Petri Paju
PhD, docent (adj. prof.)
petpaju@utu.fi Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2486-2364 |
history of technology; cultural history; business history
I have written broadly on history of technology in Finland and on computing history in the Nordic countries. I’ve been involved in several projects on digital history, including Computational History and the Transformation of Public Discourse in Finland, 1640–1910 (2016–2019), and two Kone Foundation funded projects since 2016: Towards a Roadmap for Digital History in Finland and its continuation From Roadmap to Roadshow: A collective demonstration & information project to strengthen Finnish digital history. I’m mostly interested in the historical development of the digital history approaches, and in applying computational methods to answer various relevant historical research questions.
In 2020, I was a Principal Investigator in an externally funded project on Finland and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). This line of research was continued in 2021 in another project concerning the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel and preservation of knowledge and memory of it.
In late 2020, I continued research as a project member in the project Informationsflöden över Östersjön: Svenskspråkig press som kulturförmedlare 1771-1918 (PI Prof. Hannu Salmi).
Kulttuurihistorian oppiaineessa vedän maisteriopintoihin kuuluvaa modernin aikakauden historia -teemaryhmää yhdessä Heli Rantalan kanssa. Osallistun välillä myös muuhun kuten luento-opetukseen.
- (2025)
- Kulttuurihistoria nyt! -blogi
(D1 Professional blog post) - (2025)
- Karjalan heimoTieteessä tapahtuu
(E1 Popularised article) - Ensimmäiset suomalaiset tekniikan tohtorit (2025) Paju, Petri
(Other publication) - 2025
- Aurora
(E1 Popularised article) - 2025
- Turun yliopiston blogi
(Other publication) - Luottamuksen ketjureaktio: Säteilyturvakeskus ja ydinturvallisuuden parantaminen entisen Neuvostoliiton alueella 1990–2022 (2025) Paju, Petri
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - (2024)
- Tekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I Tiden
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Suomi tarvitsee ”ydinjätemuistin” (2024)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - (2023)
- Tekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I Tiden
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2023) Information Flows across the Baltic Sea: Towards a Computional Approach to Media History Marjanen Jani, Paju Petri, Rantala Heli, Salmi Hannu
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - (2023)
- Tieteessä tapahtuu
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Historiantutkijat koronan keskellä. Kokemuksia kansainvälisestä tutkimushankkeesta (2023)
- Kulttuurihistoria nyt!
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Information Flows across the Baltic Sea: Towards a Computional Approach to Media HistoryText reuse in the Swedish-language press, 1645-1918 (2. ed.) (2023) Lundell Patrik, Salmi Hannu, Edoff Erik, Marjanen Jani, Paju Petri, Rantala Heli
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Inventing a New Industry in 1868: Newspapers and the lichen alcohol in an era of famine2023Information Flows across the Baltic Sea: Towards a Computational Approach to Media History Paju Petri
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Kirja-arvio: Syrjäytettiinkö suomalainen Oppenheimer? Fyysikko Lennart Simonsin tarina. Markus Ahlskog: Katsaus Suomen varhaiseen atomihistoriaan. 2022. ISBN 978-951-653-480-3 (2023)
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Medical and Miraculous Cures on Sale: Newspapers, advertisements and readers between fact and fantasy (2023) Information Flows across the Baltic Sea: Towards a Computional Approach to Media History Paju Petri, Salmi Hannu
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Professori Hans Andersin kasvatti tietotekniikan osaajien ensimmäistä sukupolvea (2023)
- Tieteessä tapahtuu
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Shared and Parallel Histories of Swedish-language Newspapers: An introduction2023Information Flows across the Baltic Sea: Towards a Computional Approach to Media History Salmi Hannu, Lundell Patrik, Edoff Erik, Marjanen Jani, Paju Petri, Rantala Heli
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Tehtävänä keksiä ja vaikuttaa : Erkki Laurilan tutkimustyö ja kirjallinen tuotanto (2023) Paju, Petri
(E2 Scientific non-refereed book) - (2023) Vesanto Aleksi, Paju Petri, Rantala Heli, Edoff Erik, Lundell Patrik, Marjanen Jani, Salmi Hannu
(I2 ICT program or software application )



