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-2024-2028, project leader and principal investigator (PI) of the project MaMeFo: The Manifold Meanings of Forests in Comprehensive Education in the Nordics 1972–2023, funded by the Kone Foundation.
-teaching and supervising on BA and MA levels
-Docent in Nordic studies at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
-member of the Young Academy of Finland.
-2022–2025 Postdoctoral researcher in the project TRiNC: Truth & Reconciliation in the Nordic Countries.
-Prior to my current projects, I worked as a postdoc at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden (funded through the Swedish Research Council’s International Postdoc Grant, 2019-2022). I have also worked as a visiting scholar at Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, UK (April-June 2019, funded through the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences postdoc grant), and as a part-time university lecturer (fixed term) at Stockholm University 2018-2019.
-I am mainly interested in environmental history, history of education, and Arctic and Sámi history.
Degrees:
MTheol (teol.mag.), Theological Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, Åbo Akademi University, Finland. 2023.
PhD (fil.dr), Department of History, Stockholm University, Sweden. 2018.
MA (fil.mag.), Nordic History, Åbo Akademi University, Finland. 2013.
Academic exchanges: Université Laval, Québec, Canada 2009-2010; Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú 2011.
MA (with distinction), Global History and International Relations, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 2012.
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MaMeFo: The Manifold Meanings of Forests in Comprehensive Education in the Nordics 1972–2023
Kortekangas, O. (Principal Investigator), Åhlman, C. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Malkavaara, E. (Project staff)
01/10/24 → 30/11/27
Project: Foundation
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Forgotten Responsibilities? Nordic Truth Commissions, Sámi History, and the Difficulty of Transnational Perspectives on Historical Responsibility
Kortekangas, O., Elgabsi, N. & Arvidsson, M., 2025, In: Ethnicities. 25, 1, p. 27-42Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Varför gick samer i Sverige i annorlunda skolor än i övriga Norden?
Kortekangas, O., 2025, In: Mene ja tiedä. 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
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Ilmastoetiikka tarjoaa selkänojaa politiikan ja arjen valinnoille
Kortekangas, O., 20 Jun 2024, In: Kotimaa.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › General public
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Lär elever hur skogsbruket utarmar biologisk mångfald
Kortekangas, O. & Åhlman, C., 29 Feb 2024, In: Dagens Nyheter.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › General public
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Saamelaisten ja Suomen valtion suhteissa parannettavaa
Kortekangas, O., 27 Sept 2024, In: Turun Sanomat.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › General public
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Stora stipendiet, Waldemar von Frenckells stiftelse
Kortekangas, O. (Recipient), 2022
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Korpoelevers syn på skogen fångad med foton – ”Om man vill tömma huvudet på tankar kan man gå i skogen”
12/12/24
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Sveriges Radio Finska:n haastattelu ja artikkeli saamelaisesta koulutushistoriasta
24/01/18
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