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.
- Arkiston muodonmuutos? Kulttuurintutkijan elämäntyöstä digitaaliseksi kulttuuriperinnöksi (2025)
- Kulttuurihistoria nyt! -blogi
(D1 Professional blog post) - Benjamin Mitro ja visio Vienan teollistamisesta (2025)
- Karjalan heimo
(E1 Popularised article) - Chain reaction of trust: The Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) and efforts to improve nuclear safety in the former Soviet Union in 1990–2022 (2025) Paju, Petri
(Other publication) - Digitoidut aineistot ovat historioitsijalle lahja – jätämmekö vastaavan lahjan tuleville sukupolville? (2025)
- Aurora
(E1 Popularised article) - Digitoidut aineistot ovat historioitsijalle lahja – jätämmekö vastaavan lahjan tuleville sukupolville? (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 ) - Ensimmäiset suomalaiset tekniikan tohtorit (2024)
- Tekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I Tiden
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Suomi tarvitsee ”ydinjätemuistin” (2024)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Benjamin Mitro – kansainvälinen kemisti Tampereelta (2023)
- Tekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I Tiden
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Crossing the Border: A bird’s-eye view on information flows between Sweden and Finland (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) - Erkki Laurila – teknillisen fysiikan tekijä ja näkijä (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 History (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 famine (2023) Information 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)
- Tieteessä tapahtuu
(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 introduction (2023) Information 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) - Text reuse in the Swedish-language press, 1645-1918 (2. ed.) (2023) Vesanto Aleksi, Paju Petri, Rantala Heli, Edoff Erik, Lundell Patrik, Marjanen Jani, Salmi Hannu
(I2 ICT program or software application )



