Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
Virpi Mäkinen is Senior Lecturer of theological and social ethics in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki. She holds a title of Docent in theological ethics and philosophy of religion at the same university. As PI, she leads an academy research project "At the Frontiers of Humanity: Extreme Necessity in the History of Ethics, Law and Politics, 300–1600" (2020–2024). Mäkinen is a member of Finnish Academy of Science and Letters and acts as a member in several editorial and academic boards in Finland and other countries.
Mäkinen has been a visiting scholar in Toronto (Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies) and in USA (Franciscan Institute, St. Bonaventure University), Postodoctoral Researcher and Academy Research Fellow in the Academy of Finland), and Core Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. She has led an academy research project “Rights and Needs in Medieval and Early Modern Politics” (2012–2015) and acted as a Vice Director in two Centre of Excellence (funded by the Academy of Finland): “Philosophical Psychology, Morality and Politics” (2008–2013) and “Reason and Religious Recognition” (2014–2019). In both projects she also led research team in medieval and/or early modern thought.
In her research, Mäkinen has focused on the early history of individual rights, especially property and minority rights; see e.g. Property Rights in the Late Medieval Discussion on Franciscan Poverty (Peeters 2001); Transformations in Medieval and Early Modern Rights Discourse (Springer 2005, co-ed. Petter Korkman), Lutheran Reformation and the Law (Brill 2006), and Rights at the Margins (Brill 2020, co-ed. Jonathan Robinson, Pamela Slotte and Heikki Haara).
Fields of Science
- 614 Theology
- systematic theology, medieval theology, theological ethics
- 611 Philosophy
- history of political thought, philosophy of religion
- 615 History and Archaeology
- history of ideas
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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The Radicalism of Franciscan Poverty and Its Legacy to the Subsistence Rights
Mäkinen, V., Mar 2025, Radical Thinking in the Middle Ages: Acts of the XVth International Congress of the SIEPM, Paris, 22-26 August 2022. Brinzei, M., Caiazzo, I., Grellard, C. & Robert, A. (eds.). Turnhout: Brepols, (Rencontres de Philosophie Médiévale; vol. 29).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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Gerson's Legacy on Late Medieval and Early Modern Rights Discourse
Mäkinen, V. H., 2024, Jean Gerson écrivain: De l'oeuvre latine et française à sa réception européenne . Fabre, I. (ed.). Geneve: Droz, p. 343–364 21 p. (Publications française et romanes; no. 278).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Introduction
Mäkinen, V. H., 10 Oct 2024, Moral Psychology in History: From the Ancient to Early Modern Period. Mäkinen, V. & Knuuttila, S. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 1–14 14 p. (The New Synthese Historical Library; no. 79).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Moral Psychology in History: From the Ancient to Early Modern Period
Mäkinen, V. H. (Editor) & Knuuttila, S. (Editor), 10 Oct 2024, Cham: Springer. (The New Synthese Historical Library; no. 79)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
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Right to Beg, Migrate and Travel in Domingo de Soto's Deliberation in the Cause of the Poor
Mäkinen, V., 2024, (Accepted/In press) Religion, Ethics and Otherness: Theological and Philosophical Perspectives on the Migrant and the Foreigner. Hofmeister Pich, R. & Schulz, M. (eds.). Vandenhoeck & RuprechtResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Projects
- 7 Finished
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At the Frontiers of Humanity: Extreme Necessity in the History of Ethics, Law and Politics, 300–1600; Ihmisyyden rajalla: Äärimmäinen hätä etiikan, lain ja politiikan historiassa, 300–1600
Mäkinen, V. (Project manager), Toiviainen Rø, S. (Participant), Tikka, K. (Participant), Posti, M. (Participant), Korpiola, M. (Participant), Toropainen, V. P. (Participant), Palmén, R. (Participant) & Haara, H. (Participant)
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2024
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Project
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Centre of Excellence in Reason and Religious Recognition Research
Saarinen, R. (Principal Investigator), Mäkinen, V. (Participant), Dunderberg, I. (Participant), Pihlström, S. (Participant), Kukkonen, T. (Participant), Appelqvist, H. (Participant), Haara, H. (Participant), Hakola, R. (Participant), Heimola, M. (Participant), Hellqvist, E. (Participant), Hietamäki, M. (Participant), Huttunen, N. (Participant), Kahlos, M. (Participant), Koskinen, H. J. (Participant), Kaukua, J. (Participant), Lehtipuu, O. (Participant), Luomanen, P. (Participant), Mattila, J. (Participant), McKeown, P. I. (Participant), Koistinen, T. (Participant), Kovalainen, H. (Participant), Kärkkäinen, P. (Participant), Miroshnikov, I. (Participant), Moisio, O.-P. (Participant), Paakkinen, I. (Participant), Palmén, R. (Participant), Riggs, T. (Participant), Ruotsala, A. (Participant), Salminen, J. (Participant), Savonius-Wroth, S.-J. (Participant), Toivanen, J. (Participant), Rafael, A.-L. (Participant), Tuominen, M. (Participant), Visala, A. (Participant), Tervahauta-Helin, U. K. (Participant), Pöykkö, P.-M. (Participant), Yli-Karjanmaa, S. (Participant), Faucher, N. (Participant), Toiviainen Rø, S. (Participant), Posti, M. (Participant), Rauhala, M. (Participant), Alanko, V. (Participant), Launonen, L. (Participant) & Gehlin, S. (Participant)
01/01/2014 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
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Mortality – Kuolevaisuus
Mäkinen, V. (Participant), Pihlström, S. (Project manager), Knuuttila, S. (Participant), Saarinen, R. (Participant), Pessi, A. B. (Participant), Kivistö, S. (Participant), Heinämaa, S. (Participant), Peräkylä, A. (Participant) & Hänninen, J. (Participant)
20/11/2013 → 20/02/2014
Project: Research project
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Rights and Needs in Medieval and Early Modern Politics
Mäkinen, V. (Principal Investigator)
01/09/2012 → 31/12/2015
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Project
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Natural Rights and Needs in Medieval and Early Modern Politics (RIGHT)
Mäkinen, V. (Project manager), Varkemaa, J. (Participant), Posti, M. (Participant), Paakkinen, I. (Participant), Tolonen, M. (Participant), Haara, H. (Participant), Slotte, P. (Participant), Decock, W. (Participant) & Robinson, J. (Participant)
01/09/2012 → 31/08/2015
Project: Research project
Prizes
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Tiedonjulkistamisen valtionpalkinto, State Prize for Popularization of Science
Mäkinen, V. (Recipient), 1997
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Yliairut / Head Marshall / Doctoral promotion, Faculty of Theology
Mäkinen, V. (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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17th International Congress of Medieval Canon Law
Mäkinen, V. (Speaker: Presenter)
7 Jul 2024 → 13 Jul 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Teologinen Aikakauskirja (Journal)
Mäkinen, V. (Reviewer)
May 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Research Conference in Theology and Religion 2024 - Teologian ja uskonnontutkimuksen päivät 2024
Mäkinen, V. (Speaker: Presenter)
22 May 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Akatemiahankkeen päätösseminaari
Mäkinen, V. (Chair of organizing committee)
29 Aug 2024 → 31 Aug 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Eurooppalaiset arvot
Mäkinen, V. (Speaker)
1 Feb 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press/Media
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Keskustelijana eutanasiasta Pykälien takaa -poliittisessa podcastissa
29/04/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Lämpiökeskustelu Karmeliittasisaret-oopperasta Stage24-kanavalla
13/02/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Haastattelu kirjasta Naiset pyhyyden tulkkeina Yle radio
01/12/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Haastattelu kirjasta Naiset pyhyyden tulkkeina Yle uutiset (teksti)
01/12/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media