Tanja Riekkinen

20 December 2016, Master of Arts, Major: History, Minor: Japanese studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oulu, Finland; 26 February 2015 Bachelor of Arts, Major: History, Minors: Environmental Humanities, Geography, Japanese studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oulu, Finland

30 May 2008 Visual Artisan, Graphic Design, Vantaa Vocational College Varia, Finland

4 June 2005 Finnish Matriculation Examination, The Upper Secondary School of Kärsämäki, Finland

Completed Doctoral courses, including:

• Petrocultures reading course, spring and fall 2021, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (online)
• UniOGS Mentoring Programme, date of completion 21 May 2021, University of Oulu, Finland
• Midterm report of doctoral training, date of completion 9 December 2020, University of Oulu, Finland
• Mastering Academic Writing, date of completion 1 December 2020, University of Oulu, Finland
• Communication and Presentation Skills, date of completion 26 October 2020, University of Oulu, Finland
• Project Management, date of completion 7 January 2020, University of Oulu, Finland
• Sustainable Development Goals in Human Sciences, date of completion 18 October 2019, University of Oulu, Finland
• Nordic STS 2019 Pre-Conference, date of completion 25 August 2019, University of Tampere, Finland
• Museums and Environmental Humanities: A Master Class, date of completion 16 August 2019, University of Stavanger, Norway
• Academic English Workshop, date of completion 12 August 2019, University of Oulu, Finland
• Scientific Research and Ethics, date of completion 23 April 2019, University of Oulu, Finland
• ICOHTEC Summer School Does Technology Drive History? Theoretical Concepts and Historical Examples, date of completion 17 July 2018, Jean Monnet University, France

Other completed studies

• Studies on business, from 30 August 2010 to 30 June 2011, Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied Sciences, Finland

From 9 January to 27 February 2017, Project Researcher, full-time, University of Oulu Academics, Finland

From 1 January to 31 October 2016, Project Researcher, part-time, University of Oulu Academics, Finland

From 19 May 2008 to 29 August 2010, Maternity leave

The Holberg Prize: Scholarship to participate in a Masterclass with the 2022 Holberg Laureate, Professor Sheila Jasanoff in Bergen on 7 June 2022

Kone Foundation: February 2019 - August 2022 & September 2022 - October 2022 (total €111,000)

Project title: Edistystarinoista uhkakuviin: Sosiotekniset visiot öljystä Suomessa 1950-1973

Otto A. Malm Foundation: August 2018 - January 2019 (€ 13,000)

Project title: Edistystarinoista uhkakuviin: Sosiotekniset visiot öljystä Suomessa 1950-1973

Kerttu Saalasti Foundation: July 2018 (€ 1,000)

Project title: Edistystarinoista uhkakuviin: Sosiotekniset visiot öljystä Suomessa 1950-1973

Riekkinen, T. : "Envisaging Energy Futures: Past and Present" in Environment and History  28 (3), August 2022 (forthcoming)

Riekkinen, T. & Ruuskanen, E. 2021: "Fossiilisten polttoaineiden aikakauden alku, huippu ja tavoiteltu loppu", in Esa Ruuskanen, Paula Schönach & Kari Väyrynen (eds.) Suomen ympäristöhistoria 1700-luvulta nykyaikaan. Vastapaino, Tampere, 334-374.

Riekkinen, T. 2017: Tieteentekijöiden puolesta: Oulun yliopiston akateemiset ry 1967-2017. Oulun yliopiston akateemiset OYA, Oulu.

26 March 2022, 1h lecture in the environmental history seminar of Historian Opiskelijain Liitto, University of Oulu, Finland

From 14 March to 2 May 2022 course responsible, teacher in a lecture course "Arctic and Nordic Perspectives on Sustainable Development", 683789P, 5 ECTS cr, Scandinavian Studies Programme, University of Oulu, Finland (course language: English)

23 February 2022, 2h lecture in a lecture course "Historiantutkimus nyt" [Historical Research Now], History, University of Oulu, Finland (course language: Finnish)

From 15 February to 17 May 2021 course responsible, teacher in a lecture course "Environmental Histories of the Baltic Sea", 683787P, 5 ECTS cr, Scandinavian Studies Programme, University of Oulu, Finland (course language: English)

From 9 January to 12 March 2020 course responsible, teacher in a lecture course "Öljykulttuurin tutkimuksen lukupiiri" [Petrocultures reading course], 687813P, 5 ECTS cr, Humanistiset ympäristöopinnot [Environmental Humanities], University of Oulu, Finland (course language: Finnish)

5 March 2019, 2h lecture in a lecture course "Globaali ympäristöhistoria" [Global Environmental History], History, University of Oulu, Finland (course language: Finnish)

20 November 2018, 2h lecture in a lecture course "Johdatus humanistisiin ympäristöopintoihin" [Introduction to Environmental Humanities], Environmental Humanities, University of Oulu, Finland (course language: Finnish)

16 November 2017, 15min presentation in a lecture course "Orientaatio historiantutkimukseen" [Orientation to Historical Research], History, University of Oulu, Finland (course language: Finnish)

Riekkinen, T.: "Oil technologies for the future: Reproducing and Reinventing Sociotechnical Imaginaries of National Resource Security, Independence and Welfare in Parliamentary Debates on Oil Spill Control Measures in Finland in the 1960s", panel session: Science, Technology and Society, conference: Sosiologipäivät, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä (Finland) (online), 24 March 2022

Co-chair of a panel session Luontokulttuurit käytännöissä, Kulttuurintutkimuksen päivät: ILO, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu (Finland), 9 - 10 December 2021

Co-chair of a panel session Seeking Solutions to Carbon Neutrality through Transdisciplinary Research across Social Sciences and Humanities, The Annual Meeting of Finnish Geographers, University of Oulu, Oulu (Finland) (online), 5 November 2021

Riekkinen, T.: "Sosiotekniset kuvitelmat petrokulttuurin muovaajina Suomessa", panel session: Luontokulttuurit käytännöissä, conference: Kulttuurintutkimuksen päivät: ILO, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu (Finland), 9 December 2021

Riekkinen, T.: "Petrofutures: Imagining Finnish Oil Culture in the Holocene", panel session: Seeking Solutions to Carbon Neutrality through Transdisciplinary Research across Social Sciences and Humanities, conference: The Annual Meeting of Finnish Geographers, University of Oulu, Oulu (Finland) (online), 5 November 2021

Riekkinen, T.: "For and Against Finnish Oil Refining: Shaping Pathways to Secure Oil Supply in the Finnish Parliament in the 1950s", panel session: The environment and cultural history of oil, conference: Streams: Transformative Environmental Humanities, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden) (online), 3 August 2021

Riekkinen, T.: "Contesting Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Petroleum Represented in Finland from the 1950s to the 1970s", conference: Suomen ympäristöhistoriapäivä, Helsinki (Finland) (online), 13 October 2020

Riekkinen, T.: "Fossiliriippuvuuden kasvu ja syventyminen", panel session: Suomen ympäristöhistoria 1700-2000 II, conference: Historiantutkimuksen päivät, Oulu (Finland), 26 October 2019

Riekkinen, T.: "Futures Made of Petroleum", panel session: Envisioning Oil, conference: Boundaries in/of Environmental History Conference, Tallinn (Estonia), 23 August 2019

Riekkinen, T.: "Öljyinen maailma, öljyinen Suomi", panel session: Suomen ympäristöhistoria 1700-2000, conference: Naturecultures, Rovaniemi (Finland), 23 November 2018

Riekkinen, T.: "Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Oil in Finland in the 1950s", panel session: Documenting/Collecting Oil and Energy Imaginaries, conference: Petrocultures2018: Transitions Conference, Glasgow (UK), 30 August 2018

Riekkinen, T.: "Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Oil in Finland in the 1950s", panel session: Turns in Energy Supply: Past, Present and Future II, conference: Technological Drive from Past to Future? 50 Years of ICOHTEC Symposium, Saint Étienne (France), 21 July 2018

8 December 2016, Best Master’s thesis of the academic year, History (Finnish history), Department of History, University of Oulu, Finland

27 November 2013, Best Bachelor’s thesis of the academic year 2012–2013, History (Finnish history), Department of History, University of Oulu, Finland