I have a Title of Docent in political science, PhD in political science and MA in art education. I work in the multidisciplinary Global Europe Masters programme. I am JYU's consortium PI in a research project dArts (dialoguing@rts – Advancing Cultural Literacy for Social Inclusion through Dialogical Arts Education) funded by the HorizonEurope Programme. I work as a co-PI in INTRACOMP (Intercultural and Transcultural Competence through Collaborative Cultural Expression), also funded by HorizonEurope. I was a visiting fellow in the University of Bologna (2021), European University Institute in Florence (2018) and the University of Auckland, New Zealand (2012-13, 2015-16). I have acted as a member and a convener in the steering committee of the Citizenship standing group in the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) and as a member and a vice-chair in the board of the Society for Cultural Studies in Finland. Currently I am a board member in the international Association for Cultural Studies (ACS). I was editor in chief in the Politiikka journal (2021-22) and am currently member of the editorial staff of the journal Kulttuurintutkimus. I am a local leader of the Experiencing Europe Lab in a research alliance fostering transnational higher education and mobility (FORTHEM), funded by the European Universities Initiative under the Erasmus+ programme.
More about me: Senior researcher, docent Katja Mäkinen — Uno Staff Portal (jyu.fi)
I conduct conceptual and ethnographic research on participatory governance and EU policies on citizenship, culture and education. My research focuses on citizenship, participation, identities, cultural heritage and performing arts. My research interests include temporality and spatiality as well as the social impact of cultural institutions and arts-based practices.
