Maarit Sireni
Senior Researcher
DSocSc, Adjunct Professor; Senior Researcher, Regional and Rural Studies
Karelian Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
[email protected] | +358 50 442 3661
Main research interests: 1. Gender and Space: feminist rural studies, farm women, entrepreneurship, motherhood and childcare in the countryside; 2. Imagined and Lived Rural Space: changing rural communities, sense of place, everyday life and mobility patterns in rural areas, everyday security in rural areas; 3. Cultural Geographies of Home: domestic material cultures of Karelian people; 4. Land Use Planning in the Countryside: sparsity, living in low density areas; 5. Geographies of Food: local food and second home owners; 6. Rural Services: integration of services.
Courses: Rural Geography, 5116228, 5 cr (lectures in Finnish).
Research groups
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Economic impacts of second home tourism
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Gender and Rurality
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The longitudinal study of the villages of Sivakka…
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Rurality, welfare and everyday life
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Researchers’ Network of Environmental Culture 01.08.2008 - 31.07.2030
Projects
Publications
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Erased landscapes and reconstructed cultures: The effect of materiality on the identity-rebuilding processes of Karelian people
Sireni, Maarit. Teoksessa: Koskinen-Koivisto, Eerika; Korjonen-Kuusipuro, Kristiina; Čeginskas, Viktorija LA; Kajander, Anna; De Nardi, Helmut(toim.) , 2024. Reconstructing Homes: Affective Materiality and Atmospheres of Belonging. s. 98-116. Berghahn books A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Paikallista ruokaa paikkaan sitoutuneille
Sireni, Maarit. 2023. Alue ja ympäristö. 52: 151-153 B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
Safety for the villages with the help of NGOs
Sireni, Maarit; Kattilakoski, Mari. 2023. abstract -
Syrjäkylien haurastuva, eloisa materia
Sireni, Maarit. 2023. Maaseudun uusi aika ry abstract -
Turvallinen kylä: tila, käytännöt ja tunteet
Sireni, Maarit; Kattilakoski, Mari. 2023. Itä-Suomen yliopisto abstract -
Yli sinisten vaarojen : Affektiivisuus Sotkamoa käsittelevissä novelleissa
Sireni, Maarit. 2023. Maaseutututkimus. 31: 40-62 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Muualta meille : Maahanmuuttajat ja me maaseudun maailmankansalaisina
Sireni, Maarit. 2022. Maaseutututkimus. 30: 36-60 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Syrjäkylien haurastuva materia
Sireni, Maarit. 2022. Terra: maantieteellinen aikakauskirja. 134: 205-206 B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
Tila ja keho synnytyssairaaloiden sijaintia koskevassa kiistassa
Sireni, Maarit. 2022. Alue ja ympäristö. 51: 4-20 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Urbaania maaseutupolitiikkaa
Sireni, Maarit. 2022. Terra: maantieteellinen aikakauskirja. 134: 1-2 B1 Non-refereed journal articles