People

We bring a diversity of experience from our individual research trajectories and geographical locations. The coming together of such diversity has produced a rich ecology of approaches and practices that define how we produce knowledge of and with microbes.

Our people

We are a diverse group of social scientists with passion for microbes and questions of social justice. Inspired by Science and Technology Studies as well as Feminist Theory, our work experiments novel ways of producing knowledge with and about microbes.

Core group members

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Research Fellow

Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro (CRUN)

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Artist-researcher

Super Eclectic, Ferment Radio

Alicia Ng
PhD Candidate

University of Helsinki

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Postdoctoral researcher

University of Helsinki

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Professor of Sociology

University of Helsinki

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PhD Candidate

University of Helsinki

Faidon Papadakis
PhD Candidate

University of Helsinki

Gutu Wayessa
University Researcher

University of Helsinki

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PhD Candidate

University of Helsinki

Jose A. Cañada
Postdoctoral researcher

University of Helsinki

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PhD Candidate

University of Helsinki

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PhD Candidate

University of Helsinki

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Research assistant

University of Helsinki

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Junior Researcher

University of Abomey-Calavi

Maya Hey
Postdoctoral researcher

University of Helsinki

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Co-director | Senior researcher

University of Helsinki, Centre for Consumer Society Research

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Project Coordinator

University of Helsinki

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PhD Candidate

University of Helsinki

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Director | Senior Lecturer

University of Helsinki

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Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Helsinki

Veera Kinnunen
Postdoctoral researcher

University of Oulu

Will LaFleur
PhD Candidate

University of Helsinki

Current Fellows

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University assistant/PhD student

University of Vienna, Department of Political Science

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Senior Lecturer

University of Exeter

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Postdoctoral researcher

University of York

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Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research in Health

University of New South Wales

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Researcher; PhD student

Institute of Sociology (Czech Academy of Sciences); Faculty of Social Sciences (Charles University)

Artist-in-Residence

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Artist in-residence / PhD candidate

University of Turku

Past Fellows

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Multidisciplinary Designer / Phd

Estonian Academy of Arts

Santiago Kaderian
Postdoctoral researcher

Past members

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PhD Candidate

Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo

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Young Researcher

University of Abomey-Calavi

Collaborators

University of Copenhagen
University of Gothenburg
University of Oslo
University of Oslo
University of Turku, FI, Department of Social Research
University of Copenhagen
UH, director
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, DE, Social Anthropology
University of Helsinki, FI, Population Research Unit
University of Turku
Tampere University, FI, Global Health

Join us

The CSSM offers opportunities for participation and collaboration. There are calls multiple times per year for visiting fellows, an artist residency, and international seminars. One can also participate in our Helsinki-based workshops, seminars, and PhD schools. If you are based in Helsinki, to join the Centre, just come to one of our events, get to know us, and get engaged in microbes and more!

Activities

We want CSSM to be a hub where social scientists interested in microbes can encounter each other but, most of all, we want those encounters to be productive. To achieve this, we have designed a series of activities that can be organised by anyone and where anyone can participate, no matter where they are in the world. Becoming a part of the CSSM is as easy as participating or contributing to any of our activities.