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Mitra Härkönen

DPhil

  • PL 4 (Fabianinkatu 24)

    00014

    Finland

  • Finland

20082025

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Personlig profil

Information om forskning och undervisning

I am an Academy Research Fellow with a master’s degree (M.Soc.Sc.) in social and cultural anthropology and a doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in the study of religions. My research interests range from Buddhist, Tibetan and migration studies to gender and feminist studies.

I conducted ethnographic fieldwork among Tibetan Buddhist nuns in India and the Tibetan regions under the Republic of China. I have also extensively studied Buddhism in Finland, conducted ethnographic fieldwork among Thai Buddhist women living in Finland and done research on Thai berry-pickers (in AspirE project).

My current research project examines the impact of Thai Buddhism on Finnish-Thai transnational families' decision-making and everyday practices. 

Besides various articles, I have authored the book Power and Agency in the Lives of Contemporary Tibetan Nuns: An Intersectional Study (2023) and co-edited a book on Buddhism in Finland, Buddhalaisuus Suomessa (2023).

I have a degree in university pedagogy and previously worked as a university lecturer in urban theology and the study of religions. Besides teaching at the university, I give lectures, especially on topics related to Buddhism to a broader audience.

Utbildning / akademisk kvalifikation

opettajan pedagogiset opinnot, opettajan pätevyys, Pedagogiska fakulteten

Tilldelningsdatum: 10 maj 2023

Study of Religions, Doctor of Philosophy , Humanistiska fakulteten

Tilldelningsdatum: 14 feb. 2017

Sosiaali- ja kulttuuriantropologia, VTM, Statsvetenskapliga fakulteten

Tilldelningsdatum: 25 jan. 2006

Vetenskapsgrenar

  • 999 Övriga
  • 614 Teologi

Internationellt och inhemskt samarbete

Publikationer och projekt inom de senaste fem åren.