Professor of Social History, University of Helsinki, Finland. Often based in Lusaka, Zambia. Profile and publications here: https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/sakari-saaritsa & https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MtvkZ8oAAAAJ&hl=fi
Sakari Saaritsa
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In this thread, a summary by the lead author @ericbschneider.bsky.social of the new paper just out with 43 co-authors, including myself and doctoral researcher Tuuli Hurme of Economic and Social History, @helsinki.fi!
Happy to have been the Faculty opponent for yet another excellent economic history / historical demography thesis from Lund, by Liuyan Shi! (Photos by Tommy Bengtsson) www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lup/publicat...
Come work with us in Helsinki! A permanent position for a lecturer in social science history, associated with a joint Master's program with the UCL. DL February 27th! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
In case you missed our Tuesday hybrid workshop broadcast from Helsinki with Svenn-Erik Mamelund, a recap of our projects is available in the PANSOC Webinar today (16.00 CET): uni.oslomet.no/pansoc/
Next Tuesday, April 21st, we are organizing a workshop at the University of Helsinki with the theme "The impact of epidemics and civil conflict on population health, past and present". See attached (tinyurl.com/4wbyj7ru) & register for Zoom: elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/14...
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Wonderful job opportunities coming up in Berlin!
An OsloMet Centre of Research Excellence studying the societal aspects of pandemics
European Association for the History of Medicine and Health
What is child stunting — and how has it changed over the last 200 years?
Stunting means being too short for one’s age due to chronic undernutrition and disease in early life.
It’s one of the clearest markers of cumulative deprivation in childhood.
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Come work with us!
Two fully funded 36-month PhD positions in the history of medicine at Charité Berlin.
The positions are part of the EU-funded Gender Insight network researching biopsychosocial aspects of diverse hormonal transitions.
Deadline 28 Feb 2026
#histmed
genderinsight.eu
genderinsight.eu
Through co-creation and mixed methods research the projects will increase our understanding of the influence of biopsychosocial factors during hormonal transitions such as puberty and menopause, in th...
