Ismo Kantola

Dr. Soc Sci, Adjunct professor of Sociology, University of Turku

Senior research and teaching associate

Department of Social research
University of Turku

main publications

Posiva: the organization of nuclear waste management in Finland. In: V-M. Autio (ed.): Contemporary Corporate Culture under Globalization. JTO publications, Helsinki 2012 [with M. Silvan-Lempinen]

Book-review:
C. Krinsky (ed.): Moral panics over contemporary children and youth. Ashgate, Farnham and Burlington 2008.
S. M. Maira: Missing. Youth, citizenship, and empire after 9/11. Duke U Press, Durham 2009.
Young, vol. 19, nr. 2, pp. 241-245 (2011).

Quasi-objects and actors in the web of belief. Formation of a nuclear waste management system: the case of Finland. Paper presented in ISA RC 23 meeting, Gothenburg July 16th 2010. Published online: University of Turku, Faculty of Social Sciences, Sociology, Research Reports 2010-11-24 [with M. Silvan-Lempinen]

Communication and knowledge in the Finnish Nuclear Waste Management System. In: Trappl (ed.): Proceedings of the Twentieth European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research 2010. Österreichische Studiengesellschaft für Kybernetik, Wien 2010. [with M. Silvan-Lempinen]

Explaining media choice: theoretical discussion and an empirical experiment. AI & Society 24 (2): pp. 135-150 [with F Satofuka & Y. Kono.] Published online: 31 January 2009

Celebration in the service of togetherness. 9th Conference of European Sociological Association. ESA 2009. European Society or European Societies? Full Papers - CD. Publisher: European Sociological Association

Sociology between science and the environment. In: T.P. Karjalainen & P. Luoma & K. Reinikainen (eds.): Flows and Networks of Environmental Sociology. University of Oulu, Oulu 2008 (in Finnish with English abstract)

The role of knowledge in energy politics. A sociological study. (2007) Academic dissertation. Annales universitatis turkuensis. Ser. B - Tom. 298 humaniora

Embedded in fluid networks: spaces, times and conditions of biosciences and social sciences in contemporary Finland. Research Reports from the Finnish KNOWING project, 2:2008. University of Turku & Turku School of Economics. Turku 2008. [together with Jutta Ahlbeck-Rehn, Seppo Poutanen, Anne Kovalainen].

Hi there, Maid of Finland! Review article. International Sociology, vol. 21, nr. 6 (November 2006), pp. 881-884.

Attachment of enthusiasm in structures of feeling. Two examples: 1) techno-rave music, 2) nuclear energy - (2005)

Pollution. In: Stephan Harrison & Steve Pile & Nigel Thrift (eds.): Patterned Ground. Reaktion Books. London 2004.

From programmed to programmable society? Recent trends in the development of networked media. Teoksessa: The Good, the Bad and the Irrelevant. Papers presented at the COST Action 269 Conference September 2003. Taideteollinen korkeakoulu 2003.

Reflections for a sociological study on the cultural acceptance of the NICTs - AI & Society, (1999) - Springer

Towards a Sociology of Energy Issues. In Annamari Konttinen (ed.): Green Moves, Political Stalemates. Sociological Perspectives on the Environment. Annales universitatis Turkuensis, B215. Turku 1996.

Debating Energy and Environment: A Report on the Mediation of Professional and Expert Knowledge ... (1992) - University of Turku

Current activities

convenor of RS 17 of ESA

lecturer of:

Leisure and class

Currents of Sociology of Science

researcher in KNOWING

honorary member of Turku Jazz

research mentor for X-rust