I’m an activist-scholar focusing on postgrowth economies, work and livelihoods.
My ongoing ethnographic work explores the growing movement that challenges economic growth as an imperative. In addition to conceptual work, I study examples and advance ongoing initiatives
Main AREAS OF WORK
Postdoc project
My research on postgrowth work and livelihoods in Finland contributes to the growing transdisciplinary research and activism that challenges economic growth as an imperative. Read more.
Talks & teaching
I teach and talk about my reseaerch and postgrowth/degrowth themes in various instances. Read more.
Blog
I write about observations, research insights and interesting books in my blog. Read more.
Degrowth activism
I have been active in the Finish degrowth movement since 2010. Since 2018 I have been a member of the Feminism(s) and Degrowth Alliance coordination group. In 2022 we founded Degrowth journal. Read more.
Untame Lab
I collaborate with fantastic people. In 2021 we founded Untame Lab, a research colective focusing on paradigm shift in the era of ecological crsis. Read more.
Furura special issue on degrowth (in Finnish)
Since late 2020 I’ve been involved with the launch and running of the Degrowth journal. One of the important steps that lead to the process was my guest co-editorship in Furura…
Keep readingUntame podcast ‘Paradigm Shifters’ is released
Now it is finally here! Untame Podcast is released by yours truly in collaboration with Galina. The first two episodes (in Finnish) are available online. The theme of the first season…
Keep readingBrowsing through books: ‘Sensuous knowledge: A Black feminist approach for everyone’ by Minna Salami
Minna Salami’s book Sensuous knowledge: A Black feminist approach for everyone (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020) is included in the reading list of Feminism(s) and Degrowth Alliance (Fada). I read Sensuous knowledge while…
Keep readingMy April in Mustarinda residency
I applied to Mustarinda residency in Kainuu, Eastern Finland, to work on a book manuscript about postgrowth work and livelihoods and my ethnographic fieldwork since late 2016. Mustarinda residency is managed…
Keep readingLet’s make something together.
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