Research output per year
Research output per year
PL 24 (Unioninkatu 40)
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Research activity per year
Education
2013 Docent (habilitation), Latin American studies.
2007 PhD, Latin American Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland.
2000 Master of Arts. University of Turku. Major in Comparative Religion and Philosophy. Minor in Development Studies, History, and Educational Sciences.
Most important posts
2016– Professor (tenure track) in Indigenous Studies, University of Helsinki.
2023-2026 Project leader "Biocultural heritage and non-linear time", funded by the Kone Foundation.
2021–2024 Project leader "Conceptualizing Biodiversity in Amazonia", funded by the Academy of Finland.
2020-22 Project leader "The Anthropocene in an onto-ethico-linguistic approach in Amazonia", UH Faculty of Arts, Future Fund.
2016–21 Director and researcher in the Academy of Finland project "Large-scale Subclimax in the Amazonian Lowland Forests due to Pre-Colombian Deforestation". The University of Helsinki and University of Turku research consortium.
2017–2019 Project leader "Indigenous Research Methods in Academia", funded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation. Nordic network of 20 researchers.
2016 Senior Researcher in the Academy of Finland project "Mind and the Other – An Interdisciplinary Study on the Interactions of Multiple Realities".
2015 Senior Researcher in the Academy of Finland project "United in Diversity: Monumental Landscapes, Regionality and Cultural Dynamism in Pre-Columbian Western Amazonia".
2014–2016 Project leader "Transforming the Future in Brazil: Ritual and Indigenous agencies", the University of Helsinki 3-year projects.
2013–2016 Member of the project Fabriq’Am (La fabrique des “patrimoines”: Mémoires, savoirs et politique en Amérique indienne aujourd’hui), funded by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche. Université Paris Nanterre.
2010–2014 Postdoctoral researcher in the Academy of Finland project "New native leaderships and forms of power in Amazonia".
(2010, 2012 Maternity leave)
2008–2010 Postdoctoral researcher, the Centre EREA (Enseignement et Recherche en Ethnologie Amérindienne), Université de Paris Nanterre, funded by the Academy of Finland and the Kone Foundation.
2007-2008 Researcher in the Academy of Finland project "Cultural Systems, Folk Religion and Modernization in the Amazon".
2007 Project member in "Bridging the distance" –project among Oneida youth, Canada, funded by the Tokyo Foundation.
2005 Researcher in the Academy of Finlandproject "Man and Nature in Western Amazonian history".
Positions of trust and evaluator roles
Most important foreign research visits
Awards and grants
2022 Kone Foundation (3 postdocs, 1 doctoral researcher)
2022 Svenska Kulturfonden (1 postdoc, 1 doctoral researcher)
2022 Finnish National Agency for Education (university exchange 2,5 years project)
2021 Academy of Finland, 4-year research project (PI + 4 researchers)
2020 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Lapland Regional Fund
2020 University of Helsinki, Faculty of Humanities, Future Fund, PI
2019 University of Helsinki, seed funding
2017 Finnish Cultural Foundation, scientific collaboration grant (co-PI + 20 scholars)
2013 University of Helsinki, the Research Funds, 3-year project (PI + 3 PhD researchers)
2013 Faculty of Arts, the Future Funds
2009 Academy of Finland, 3-year postdoctoral project
2008 Academy of Finland, research mobility (France) and fieldwork grant (Brazil)
2008 Kone Foundation, postdoctoral research grant
2007 Bourse Legs Lelong, CNRS/France, postdoctoral research visit grant
2006 Sariola Foundation, doctoral research grant
2005 Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Foundation (Sylff), University of Helsinki, doctoral research grant
2004 Finnish Konkordia Fund, doctoral research grant
2003 Finnish National Cultural Foundation, doctoral research grant
Supervision
Thesis and dissertation review tasks
Memberships in science associations
Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Virtanen, P. K., Peemot, V., Fedina, M. & Apurinã, F.
01/01/2023 → 31/01/2026
Project: Research project
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2026
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
Virtanen, P. K., Apurinã, F., Fernandez-Llamazares Onrubia, A., Lima-Padovani, B. F. S., Piludu, V., Gonzaga Roa, A., Piludu, V., Pärssinen, M., Soares de Lima Padovani, B. F., Spronck, S. & Facundes, S.
SUOMEN AKATEMIA Vähäkylä Leena
01/09/2021 → 31/08/2025
Project: Academy of Finland: Academy Project
01/09/2021 → 31/12/2024
Project: Ministry funding
Kantonen, L., Guttorm, H., Hirvonen-Nurmi, K., Kantonen, P., Kramvig, B., Misa, S., Pirak Sikku, K., Berkin, S. C., Porsanger, J., Seurujärvi-Kari, I. & Virtanen, P. K.
01/01/2021 → 31/12/2024
Project: Research project
Stef Spronck (Speaker) & Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Stef Spronck (Member of organizing committee), Ekaterina Gruzdeva (Member of organizing committee), Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen (Member of organizing committee), Vlada Baranova (Member of organizing committee) & Andrei Călin Dumitrescu (Member of organizing committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen (Host)
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Academic visit at UH
Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Laura Siragusa & Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen
06/08/2020 → 17/08/2020
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Laura Siragusa & Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen
07/08/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
26/06/2020 → 29/06/2020
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media