Markku Jalmari Kivinen (born June 5, 1951 in

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) is a professor of

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and the director of the

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of the

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, Finland, since 1996. Kivinen's academic expertise is

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n domestic and foreign policy, transition studies in comparative perspective,

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, power and democracy, cultural structures and macro processes. He has more than 300 publications on key sociological topics. He is director of the Finnish Graduate School for Russian and East European Studies, as well as many

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s funded by the

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, EU and NordForsk. Since 2012 Kivinen is leading one of the Academy of Finland's Centres of Excellence (CoE) in Research, "Choices of Russian Modernisation". Markku Kivinen is series editor of ''Studies of Contemporary Russia'' (Routledge). Kivinen has also published novels in Finnish: ''Betonijumalia'' in 2009, translated into German (''Betongötter''), and ''Lähetin loppupeli'' in 2016. Markku Kivinen was awarded Honorary Doctor of the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2011 and the City of Helsinki Research Prize in 2014.Helsinki Research Prize 2014 goes to Russia researcher Markku Kivinen
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Books

* Luokkaprojekti: Suomalaiset luokkakuvassa. Vastapaino, Jyväskylä 1984, 620 p. * Parempien piirien ihmisiä. Näkökulma uusiin keskiluokkiin. Tutkijaliiton julkaisusarja 46. Jyväskylä 1987, 279 p. * Jukka Gronow &

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& Markku Kivinen & Markku Lonkila & Anna Rotkirch: Cultural Inertia and Social Change in Russia. University of Helsinki. 1987, 334 p. * The New Middle Classes and the Labour Process. Class Criteria Revisited. Helsingin yliopisto 1989, Dissertation. * Raimo Blom & Markku Kivinen & Harri Melin &

Liisa Rantalaiho Liisa Rantalaiho (born January 25, 1933) is a Finnish sociologist, fandom activist, and professor emerita in the fields of sociology of health and gender studies. She writes and performs filk songs. Early life and education Liisa Rantalaiho was b ...

: The Scope Logic Approach to Class Analysis. Avebury. Aldershot 1992, 239 p. * Markku Kivinen (ed.): The Kalamari Union. Middle Class in East and West. Ashgate. Aldershot 1998, 341 p. * Progress and Chaos. Russia as a Challenge for Sociological Imagination. Kikimora Publications. Helsinki 2002, 272 p. * Прогресс и хаос (Progress i khaos). Akademicheski proekt, Sankt-Peterburg 2001 * Markku Kivinen & Katri Pynnönniemi (ed.): Beyond the Garden Ring. Dimensions of Russian Regionalism. Kikimora Publications. Helsinki 2002, 264 p. * Betonijumalia. Teos, 2009. (novel) * Perestroika and Left-Wing Fundamentalism – Model Variables of Previous Russian Modernisation. New interpretations Russian history. Contemporary History Foundation. Moscow 2011. * Betongötter. Secession Verlag für Literatur, 2014. (novel) * Lähetin loppupeli. Helsinki: Teos, 2016. (novel)

References

External links

List of Kivinen's publications
University of Helsinki Research Database
Aleksanteri Institute websitePersonal website
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