Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Terhi Utriainen is Professor in the Study of Religions at the University of Helsinki (Faculty of Theology) as well as Adjunct Professor (Docent) both in the Study of Religions and Gender Studies. Her research and teaching interests include ethnography of lived and vernacular religion, gender and embodiment, ritual studies, death, dying and suffering. She has recently co-edited the special issue Religion and Spirituality as Sites of learning (Approaching Religion 14:2 [2024]) and is co-editor of Post-secular Society (Transaction Publishers 2013), Finnish Women Making Religion: Between Ancestors and Angels (Palgrave MacMillan 2014) and The Relational Dynamics of Enchantment and Sacralization: Changing the Terms of the Religion versus Secularity Debate (Equinox 2016), as well as the special issue Appropriation as a Perspective and Topic in the Study of Religon in the journal Approaching Religion (13/3).
Education/Academic qualification
Learning from new religion and spirituality
1 Sept 2019 → 31 Aug 2023
Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Doctoral Programme in Theology and Religious Studies
Fields of Science
- 614 Theology
- Study of religions
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Asialla olemisen vaikeus: Sekulaari ympäristöahdistus ja agentin ongelma
Vesala, K., Niska, M. & Utriainen, T., 15 Apr 2026, In: Uskonnontutkija. 15, 1, 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Disneyfying Demise: Taming Death with Enchantment in Disney Animation Films
Salo, E. & Utriainen, T., 2026, In: Journal for Religion, Film and Media. 12, 1, p. 55-71 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Finnish Minority Perspectives on the Relations between Work, Religion, and Spirituality
Kupari, H., Butters, M. & Utriainen, T., 24 Jun 2026, In: Nordic Journal of Religion and Society. 39, 1, p. 21-36 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Heikki Pesosen juhlanumero
Bergholm, A. (Editor) & Utriainen, T. (Guest editor), 15 Apr 2026, Finnish Society for the Study of Religion. (Uskonnontutkija; vol. 15, no. 1)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
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Luonto, ihminen ja enkeli taideyleisöjen kulttuurisessa mielikuvituksessa
Utriainen, T., Bergholm, A. & Ortiz-Nieminen, O., Apr 2026, In: Uskonnontutkija. 15, 1, 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile
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Artivism across borders: The influence of digitalised activist art about Iranian women’s protest (ARTACT)
Haimila, R. (Project manager), Eckerström, P. (Participant), Rezvani-Rad, A. (Participant), Utriainen, T. (Participant), Moreno Montoro, M. I. (Participant), Meghnine, K. (CoIlaborator) & Klocova, E. K. (CoIlaborator)
01/03/2026 → 30/04/2029
Project: Research project
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MePhiS WP 5: Future, Futurelessness, and Vernacular Responses to Suffering
Utriainen, T. (Project manager), Ratia, K. M. (Participant), Toratti, L. K. (Participant) & Haimila, R. (Participant)
01/01/2026 → 31/12/2033
Project: Research Council of Finland: Centre of Exellence
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MePhiS: Centre of Excellence in Meliorist Philosophy of Suffering
Pihlström, S. (Principal Investigator), Mäkinen, V. (Co-Principal Investigator), Koistinen, T. (Co-Principal Investigator), Utriainen, T. (Co-Principal Investigator), Kivistö, S. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Auranne, T. (Other)
01/01/2026 → 31/12/2033
Project: Research Council of Finland: Centre of Exellence
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Kenen enkelit? Taidetta, tutkimusta ja lumoa
Utriainen, T. (Project manager), Bergholm, A. (Participant), Ortiz-Nieminen, O. (Participant), Kiiveri, H. (Participant) & Koski, K. (Participant)
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2026
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
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Kone-Kenen enkelit?
Utriainen, T. (Project manager)
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2028
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
Prizes
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Helsinki University Award for the Best Doctoral Dissertation
Utriainen, T. (Recipient), 1999
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Kalevalaseuran Ansioituneen tutkijan Kekri-palkinto
Utriainen, T. (Recipient), 31 Oct 2023
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Utriainen, T. (Recipient), 23 Apr 2021
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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Examination of doctoral thesis
Utriainen, T. (Supervisor)
12 Mar 2026Activity: Examination types › Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis
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Tiede-taide -yhteistyö ja humanistisen tutkimuksen näkyväksi tekeminen
Utriainen, T. (Keynote speaker)
10 Mar 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Tiedettä taiteesta, taidetta tieteestä: Mitä uutta yhteistyö voi tarjota?
Bergholm, A. (Member of organizing committee) & Utriainen, T. (Speaker: Chair)
29 Apr 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Talks
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The skill of the subjuctive and the study of lived relition
Utriainen, T. (Speaker)
12 Mar 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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EASR 2026: Religions 360°
Haimila, R. (Speaker: Chair), Eckerström, P. (Speaker: Chair), Bergholm, A. (Speaker: Chair) & Utriainen, T. (Speaker: Chair)
22 Sept 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Press/Media
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MTV Huomenta Suomi / Mikä yliluonnollisessa kiinnostaaa
03/02/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Sori Siitä. Anteeksipyytäminen on yleistynyt poliittisessa julkisuudessa.
Utriainen, T. & Helin, V.
21/01/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Tietämisen lumo - Terhi Utriaisen työpöydällä seikkailevat etnografi ja enkelit
12/09/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Enkelin kosketus: Miksi enkeleitä kutsutaan kumppaneiksi?
13/04/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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