Markku Kivinen
Encyclopedia
Markku Jalmari Kivinen is a professor of sociology
and a director of the Aleksanteri Institute
since 1996. His academic career began in the early 1980s when Kivinen joined Erik Olin Wright
's Comparative Project on Class Structure and Class Consciousness. Since then, he has more than 300 publications on key sociological topics. His expertise is social theory
, Russia
n domestic and foreign policy, transition studies in comparative perspective, social inequality
, power and democracy, cultural structures and macro processes. He is director of the Finnish Graduate School for Russian and East European Studies, as well as many research projects funded by the Academy of Finland
, EU and NordFors.
In 2012, Kivinen will lead Aleksanteri Institute’s Choices of Russian Modernisation, one of the 15 new Centres of Excellence (CoE) in Research funded by the Academy of Finland.
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
and a director of the Aleksanteri Institute
Aleksanteri Institute
The Aleksanteri Institute , is a special research division affiliated with the University of Helsinki, which is a centre of research of Eastern Europe and Russia for the country of Finland. It was founded in 1996. It has grown rapidly into a working community of around 50 scholars, including...
since 1996. His academic career began in the early 1980s when Kivinen joined Erik Olin Wright
Erik Olin Wright
Erik Olin Wright is an American analytical Marxist sociologist, specializing in social stratification, and in egalitarian alternative futures to capitalism.-Biography:...
's Comparative Project on Class Structure and Class Consciousness. Since then, he has more than 300 publications on key sociological topics. His expertise is social theory
Social theory
Social theories are theoretical frameworks which are used to study and interpret social phenomena within a particular school of thought. An essential tool used by social scientists, theories relate to historical debates over the most valid and reliable methodologies , as well as the primacy of...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n domestic and foreign policy, transition studies in comparative perspective, social inequality
Social inequality
Social inequality refers to a situation in which individual groups in a society do not have equal social status. Areas of potential social inequality include voting rights, freedom of speech and assembly, the extent of property rights and access to education, health care, quality housing and other...
, power and democracy, cultural structures and macro processes. He is director of the Finnish Graduate School for Russian and East European Studies, as well as many research projects funded by the Academy of Finland
Academy of Finland
The Academy of Finland is a governmental funding body for scientific research in Finland. It is based in the Finnish capital, Helsinki. Yearly, the Academy administers over 260 million euros to Finnish research activities. Over 5,000 researchers are working on the projects supported by the academy...
, EU and NordFors.
In 2012, Kivinen will lead Aleksanteri Institute’s Choices of Russian Modernisation, one of the 15 new Centres of Excellence (CoE) in Research funded by the Academy of Finland.
Education
- 1977 Master of Social Sciences (Sociology), University of HelsinkiUniversity of HelsinkiThe University of Helsinki is a university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but was founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as The Royal Academy of Turku, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available...
- 1986 Licentiate of Social Sciences (Sociology), University of HelsinkiUniversity of HelsinkiThe University of Helsinki is a university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but was founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as The Royal Academy of Turku, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available...
- 1989 Doctor of Social Sciences (Sociology), University of HelsinkiUniversity of HelsinkiThe University of Helsinki is a university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but was founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as The Royal Academy of Turku, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available...
Publications
- Aalto P., Dusseault D., Kivinen M. and Kennedy M. D.: How Are Russian Energy Policies Formulated? Linking Actors and Structures of Energy Policy. In: Pami Aalto (ed) Russia's Energy Policies. Edward Elgar Publishing 2012. Forthcoming.
- Public and Business Actors in Russia's Energy Policy. In: Pami Aalto (ed) Russia's Energy Policies. Edward Elgar Publishing 2012. Forthcoming.
- Kivinen M. and Chunling L.: Socioeconomic Systems – Comparative Analysis of Russia and China. In: Christer Pursiainen (ed.): The Dragon and the Bear: Strategic Choices of China and Russia. Palgrave 2012. Forthcoming.
- Perestroika and Left-Wing Fundamentalism – Model Variables of Previous Russian Modernisation. Article manuscript accepted by New interpretations Russian history. Contemporary History Foundation. Moscow 2011. Forthcoming.
- Russian Societal Development: Challenges Open. In: Hiski Haukkala and Sinikukka Saari (eds.): Russia Lost or Found? Patterns and Trajectories. Edita. Helsinki 2009. pp. 112–144.
- Puoli vuosisataa isänmaallista sosiologiaa. Tieteessä tapahtuu 1/2009, ss. 38-40.
- Russia After the Cold War: Threat and Potential. Framework No 8/April 2008, pp. 24–25.
- Frames of Russian Energy Policy in Transition. In: David Dusseault (ed.): The Dynamics of Energy in the Eurasian Context. Aleksanteri Series 3/2007. Helsinki 2007. pp. 7–29.
- Classes in the Making? The Russian Social Structure in Transition. In: Göran Therborn (ed.): Inequalities of the World. London and New York: Verso, 2006, pp. 239–286.
- Kivinen M. and Nikula J.: Issleduja perehodnyi period. Mir Rossii. Tom XV, 2006/1, pp. 50–75.
- Srednii klass v sovremennoi Rossii. Mir Rossii, Tom XIII, 2004/4, pp. 143–170.
- Progress and Chaos in Contemporary Russia. In: Egle Ridgeviudze (ed.) Contemporary Russia. Stockholm 2004, pp. 7–30.
- Progress and Chaos. Russia as a Challenge for Sociological Imagination. Kikimora Publications. Helsinki 2002, 272 p. (Separate editions published in Russian and in Finnish).
- Kivinen, Markku: Betonijumalia, 2009. ISBN 978-951-851-184-0
- Kivinen, Markku: Sosiologia ja Venäjä (English: Sociology and Russia), 1998. ISBN 951-31-1047-8
Previous positions
- Professor (Sociology), University of LaplandUniversity of LaplandThe University of Lapland is located in the city of Rovaniemi, Finland. It was founded in 1979.The university is divided into four faculties:* Faculty of Art and Design* Faculty of Education* Faculty of Law* Faculty of Social Sciences...
01.01.1997-31.12.2004 - Professor (Sociology), University of LaplandUniversity of LaplandThe University of Lapland is located in the city of Rovaniemi, Finland. It was founded in 1979.The university is divided into four faculties:* Faculty of Art and Design* Faculty of Education* Faculty of Law* Faculty of Social Sciences...
, 01.09.1995-31.05.1996 - Senior Research Fellow, Academy of FinlandAcademy of FinlandThe Academy of Finland is a governmental funding body for scientific research in Finland. It is based in the Finnish capital, Helsinki. Yearly, the Academy administers over 260 million euros to Finnish research activities. Over 5,000 researchers are working on the projects supported by the academy...
, 01.08.1992-31.07.1995 - Professor (Sociology), University of LaplandUniversity of LaplandThe University of Lapland is located in the city of Rovaniemi, Finland. It was founded in 1979.The university is divided into four faculties:* Faculty of Art and Design* Faculty of Education* Faculty of Law* Faculty of Social Sciences...
, 01.01.1990-31.08.1992 - Associated Professor (Sociology), University of TampereUniversity of TampereThe University of Tampere is a university in Tampere, Finland. It has 15,400 degree students and 2,100 employees. It was originally founded in 1925 in Helsinki as a Civic College , and from 1930 onwards it was known as a School of Social Sciences...
, 01.07.1989-31.12.1989 - Research Fellow, Academy of FinlandAcademy of FinlandThe Academy of Finland is a governmental funding body for scientific research in Finland. It is based in the Finnish capital, Helsinki. Yearly, the Academy administers over 260 million euros to Finnish research activities. Over 5,000 researchers are working on the projects supported by the academy...
, 16.10.1982-31.12.1988
Academic honors and rewards
- The Silver Medal of the University of Helsinki, 2011
- Honorary doctor Russian Institute of Sociology, 2011
- Decoration of the Finnish White Rose knighthood, 2009
- Academician: International Academy of Pedagogical Science, MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, 2001 - Doctor Primus: University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences, 1990
Scientific positions of trust and administrative positions
- Member of CBEES (Centre for Baltic and East European Studies) Academic Advisory Board, Södertörns högskola, Huddinge, 2011-
- National Defence University Advisory Board, 2010-
- Nordi Advisory board, 2009-
- Editorial Board Member of Nordisk Östforum 2009- (Norway/Nordic)
- Member of the International Advisory Committee. University College LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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Centre for East European Language Based Area Studies (CEELBAS), 2008- - Editorial Board Member of Ekonomisheskie i Sotsialnye Peremeni 2008-
- Editorial Board Member of Mir Rossii (Universe of Russia) 2006-
- Editorial Board Member of Sovershenno sekretno 2005-
- Member of the International Advisory Board, European University at St. Petersburg 2004-2006
- CEMAT Advisory board, 2004-
- Editorial Board Member of Finnish Journal on Russian and East European Studies 1996-2000
- Chair of the Kikimora Publications 1996-
- Acta Sociologica, Journal of the Scandinavian Sociological Association, Editor 1.1.1985-31.12.1987
News, media
Research Database Tuhat- MTV3 Katsomo 25.1.2011: Markku Kivinen Huomenta Suomen haastateltavana: Terrori-iskun jäljet peitetään rahalla (in Finnish)
- MTV3 Katsomo 21.11.2010: Markku Kivinen Seitsemän uutisissa: Naton ja Venäjän suhteet (in Finnish)
- MTV3 Katsomo 30.3.2010: Markku Kivinen Uutisaamussa: Terrori-iskujen uskotaan jatkuvan Venäjällä (in Finnish)