business and Tripartite Corporatism in Finland, 1940-2020"
Education
2016 Doctor of Philosophy, Finnish and Nordic History, University of Helsinki; PhD thesis: The Vanguard of the Market Economy: The Political Activity of Finnish Business in the 1970s and 1980s
2007 Master of Arts, Finnish and Nordic History, University of Helsinki; Master's thesis: "Täydellinen itsenäisyys ulospäin. - Ja järjellinen järjestys sisäänpäin” : Ylioppilaat ja järjestyksenpitokysymys vuonna 1917 [“Absolute Independence Outwards – And Reasonable Order Inwards” : Students and the Maintenance of Order, 1917]
Education/Academic qualification
History, Title of Docent, Faculty of Arts
Award Date: 28 Mar 2024
University Pedagogy, Teacher’s Pedagogical Studies (60 ECTS), University of Turku
Award Date: 8 Jun 2022
Finnish and Nordic History, Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts
Award Date: 25 Oct 2016
Fields of Science
- 615 History and Archaeology
- Finnish and Nordic History
- 5201 Political History
- 5202 Economic and Social History
- Business history
- Yrityshistoria
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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More than meets the eye: Finnish employers and the centralised labour market model, 1960s–2020s
Wuokko, M., Kuorelahti, E. & Jensen-Eriksen, N., 20 Mar 2025, In: Scandinavian Economic History Review. 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Työmarkkinakulttuuri, geopolitiikka, suhdannetekijät – selityksiä Suomen työmarkkinoiden murroksille
Kärrylä, I. & Wuokko, M., 2025, In: Työelämän tutkimus. 23, 1, p. 128-140 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
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Essential yet evasive: Theoretical and methodological insights into business power and influence
Wuokko, M. & Fellman, S., 26 Nov 2024, In: Business History. 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
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Fragments of libertarianism and neoliberal ascendancy: ideological features and limitations of the liberal breakthrough in Finland
Kärrylä, I., Strang, J. & Wuokko, M., 2 Sept 2023, In: Journal of Political Ideologies. 28, 3, p. 392-411 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Tieto, taito, into ja yhteisö: Yliopisto-opettajien näkemykset historian asiantuntijuudesta ja sen kehittymisen tukemisesta opintojen alkuvaiheessa
Translated title of the contribution :Knowledge, skill, motivation, and community: University teachers’ views on expertise in history and its development in the early stages of university studies Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile
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Nyliberaliseringen av den nordiska demokratin?
Strang, J. (Project manager), Bergenheim, S. (Participant), Nygård, S. (Participant) & Wuokko, M. (Participant)
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2026
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Project
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Pitkät kihlajaiset: Yritykset ja kolmikantakorporatismi Suomessa 1940-2020
Kuorelahti, E. (Principal Investigator), Jensen-Eriksen, N. (Project manager), Wuokko, M. (Principal Investigator) & Tala, H. (Project manager)
02/01/2016 → 31/12/2018
Project: Research project
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Quantitative Leap in the Humanities
Wuokko, M. (Principal Investigator), Jensen-Eriksen, N. (Project manager) & Danielsbacka, M. (Principal Investigator)
01/01/2016 → 31/12/2016
Project: Other project
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Business, Governments and International Trade in Cold War Europe
Saarinen, H. (Participant), Jensen-Eriksen, N. (Project manager) & Wuokko, M. (Participant)
01/01/2012 → 31/12/2015
Project: Research project
Prizes
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Helsingin yliopiston historian laitoksen tutkimustoimikunnan apuraha
Wuokko, M. (Recipient), Dec 2009
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Helsingin yliopiston kanslerin matka-apuraha
Wuokko, M. (Recipient), Apr 2010
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Historiatieteiden tutkijakoulun matka-apuraha
Wuokko, M. (Recipient), Sept 2009
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Kanslianeuvos Kaarlo Koskimiehen ja rouva Irma Koskimiehen stipendirahaston matka-apuraha
Wuokko, M. (Recipient), Mar 2010
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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Neoliberalization of Nordic Industrial Relations?
Wuokko, M. (Speaker: Presenter) & Jensen-Eriksen, N. (Speaker: Presenter)
24 Apr 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Annual Conference of the European Business History Association
Wuokko, M. (Speaker: Presenter), Kuorelahti, E. (Speaker: Presenter) & Jensen-Eriksen, N. (Speaker: Presenter)
11 Jul 2024 → 13 Jul 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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8th Annual meeting of the Danish Society for Economic and Social History & 3rd meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Economic and Social History
Jensen-Eriksen, N. (Speaker: Presenter) & Wuokko, M. (Speaker: Presenter)
26 Oct 2022 → 27 Oct 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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#28 Humanistisen taloushistorian ABC
Vuorio, L. K. (Participant) & Wuokko, M. (Participant)
19 Jan 2021Activity: Other activity types › Other
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The People's Republic of China’s Seven Decades of Foreign Economic Relations
Wuokko, M. (Chair of organizing committee) & Fellman, S. (Member of organizing committee)
5 Mar 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Press/Media
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Mikä maksaa? Tammikuun kihlaus 80 vuotta
Jensen-Eriksen, N. & Wuokko, M.
23/01/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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