Kari Palonen - Curriculum Vitae#
Degrees:
- PhD (Political Science), University of Helsinki, 1975
- Licentiate (Political Science), University of Helsinki, 1971
- MA (Political Science), University of Helsinki, 1969
Academic positions:
- Professor of Political Science, emeritus, University of Jyväskylä 2015 - present
- Professor of Political Science, University of Jyväskylä 1993 - 2014
- Academy of Finland Professor, 2008 - 2012
- Academy of Finland Professor, 1998 - 2003
- Fellow at SCAS, Uppsala, 2002 - 2003
- Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, 1998 - 1999 (since then Life Member)
- Associate Professor (tenured) of Political Science, University of Jyväskylä, 1983 - 1993
- Docent of Political Science, University of Helsinki, 1976, University of Oulu, 1977
Supervisory experience:
Supervisor of 31 completed PhD theses.
Leadership in research projects, networks, and publishing activities:
- Director of the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Political Thought and Conceptual Change (2006 - 2011)
- The Politics of Dissensus. Parliamentarism, Rhetoric and Conceptual History (Academy of Finland Professorship, 2008 - 2012)
- Polity, Contingency and Conceptual Change (Academy of Finland Professorship, 1998 - 2003)
- Politics and History of European Democratisation (European Science Foundation Network, 2003 - 2005)
- Co-founder of the History of Political and Social Concepts Group (1998)
- Editor-in-Chief of Redescriptions 2003 –2018 and of its predecessor Finnish Yearbook of Political Thought 1997 - 2000
- Editor of the book series Politics, Concepts, Debates – Politik, Begriffe, Debatten, Nomos Verlag, 2014 - present
- Editorial board member in: Contrastes; Contributions to the History of Concepts, Global intellectual history, Max Weber Studies, Politiikka, Storia del pensiero politico
Evaluator of research funding application, research projects and manuscripts:
- Research funding organizations in several European countries and Canada; European Research Council
- Reviewer for highest-level journals and publishing houses
Awards:
- 2019 Honorary Member of the Finnish Political Science Association
- 2005 Member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters
- 1999 Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, Life Member
