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Maija
Setälä
Professor, Political Science
PhD
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Contact

+358 29 450 2737
+358 46 923 7859
Assistentinkatu 7
20500
Turku

Areas of expertise

democratic theory
deliberative democracy
democratic innovations
direct democracy
political trust

Biography

I received my PhD from The London School of Economics in 1997. Since then, I have worked at University of Turku and Åbo Akademi. In 2012, I was appointed as a Professor of Political Science at University of Turku. Previously, I have made research visits at Columbia University, Australian National University and University of Westminster. I was the Principal Investigator of the project "Participation in Long-Term Decision-Making" (PALO) funded by the Strategic Research Council of Academy of Finland (2017-2022). Currently, I lead the project "Facing Systemic Change Together" (Homepage | Deliberating on Climate Actions | FACTOR (utu.fi) funded by the Research Council of Finland (2021-2024). I am also a WP leader in SCR-funded project Flaire (https://flaire.fi/) and the EU Horizon project Sincrony (https://sincronyproject.eu/).



Teaching

I teach courses on democratic theory, democratic innovations, and issues of long-term governance. I am also supervising Master's and PhD students in political science.

Research


In my research, I specialize in democratic theories, especially theories of deliberative democracy, political trust, as well as various types of democratic innovations such as citizens' initiatives and deliberative mini-publics. I am particularly interested in how democratic innovations can be connected with the existing policy-making practices and how they can influence policymaking and the wider public. In the ongoing research projects FACTOR, Flaire and Sincrony, I focus on the role of citizen deliberation in climate and energy transitions as well as on the issues of inclusion in deliberative forums.




Publications

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Citizens' Initiatives in Europe (2012)

Setälä Setälä, Schiller Theo
(Toimitustyö tieteelliselle lehdelle, kokoomateokselle tai konferenssijulkaisulle (C2))

Introduction (2012)

Schiller Theo, Setälä Maija
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))

Conclusions (2012)

Schiller Theo, Setälä Maija
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))