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Ilkka
Kärrylä
University Teacher, Contemporary History
VTT / DSocSc

Areas of expertise

political history
economic history
intellectual history
conceptual history
political ideologies
economic policy
industrial relations
democracy
theory and methodology of historiography
Finland
Sweden
Nordic countries

Biography

I am University Teacher of Contemporary History. I received my doctorate in social sciences (political history) from the University of Helsinki in 2020.

Teaching

In the autumn semester 2024 I am responsible for the study module of European Studies and teach a bachelor seminar group. I have previously taught undergraduate courses and seminars in political history as well as European and Nordic studies at the University of Helsinki.

Research

I specialize in political, economic and intellectual history, especially the history of economic thought and policy in the Nordic countries. My doctoral dissertation examined the debates on economic and industrial democracy in Finland and Sweden from the 1960s until the 1990s. I have published articles on Nordic liberalism, social democracy and industrial relations and on the theory and methodology of historiography in journals such as Contemporary European History, Contributions to the History of Concepts and Scandinavian Journal of History.

I am currently affiliated with two research projects: Neoliberalism in the Nordics led by Professor Jenny Andersson at Uppsala University and funded by Riksbankens Jublieumsfond, and Neoliberalisation of Nordic Democracy?, led by Professor Johan Strang at University of Helsinki and funded by the Academy of Finland. 

Publications

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