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Jaana Parviainen is a Senior Research Fellow at Tampere University's Faculty of Social Sciences, specializing in History, Philosophy, and Literary Studies. She holds a PhD in Philosophy (1998) from the University of Tampere and became a docent in Philosophy in 2002. Her research focuses on social epistemology, the philosophy of technology, phenomenology, ignorance studies, and body studies, particularly examining the impact of digitalization on democracy and vulnerable citizens.
Education: PhD in Philosophy, University of Tampere (1998); Docent in Philosophy (2002).
Responsibilities include leading interdisciplinary research projects funded by organizations like the Academy of Finland and the Kone Foundation. Her current project, 'DIG1t0', explores algorithmic decision-making in public administration through citizen science collaboration with professionals and citizen researchers.
Awards: Two research awards (names unspecified). Leadership roles include membership on the University of Tampere Board (2013–2018) as a teacher/researcher representative.
Key contributions: Over 80 peer-reviewed articles, three monographs, and five edited books. Supervised four doctoral theses and collaborated with ~40 researchers across disciplines. Her work bridges philosophy, empirical sciences, and technology ethics, emphasizing critical studies of AI and societal impacts.
Research units: TaSTI (Research Centre for Knowledge, Science, Technology and Innovation Studies). Current projects focus on digitalization’s ethical and epistemological challenges, including democracy, language, and algorithmic governance.
