I work as the exhibitions curator for the Helsinki University Museum in the museum exhibitions' development project, Nov 1st 2021 – Oct 31st 2023.

I am also a postdoc researcher at the University of Helsinki on my spare time. My research is currently titled Stories of techno-economic modernization deconstructed: Agency, narrativity, tacit knowledge, and transdisciplinary historical reflectivity in Finnish technology export projects, 1945–1995. I am interested in Finnish technology and construction exports' tacit culture, narratives, and intra-generational interactions.

I also teach introduction to history, maritime history, business history, and history of technology.

Curriculum Vitae –Aaro Sahari

1.      Personal details

Sahari, Aaro Anton

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5099-8249year of birth

12 January 2021

2.      Education and degrees completed

January 29 2019, Doctor of Philosophy (Fin: FT), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Finnish and Nordic History.

May 20 2008, Master of Arts, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Finnish and Nordic History.

April 25 2006, Bachelor of Arts, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, General history.

3.      Other training

March 10 2017, Academic editorial training program, Finnish Association for Scholarly Publishing, Helsinki, Finland.

4.      Language proficiencies

Native language: Finnish.

Other languages (self-assessed CEFR 3.3.): English C2; Swedish B2; Russian A2.

5.      Current position

November 1 2021 – , exhibitions curator, Helsinki University Museum, Helsinki, Finland.

July 1 2020 – , post-doctoral researcher, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Stage II researcher.

6.      Previous work experience

January 17 2019 – June 30 2020, researcher, National Museum of Finland, Helsinki & Kotka, Finland.

January 1 2018 – December 31 2019 , editor-in-chief, Tekniikan Waiheita – the Finnish Journal for the History of Technology, part time unpaid position.

August 1 2018 – January 16 2019, researcher, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, ”Pitkät kihlajaiset: Yritykset ja kolmikantakorporatismi Suomessa 1940–2020” – project.

January 1 2015 – July 31 2015, doctoral trainee, University of Helsinki, Finland, Business, Governments and International Trade in Cold War Europe – project.

April 1 2009 – December 30 2013, curator, Museum of Kymenlaakso, Kotka, Finland, Finnish Coast Guard Museum. Part time for first 12 months.

April 1 2009 – March 31 2010, game developer, Nitro Games, Kotka, Finland. Part time, shared project with museum.

August 1 2008 – March 31 2009, researcher, Kotka-Kymi Parish, Kotka, Finland.

April 1 2008 – July 31 2008, researcher, Museum of Kymenlaakso, Kotka, Finland, Finnish Coast Guard Museum.

7.      Research funding and grants

July 2020 – June 2021, young researcher post-doctoral grant, Emil Aaltonen Foundation, 31500 €; individual research project; Aaro Sahari.

2018, mobility grant for archival research in Moscow , Academy of Finland, 9400 €.

August 1 2014 ­– December 31 2014, July 1 2015 – July 31 2018, PhD working grants, Kone foundation, 105620 €.

8.      Research output

6 peer reviewed articles, 1 academic PhD dissertation, 1 non peer reviewed book, 6 non peer reviewed articles in books, 9 issues of peer reviewed journal as editor-in-chief, 7 book reviews, 4 museum exhibitions (cultural history, virtual presentation), 1 academic blog post.

Jensen-Eriksen, Niklas, Sahari, Aaro, & Wuokko, Maiju (2021). "The Evolution of the Political Environment." In K. Ilmonen & P. Moilanen (eds.) The Political Analyst's Field Guide to Finland. University of Jyväskylä. https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/79024

Wuokko, M., Sahari, A., &  Jensen-Eriksen, N. (2021). "Success Against the Odds: Development of the Finnish Economic Environment." In K. Ilmonen & P. Moilanen (eds.) The Political Analyst's Field Guide to Finland. University of Jyväskylä. https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/79024

Sahari, A. & Matala, S. (2021). "Of a titan, winds and power: Transnational development of the icebreaker, 1890-1954." In International Journal of Maritime History, 33:4, 722-747, https://doi.org/10.1177/08438714211062493

Sahari, A. (2020). ”Kolmikanta kriisissä 1991–1995.” In M. Wuokko etal. Pitkät kihlajaiset. Book chapter on tripartite labor relations in Finland for a monograph. Helsinki: Siltala.

Sahari, A. (2018). Valtio ja suurteollisuuden synty: Laivanrakennusteollisuuden kehittyminen yhteiskunnallisissa teknopoliittisissa järjestelmissä Suomessa 1918–1954. [industry-state relations in Finland 1918–1954.] Academic dissertation. Helsinki: University of Helsinki. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-51-4615-1

Sahari, A. (2018). ”Laivanrakennusinsinöörit ja telakkateollisuuden suuri murros: laivasto, sotakorvaukset ja idänkauppa suomalaisen laivanrakennusteollisuuden insinöörikoulutuksen kehityksessä 1920-1955.” [Naval architects and industry transformation in Finland 1920–1955.] In Tekniikan Waiheita, 36:1, 44–66.

Sahari, A. (2018). ”Miten suomalainen laivanrakennusteollisuus pelastettiin?: Allan Staffans ja Suomen merialan toimijat sodasta kasvušokkiin 1916–1946.” [Allan Staffans and the saving of the Finnish shipbuilding industry 1916–1946.] 110–139, in Mäenpää, S. (ed.), Telakoilta Maailman Merille: Laivanrakennuksen Historiaa Suomessa. Turku: Forum Marinum.

Sahari, A. (2017). ”Jäänmurtajat kansakunnan palveluksessa.” [Icebreakers in the service of nationalism.] In Tieteessä tapahtuu, 35:4, 3–8. Helsinki: TSV. https://journal.fi/tt/article/view/64668

Matala, S. & Sahari, A. (2017). Small nation, big ships winter navigation and technological nationalism in a peripheral country, 1878–1978. In History and Technology, 33:2, 220-248. https://doi.org/10.1080/07341512.2017.1343909

Sahari, Aaro (2014). ”Suomen laivanrakennusteollisuus ja valtion alukset: valtion hankintojen vaikutus teollisuuden kehitykseen 1901–1943.” [Finnish shipbuilding industry and state appropriations, 1901–1943.] In Nautica Fennica 2013–2014 – Moni-ilmeinen merihistoria. Kotka: Suomen merimuseo.

Sahari, Aaro (2013). ””Meidänkin museoon sellainen härveli”: kolme kertomusta merellisistä simulaattoreista näyttelyssä.” [Epistemic issues in developing maritime history simulators for museum exhibitions] In Tekniikan Waiheita 31:4. Helsinki: TSV.

Sahari, Aaro (2007). Vapaaehtoista meripelastusta Kymenlaaksossa: Kotkan meripelastusyhdistyksen ja Kotkan pelastusrenkaan 50-vuotishistoria. [50 year history of Kotka voluntary SAR association.] Kotka: Kotkan meripelastusyhdistys.

9.      Teaching experience

November-December 2020, course design & teaching, Corporations and Society: themes in business history, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

September-October 2020, course design & co-teacher, introduction to history, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

September-October 2019, course design & co-teacher, history of heavy metal music, Helsinki vocational academy, Helsinki, Finland.

November 2017 & 2018, lecturing, Military-industrial complexes in history of technology, Aalto University, Finland.

October-November 2017, lecturing, Technology in business history, University of Helsinki, Finland.

September-October 2016, course design & co-teacher, memories and oral history methodologies, University of Helsinki, Finland.

10.   Other key scientific or academic merits

2020–, editorial council member, Tekniikan Waiheita – The Finnish Journal for the History of Technology, Finland.

2019–2020, referee, Historiallinen Aikakauskirja, Musiikki, Nautica Fennica.

2018–, member, National Committee for the History of Science and Technology, Finland.

2018, project coordinator, Technological history of Medicine in Finland -pilot project.

2018–2019, editor-in-chief, Tekniikan Waiheita, Finland.

2016–2017, editor in charge of digitalization, Tekniikan Waiheita, Finland.

2015–2017, board member, Finnish Society for the History of Technology.

2015, PhD research exchange, King’s College London, UK.

2008–2009, Merihistorian Päivät 2009 – the Finnish Maritime History Conference, Conference secretary.

2007–2012, 2018–, board member, Finnish Society for Maritime History.