Research output per year
Research output per year
PL 24 (Unioninkatu 40)
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Finland
Finland
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.
2021–2024 Project leader "Conceptualizing Biodiveristy in Amazonia", funded by the Academy of Finland.
2020-22 Project leader "The Anthropocene in an onto-ethico-linguistic approach in Amazonia". UH Future Fund.
2016–21 Director and leading researcher in the project "Large-scale Subclimax in the Amazonian Lowland Forests due to Pre-Colombian Deforestation", funded by the Academy of Finland. 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 Researcher in the project "Mind and the Other – An Interdisciplinary Study on the Interactions of Multiple Realities", funded by the Academy of Finland.
2015 Researcher in the project "United in Diversity: Monumental Landscapes, Regionality and Cultural Dynamism in Pre-Columbian Western Amazonia", funded by the Academy of Finland.
2014–2016 Project leader "Transforming the Future in Brazil: Ritual and Indigenous agencies". 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 Oueste, Nanterre La Défense.
2015 Visiting scholar in the Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana.
2010–2014 Postdoctoral research project "New native leaderships and forms of power in Amazonia". University of Helsinki and the Centre EREA of LESC, Université de Paris Ouest, funded by the Academy of Finland.
2013 Project leader of "Creative Indigenous Actors: Integration of Indigenous Studies at the University of Helsinki", funded by the Faculty of Art’s Future Fund. Department of World Cultures, University of Helsinki, Finland.
(2012 Maternity leave)
2012–2013 Principal partner investigator in the bilateral research project "Movement and Spatial Construction" with the Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
(2011 Maternity leave)
2008–2010 Postdoctoral researcher, the Centre EREA (Enseignement et Recherche en Ethnologie Amérindienne) of Ethnology and Comparative Sociology Research Institute, Université de Paris Ouest – Nanterre la Défense, Paris. Personal post doctoral project "Multidimensional Tradition, Embodied Alterity and indigenous youth in Amazonia" funded by the Academy of Finland and the Kone Foundation.
2009 Team leader in "Oral Tradition at Indigenous Schools in Amazonia" project with the Manchineri community and Pro-Indian Commission (Comissão Pró-Índio do Acre), Brazil. Joint Social Action funded by the Tokyo Foundation.
2005, 2008 Researcher in the project "Man and Nature in Western Amazonian history", funded by the Academy of Finland.
2007-2008 Researcher in the project "Cultural Systems, Folk Religion and Modernization in the Amazon", funded by the Academy of Finland.
2007 Project member in "Bridging the distance" –project among Oneida youth, Canada. Joint Social Action funded by the Tokyo Foundation.
Positions of trust and evaluator roles
Most important foreign research visits
Awards and grants
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 (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., Apurinã, F., Fernandez-Llamazares Onrubia, A., Lima-Padovani, B. F. S., Piludu, V. & Facundes, S.
01/09/2021 → 31/08/2025
Project: Research project
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
Virtanen, P. K., Facundes, S., Rueter, J., Apurinã, F., Guttorm, H., Siragusa, L., Piludu, V. & Peemot, V.
01/01/2020 → 31/12/2022
Project: Other project
01/12/2019 → …
Project: Other project
Bastubacka, J., Guttorm, H., Hugason, H., Knuutila, J., Kylli, R., Larsen , K. E., Murtonen, S., Olsen, G., Talonen, J., Vallikivi, L. & Virtanen, P. K.
Project: Research project
Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen (Member of organizing committee), Stef Spronck (Member of organizing committee), Alvaro Fernandez-Llamazares Onrubia (Speaker: Presenter), Outi Kaarina Laiti (Speaker: Presenter), Victoria Peemot (Speaker: Presenter) & Aung Si (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen (Chair of organizing committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen (Chair) & Nataša Gregorič Bon (Speaker: Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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