Tuomas Martikainen
uskontotieteen professori / Professor in the Study of Religion
tuomas.martikainen@utu.fi +358 29 450 3379 +358 40 592 4202 : A208 |
International migration; immigration; ethnicity; minorities; religion; organizations; marketization; transnationalism; globalization
I graduated from the University of Turku (MA, 1996) and gained my PhD from Åbo Akademi University (2004), both in the study of religion. After this, I have worked as a researcher at the Population Research Institute of the Family Federation of Finland (Väestöliitto), researcher and post-doctoral fellow of the Academy of Finland at Åbo Akademi University, university researcher and professor of ethnic relations at the University of Helsinki, director of the Migration Institute of Finland, university researcher and university lecturer in cultural anthropology at the University of Eastern Finland, as well as rector of the University of Helsinki's Swedish School of Social Science. On longer research visits, I have been to the universities of Leeds, Ottawa and Lucerne. In addition to these, I have served as a board member in the Federation of the Finnish Learned Societies and in several domestic and international scientific societies. I started as a professor in the study of religion at the University of Turku in August 2024.
My research career began with studying the religious situation in the City of Turku in the mid-1990s. At that time, immigration increased, various forms of new spirituality became common, and international charismatic Christianity was on the rise both in Finland and elsewhere. Since then, I have researched the religious communities of immigrants and their activities in Finland, as well as familiarized myself with international, post-Cold War migration and the integration of immigrants. I am also interested in the importance of demography behind cultural changes, such as the longer-term effects of the growth of the population with an immigration background on Finnish society. Gradually, I began to pay attention to the ongoing religious transition, i.e. the marketization of religions, which can be seen, for example, in growing customer orientation, branding of religions, religious and spiritual entrepreneurship, and new ways of doing things for traditional religions, such as strategic thinking and innovative events and congregational forms.
My primary teaching responsibilities are graduate and postgraduate studies in the study of religion. In addition, I teach at some basic level courses in cultural studies.
- Religion, Immigrants and Integration (2006) Martikainen, Tuomas
- The Religions in Finland Project (2006) Religion & Society - Crossdisciplinary European Perspectives Ketola, Kimmo; Martikainen, Tuomas
- Tietoarkku herätysliikkeistä [kirja-arvio] (2006)
- Agricolan kirja-arvostelut
- Turun tuomiokirkko – kuinka kirkko tuotteistetaan? (2006)
- Uskonnontutkija
- Uskonnot (2006) Suuratlas Martikainen, Tuomas
- Ylirajainen kulttuuri: Etnisyys Suomessa 2000-luvulla (2006) Martikainen, Tuomas
- Ylirajainen liikkuvuus ja etniset vähemmistöt (2006) Ylirajainen kulttuuri: Etnisyys Suomessa 2000-luvulla Martikainen, Tuomas; Sintonen, Teppo; Pitkänen, Pirkko
- Gottes-Mutter-Göttin [book review] (2005)
- Temenos
- Immigrant Faiths & Many Faces, One Church [kirja-arvio] (2005)
- Temenos
- Maahanmuuttajat, uskonto ja Suomi (2005)
- Siirtolaisuus - Migration
- Moninaisuuden politiikkaa ja ajankohtaista etnisyyttä [kirja-arvio] (2005)
- Agricolan kirja-arvostelut
- Muslimer (2005) Uppslagsverket Finland, vol. 3 Martikainen, Tuomas
- Myytti yhdestä Suomesta [kirja-arvio] (2005)
- Agricolan kirja-arvostelut
- New Orthodox Immigration in Finland (2005)
- Finnish Yearbook of Population Research
- New Religious Movements and the State in Finland (2005) Európa a nové náboženské hnutia II / Europe and New Religious Movements II Ketola, Kimmo; Martikainen, Tuomas
- Avainsanana ’erilaisuus’ [kirja-arvio] (2004)
- Agricolan kirja-arvostelut
- Immigrant Religions and Structural Adaptations (2004)
- Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft und Religionswissenschaft
- Immigrant Religions in Local Society: Historical and contemporary perspectives in the city of Turku (2004) Martikainen, Tuomas
- Invandrarnas religiösa samfund: I skärningspunkten mellan det förflutna och det framtida (2004)
- Finsk Tidskrift
- Islam i Finland (2004)
- Svensk Religionshistorisk Arsskrift