Petri Paju
PhD, docent (adj. prof.)
petpaju@utu.fi Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2486-2364 |
history of technology; history of nuclear energy; 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). Results from that project and from other ones can be found in my publications list.
In 2026, I work for instance on ammonia history and in the project Imagined Homelands. The Finnish-language Press in North America 1876–1923 and the Digital Study of Transnational Culture, see: https://sites.utu.fi/kuvitellutkotimaat/en/
Kulttuurihistorian oppiaineessa vedimme maisteriopintoihin kuuluvaa modernin aikakauden historia -teemaryhmää yhdessä Heli Rantalan kanssa kesään 2024 asti. Osallistun välillä myös muuhun kuten luento-opetukseen.
- Monikerroksisen globaalia puhelinteknologiabisnestäIBM History Milestones in Central and Eastern Europe (2015)
- Tekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I Tiden
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Erkki Laurilasta tekeillä elämäkertaLaurilan keksintö voimissaan (2014)
- Tekniikan historiaTekniikan historia
(E1 Popularised article) - (2014) Proceedings of the 8th IT STAR Workshop History of Computing Petri Paju
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication) - 2014
(Other publication) - Uutta tietoa kylmän sodan Itä-Euroopan tietotekniikastaBengt Grönholm (2014)
- Tekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I Tiden
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - (2013)
- Studia Biographica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Jokapäiväinen teknologiamme: ICON-lehden ’Suomi-numero’ (2013)
- Tekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I Tiden
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - The Two Lives of the Finnish Society for the History of Technology (2013)
- Tekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I Tiden
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Yrittäjäkreivi Mannerheimin ristiriitainen perintö (2013)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - SHOT 2012 ja Tensions of Europe Kööpenhaminassa (2012)
- Tekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I Tiden
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - (2012)
- Historiallinen Aikakauskirja
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - ESKO-tietokone kertoo: näytöskoneen elämä ja aika (2011) Historian aikakoneessa: Onnittelukirja Hannu Salmelle Paju Petri
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Hans Andersin (2011) Kansallisbiografia II Paju Petri, Sulonen Reijo
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - (2011)
- IFIP Advances in Information and Communication TechnologyTekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I Tiden
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication) - Reikäkortti: Konkreettista tietokonehistoriaa (2011)
- Historia (Forssa)Tekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I Tiden
(E1 Popularised article) - Teknologinen Eurooppa (2011)
- Tekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I TidenTekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I Tiden
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Text Mining and Qualitative Analysis of an IT History Interview Collection (2011)
- IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Building ‘Ilmarinen’s Finland’: computer construction as a national project in the 1950s (2010)
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Carl Robert Mannerheim teknologiayrittäjänä (2010)
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Hans Andersin: Monipuolinen tietotekniikan suomalainen uranuurtaja (2010)
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)



