{"id":513,"date":"2021-10-05T14:43:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T11:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/users.utu.fi\/valvil\/?page_id=513"},"modified":"2025-04-28T18:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T15:33:14","slug":"cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/users.utu.fi\/valvil\/cv\/","title":{"rendered":"CV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Basic information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Surname: Viljanen<\/li>\n<li>First names: Valtteri Kustaa<\/li>\n<li>Research ID: ORCID iD 0000-0002-8373-0847<\/li>\n<li>Date of the CV: 27 April 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Doctor of Philosophy, University of Turku, Philosophy, 12 December 2007.<\/li>\n<li>Title of Docent: History of Philosophy, University of Turku, 27 October 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Current employment: <\/strong>Senior Researcher of the Kone Foundation project <em>The Emergence of Pessimism<\/em> (2023\u20132027).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous work experience\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PI and Senior Researcher of the Emil Aaltonen research project <em>Modern View of Concepts <\/em>(1 August 2020\u201331 August 2023).<\/li>\n<li>Senior Research Fellow in the Academy of Finland project <em>Viral Culture in Early Nineteenth-Century Europe<\/em>, 1 September 2019\u201331 July 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Academy of Finland Research Fellow, University of Turku, 1 September 2014\u201331 August 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Postdoctoral Researcher, Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, 1 January 2012\u201331 August 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Postdoctoral Researcher, Academy of Finland, University of Turku, 1 January 2009\u201331 December 2011.<\/li>\n<li>Junior Researcher, Finnish Graduate School of Philosophy, 1 March 2003\u20132 May 2007 (University of Turku).<\/li>\n<li>Long-term visits abroad:\n<ul>\n<li>Birkbeck, University of London, UK (Visiting Fellow, 2019\u20132020).<\/li>\n<li>New York University, USA (Visiting Scholar, 2011).<\/li>\n<li>Uppsala universitet, Sweden (Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher and Teacher, 2008).<\/li>\n<li>Universit\u00e9 Paris VIII Vincennes\u2013Saint-Denis, France (Visiting Scholar, 2004).<\/li>\n<li>Eberhard Karls Universit\u00e4t T\u00fcbingen, Germany (Ph.D. studies, 2002\u20132003).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Research funding and grants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kone Foundation, \u20ac178,800 (2022); Emil Aaltonen Foundation, \u20ac200,000 (2019); The Academy of Finland, Academy of Finland Research Fellow (2014); Niilo Helander Foundation, \u20ac10,000 (2014); The Finnish Cultural Foundation, \u20ac11,000 (2014); Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, Postdoctoral Researcher (2011); Turku University Foundation, \u20ac6268 (2011); The Emil Aaltonen Foundation, \u20ac2500 (2009); The Academy of Finland, Postdoctoral Researcher (2008); The Academy of Finland, \u20ac9000 (2007); Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, \u20ac18,000 (2007); The Finnish Cultural Foundation, \u20ac8000 (2007); Turku University Foundation, \u20ac13,820 (2002); Niilo Helander Foundation, \u20ac13,500 (2002); Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, FIM 60,000 (2001). <strong>Total amount<\/strong> of research funding obtained: circa \u20ac1,300 000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research output<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total number of publications 47; ten most important publications:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u201cThe Early Modern Rationalists and Substantial Form: From Natural Philosophy to Metaphysics.\u201d <em>Journal of Early Modern Studies<\/em> 2024, 13 (2): 37\u201362.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLocke on Freedom, Moral Agency, and the Space of Reasons.\u201d <em>Locke Studies <\/em>2024, 24: 1\u201320.<\/li>\n<li>(With Peter Myrdal and Arto Repo) \u201cLeibniz on Possibilia, Creation, and the Reality of Essences.\u201d <em>Philosophers&#8217; Imprint<\/em>, 2023 (17): 1\u201317.<\/li>\n<li>(With Justin Steinberg) <em>Spinoza<\/em>. Polity Press, 2021.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhy Virtue Is not Quite Enough: Descartes on Attaining Happiness.\u201d <em>Archiv f\u00fcr Geschichte der Philosophie<\/em> 2021, 103 (1): 54\u201369.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Young Spinoza on Scepticism, Truth, and Method.\u201d <em>Canadian Journal of Philosophy<\/em> 2020, 50 (1): 130\u201342.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cKant on Moral Agency: Beyond the Incorporation Thesis.\u201d <em>Kant-Studien<\/em> 2020, 111 (3): 423\u201344.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSpinoza\u2019s Ontology Geometrically Illustrated: A Reading of <em>Ethics<\/em> IIP8S.\u201d \u2013 B. Lord (ed.), <em>Spinoza\u2019s Philosophy of Ratio<\/em>, 5\u201318. Edinburgh University Press, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSpinoza on Virtue and Eternity.\u201d \u2013 M.J. Kisner &amp; A. Youpa (eds.), <em>Essays on Spinoza\u2019s Ethical Theory<\/em>, 258\u201371. Oxford University Press, 2014.<\/li>\n<li><em>Spinoza\u2019s<\/em><em> Geometry of Power<\/em>.\u00a0 Cambridge University Press, 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Selected teaching merits <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Turku: 2002\u20132012, courses on the philosophy of human sciences; 2010\u20132014, seminars on early modern philosophy; 2005\u20132016, lectures on the philosophy of human sciences; 2010 (with Hanna Meretoja), seminar on Michel Foucault.<\/li>\n<li>Uppsala University (Sweden): 2008, seminar on Spinoza.<\/li>\n<li>Teaching sample, University of Turku (2010), grade: excellent.<\/li>\n<li>Pedagogical studies in Teacher Training, University of Turku, 1998.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Awards and honours<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lecturer of the Year 2012 (Index, University of Turku).<\/li>\n<li>Outstanding Dissertation 2008 (Turku University Foundation).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other key academic merits<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Selected reviewer duties:\n<ul>\n<li><em>Journal of the History of Philosophy<\/em> (2011\u20132024)<\/li>\n<li>Edinburgh University Press (2024)<\/li>\n<li>Cambridge University Press (2014\u20132024)<\/li>\n<li><em>International Journal of Philosophical Studies<\/em> (2023)<\/li>\n<li><em>Journal of Modern Philosophy<\/em> (2022)<\/li>\n<li><em>History of Philosophy Quarterly <\/em>(2020, 2014)<\/li>\n<li><em>Archiv f\u00fcr Geschichte der Philosophie<\/em> (2013\u20132018)<\/li>\n<li><em>Canadian Journal of Philosophy<\/em> (2011, 2015)<\/li>\n<li><em>Science in Context<\/em> (2014)<\/li>\n<li><em>British Journal for the History of Philosophy<\/em> (2014)<\/li>\n<li><em>Ergo <\/em>(2014)<\/li>\n<li><em>Philosophical Quarterly<\/em> (2013)<\/li>\n<li>Lexington Books (2011)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>57 papers presented in international conferences.<\/li>\n<li>Selected conferences organized: <a href=\"https:\/\/fhsemp.wordpress.com\/\"><em>The<\/em> <em>Finnish-Hungarian Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy<\/em><\/a>, with Michael Griffin et al. (2014\u20132019); <a href=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/filosofia\/2017\/05\/21\/nature-mind-and-action-in-leibniz-workshop-1-2-6-2017\/\"><em>Nature, Mind, and Action in Leibniz<\/em><\/a>, with Peter Myrdal (2017); <em>Second <\/em><em>Arctic<\/em><em> Circle Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy: Self<\/em>, with Markku Roinila et al. (2013); <a href=\"https:\/\/filosofia.fi\/fi\/tapahtuma\/early-modern-metaphysics-causality-and-representation\"><em>Early<\/em> <em>Modern<\/em><em> Metaphysics of Causality and Representation <\/em><\/a>(2011); <em>The Annual Colloquium of the Philosophical Society of Finland<\/em>, with Helena Siipi (2011).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Scientific and societal impact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Editorial Board member of the <em>Journal of Spinoza Studies<\/em> (2021\u2013); Organizing Committee member of the <em>Finnish-Hungarian Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy<\/em>, 2014\u20132022; Executive Committee member of <em>Dynamis \u2013 The Finnish Network for Metaphysics<\/em>, 2013\u20132021; Board member of the <em>Philosophical Society of Finland<\/em>, 2010\u20132014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other merits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finnish military rank: Second Lieutenant.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basic information Surname: Viljanen First names: Valtteri Kustaa Research ID: ORCID iD 0000-0002-8373-0847 Date of the CV: 27 April 2025 Degrees Doctor of Philosophy, University of Turku, Philosophy, 12 December 2007. Title of Docent: History of Philosophy, University of Turku, 27 October 2010. 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