Curriculum vitae

Education

2013     Docent (habilitation), Latin American studies.

2007     PhD, Latin American Studies, University of Helsinki.  

Positions of trust and evaluator roles

• Since 2025, Faculty Board of Humanities, vice-member.
• Since 2023, Advisory board member of the CHAM, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa.
• Since 2023, Finnish National IPBES panel, vice-member.
• Since 2022, Editorial Board member of the Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
• Since 2018, Board member of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS).
• 2022–2025, Faculty of Humanities, Research committee member, UH.
• 2020–2025, Board member of the Finnish Ibero-American Foundation.
• 2020–24, Board member of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America–SALSA.
• 2018–24, Working group member of the Sámi Research Ethical Principles, Finland.
• 2017-2023 Steering Committee member of the HELSUS–Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science.
• Since 2016, Board member of Intercultural Encounter (ICE) Master program, UH.
• Since 2017, Board member of Finnish and Finno-Ugrian languages and cultures master program.
• Since 2015, and 2010–13, UH Research Fund’s Sylff Steering Committee member.
• 2019–2022 Whitten Research Fund Committee member (and chair 2020–22), Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America.
• 2011–2018, Editorial Board member of the Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology.
• 2019–2022, Sustainability Self-steering Committee Member, UNA-Europa, EU.
• 2019–2021, Teaching committee member, Faculty of Humanities, UH.
• 2007–2013, Chair person of the Sylff Alumni Association, UH.
• (Pre)reviewer of numerous doctoral dissertations.
• Referee for numerous academic journals and publishing houses.
• Evaluator for numerous research project funding calls.

Awards and grants

2026-33          Center of Excellence MultiBEING Justice in Indigenous Societies, Consortium

2026    Finnish National Agency for Education, TFK-funding

2024-25    Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program (University of California, Davis)

2024     Wenner Gren Foundation (SALSA conference)

2023    EU Marie Curie Staff Exchanges (16 UH researchers) 

2022    Kone Foundation (3 postdocs, 1 PhD researcher)

2022    Svenska Kulturfonden (1 postdoc, 1 PhD researcher)

2022    Finnish National Agency for Education, TFK-funding 

2021    Research Council 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, 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  

Memberships in science associations

• Member of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA)
• Member of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)
• Member of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America (SALSA)
• Member of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
• Member of the American Anthropological Association (AAA)
• Member of the Finnish Society for Science and Technology Studies (STT)
• Member of the Finnish Anthropological Society
• Member of the Société des Américanistes
• Member of the Helsinki Association of Women Researchers