Curriculum Vitae Tuuli Lähdesmäki April 2021

Date of Birth: 30 November 1976 (Oulu, Finland) Citizenship: Finnish ORCID: 0000-0002-5166-489X Web site: https://www.jyu.fi/hytk/fi/laitokset/mutku/henkilokunta/laitoksen- henkilokunta/lahdesmaki-tuuli email: [email protected]

EDUCATION AND DEGREES COMPLETED 2014/05/27 Docent in Art History (with the focus on ‘politics of meaning in art and culture’), University of Jyväskylä, Finland 2014/08/18 DSocSc in Sociology, University of Eastern Finland, Finland 2007/12/31 PhD in Art History, University of Jyväskylä, Finland 2001/04/10 MA in Art History, University of Jyväskylä, Finland (including studies in art history, art education, museology, and marketing).

OTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING (some examples) 2020–2021 Leadership training, University of Jyväskylä 2011–2012 Basic Studies in University Pedagogy, University of Jyväskylä 2007–2008 Academic Entrepreneurship training, University of Jyväskylä

LINGUISTIC SKILLS Mother tongue: Finnish Other languages: 1 English, 2 Swedish, 3 French

Understanding Speaking Writing Listening Reading Spoken Spoken interaction production 1 C1 1 C1 1 C1 1 C1 1 C1 2 B1 2 C2 2 B1 2 B1 2 B2 3 A1 3 A1 3 A1 3 A1 3 A1

CURRENT POSITION Associate Professor in Art History from 1.9.2020 (tenure track), Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE 1.9.2020–31.8.2020 University Researcher in ERC St.G project EUROHERIT, Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä 1.9.2014–31.8.2019 Academy of Finland Research Fellow in the EUCHE project, funded by the Academy of Finland, Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä 1.1.2014–31.8.2014 University Researcher in the POPULISM project, funded by the Academy of Finland, Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä 1.1.2011–31.12.2013 Postdoctoral Researcher in the ID-ECC project, funded by Academy of Finland, Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä 1.1.2012–31.12.2015 University Researcher in Art History, Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä. Lähdesmäki was selected to this four years position with a tenure-track option in 2011. Due to her external funding, she applied and was admitted exemption from this position. 1.9.2010–31.12.2010 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Jyväskylä, Art History

1.8.2010–31.8.2010 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Jyväskylä, Art History, grant from the Faculty of Humanities 12.9.2008–27.11.2013 (several short-term contracts) Part-time Lecturer, Studies in the Arts, University of Eastern Finland 1.8.2009–31.7.2010 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Jyväskylä, Art History 1.7.2008–31.7.2009 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Jyväskylä, Hungarian Studies and the Faculty of Humanities 1.8.2007–30.6.2008 Researcher, University of Jyväskylä, Art History and Hungarian Studies 1.1.2007–31.7.2007 Researcher, University of Jyväskylä, Art History, grant from Merita Art Foundation 14.6.2006–31.12.2008 Part-time Lecturer, Open University of Jyväskylä, Art History 1.1.2004-31.12.2006 Doctoral Student, University of Jyväskylä, Post-Graduate School for Identity – Genesis, Manifestation, Transformation 1.10.-31.12.2003 Doctoral Student, University of Jyväskylä, Art History 1.1.-30.9.2003 Doctoral Student, University of Jyväskylä, the National Post-Graduate School in Art History 1.2.2001–31.12.2002 Amanuensis, University of Jyväskylä, Art History 2002–2008 (several short-term contracts) Part-time Lecturer, Open University of Jyväskylä and Chydenius Institute 19.2.2001–31.12.2001 Part-time lecturer, University of Jyväskylä, Chydenius Institute and Open University of Jyväskylä 2.10.2000–31.12.2000 Planner, Open University of Jyväskylä and University of Jyväskylä, Art History 1.5.2000–31.7.2000, 1.9.2000–22.9.2000 and 2.4.2001–4.4.2001 Researcher, University of Jyväskylä, Art History, grants and salaries from UPM-Kymmene Ltd 1.12.1999–31.12.1999 Apprentice, University of Jyväskylä, the Institute of Ecclesiastical art and architecture. 27.7.1998–6.9.1998 Apprentice, the Oulu Art Museum 10.6.1996–31.7.1996 Gardener, University of Oulu, the Department of Biology 13.6.1994–12.7.1994 Technical assistant, University of Oulu, the Department of Botany 10.6.1991–9.7.1991 Technical assistant, University of Oulu, the Department of Botany

MOST IMPORTANT FELLOWSHIPS AND LONGER VISITS ABROAD - 2020 (0,5 months), Visiting Professor, Faculty of Social and Culture Sciences, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany. - 2019 (3 months), Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK. - 2017 (3 months), Visiting Fellow, Department of History and Civilization, European University Institute, Italy. - 2014 (1 month), Visiting Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, Ireland. - 2013 (2 months) Visiting Fellow, Department of History and Civilization, European University Institute, Italy. - 2011 (1 month), Independent researcher hosted by Tallinn 2011 Foundation, Estonia. - 2010 (2,5 months) Visiting Fellow, Dept. of Modern Literature and Literary Theory, University of Pécs, Hungary. Moreover, Lähdesmäki’s track record includes over ten shorter research visits or field research abroad.

PERSONAL RESEARCH FUNDING AND RESEARCH LEADERSHIP Lähdesmäki has actively applied and successfully received extremely competed for external research funding, altogether over €4,3 M. Leadership of research projects: - 2020–2024 HERIDI (4 years), ’EU Heritage Diplomacy and the Dynamics of Inter-Heritage Dialogue’, Academy of Finland, €685,573. PI: Tuuli Lähdesmäki - 2018–2021 DIALLS (3 years), ‘Dialogue and Argumentation for cultural Literacy Learning in Schools’, H2020. PI: Fiona Maine (University of Cambridge, UK; €4,373,308.75 of which JYU’s share is €318,607). PI for JYU’s consortium partnership and work package (WP7) leader: Tuuli Lähdesmäki. - 2017–2021 CRISES (5 years), ‘Crises Redefined: Historical Continuity and Societal Change’, Academy of Finland (research profiling area of the JYU) (€1,200,000), PIs: Tuuli Lähdesmäki, Mika Ojakangas and Jari Ojala.

- 2015–2020 EUROHERIT (5 years), ‘Legitimation of European Cultural Heritage and the Dynamics of Identity Politics in the EU’, European Research Council (Starting Grant) (€1,340,000), PI Tuuli Lähdesmäki - 2014–2019 EUCHE (5 years), ‘European Cultural Heritage in the Making: Politics, Affects, and Agency’, Academy of Finland (€500,058), PI Tuuli Lähdesmäki - 2011–2013 ID-ECC (3 years), ‘Identity Politics in Pécs, Tallinn and Turku as European Capitals of Culture’, Academy of Finland, (€287,220), PI Tuuli Lähdesmäki

Lähdesmäki has received 21 smaller research and travel grants (€10,000 or under): Funding Source Amount Year Target The FORTHEM project €3,500 2021 Research assistant and salaries for FORTHEM Winter School The FORTHEM project €1,000 2021 FORTHEM Lecture series The FORTHEM project €10,500 2020 Student mobility for FORTHEM Winter School JYU €8,000 2020 Joint grant for the FORTHEM project’s Lab activity Academy of Finland €4,725 2017 Research facility costs in EUCHE JYU, Faculty of Social Sciences €8,800 2017 Joint grant for creating new research and Humanities networks in CRISES JYU, Faculty of Humanities €1,000 2013 Joint grant for international publishing JYU, Faculty of Humanities €3,413 2012 Internationalizing research career JYU, Faculty of Humanities €1,400 2010 Grant for postdoc research costs JYU, Faculty of Humanities €2,800 2009 Internationalizing research career County Hall of Pécs (Hungary) 50,000 HUF 2009 Study grant (Summer University of Pécs, Hungary) Association of Researchers and €470 2009 Travel grant Teachers of JYU (Finland) Alfred Kordelin Foundation €600 2009 Travel grant (Finland) Association of Researchers and €400 2008 Travel grant Teachers of JYU (Finland) Hungarian Scholarship Board 136,150 HUF 2007 Study grant (Summer University of (Hungary) Debrecen, Hungary) Academy of Finland €700 2007 Visitor Researcher grant to the Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest Merita Foundation (Finland) €10,000 2006 Grant for PhD research Association of Researchers and €200 2006 Travel grant Teachers of JYU (Finland) Association of Researchers and €200 2006 Travel grant Teachers of JYU (Finland) Alfred Kordelin Foundation €400 2005 Travel grant (Finland) Alfred Kordelin Foundation €1,200 2002 Travel grant (for a groups of scholars) (Finland) JYU, Faculty of Humanities 2,600 FIM 2001 Developing web teaching at the JYU

UPM-Kymmene (Finland) 5,000 FIM 2000 Inventory of UPM-Kymmene art collection UPM-Kymmene (Finland) 18,600 FIM 2000 Inventory of UPM-Kymmene art collection JYU, Department of Art History 500 FIM 1998 Grant for MA research

ROLE IN THE PREPARATION OF FUNDING APPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH GROUPS (INCLUDING NON-FUNDED APPLICATIONS IN BLACK): European Union, European Research Council: - Leading, planning and writing ERC Consolidator Grant application ‘EU Heritage Diplomacy and the Dynamics of Inter-Heritage Dialogue’ (HERIDI), 2019. PI: Tuuli Lähdesmäki - Leading, planning and writing ERC Starting Grant application ‘Legitimation of European cultural heritage and the dynamics of identity politics in the EU’ (EUROHERIT), 2014. PI: Tuuli Lähdesmäki European Union, Horizon2020: - Leading, planning and co-writing a work package in ‘CORRSE’, 2017, PI: Prof Barry Axford, Oxford Brookes University. - Leading, planning and co-writing a work package in ‘DIALLS’, 2017, PI: Dr. Fiona Maine, University of Cambridge. - Leading, planning and co-writing a work package in ‘SPARK’, 2015, PI: Prof Arne Niemann, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. European Union, FP7: - Leading, planning and co-writing a work package in ‘Euro-Life’, 2011, PI: Prof Barry Axford, Oxford Brookes University. - Planning and co-writing a work package in ‘ID-Europa’, 2010, PI: Prof. Claire Wallace, University of Aberdeen. European Union, Erasmus Lifelong Learning Programme: - Planning and writing the application for Erasmus Intensive Programme in Hungarian Studies, 2008, PI: Prof. Tuomo Lahdelma. European Union, ex post evaluation calls: - Commenting and writing part of the academic background description in the application for the ‘Ex post evaluation of the Europe for Citizens Programme 2007-2013’, 2012, PI organization: The Evaluation Partnership (London). - Invited as a researcher to the application for ‘The status of “European Capital of Culture” – long- term effects’, 2012, PI organization: Public Policy and Management Institute (Vilnius). - Commenting and writing a part of the academic background description in the application for the ‘Ex post evaluation of 2011 European Capitals of Culture’, 2011, PI organization: The Evaluation Partnership (London). European Science Foundation: - Planning and co-writing the application for exploratory workshop ‘Capitals of Culture: Strategies for Constructing and Representing Europeanness’, 2008, PI: Dos. Anja Kervanto Nevanlinna. NORFACE DIAL (Dynamics of inequality across life-course: structures and processes): - TNEMJustice, outline proposal 2016. Role as a co-applicant of Jyväskylä in the consortium of three main applicants, planning and participating in writing the proposal. PI: Dr. Amanda Haynes, University of Limerick. Academy of Finland, Competitive funding to strengthen university research profiles: - Crises Redefined: Historical Continuity and Societal Change (CRISES), proposal for a profiling area of the University of Jyväskylä, 2016. Role as a key participant in the proposal with Prof Mika Ojakangas and Prof. Jari Ojala, planning and participating in writing the proposal. PI: Prof. Jari Ojala, University of Jyväskylä. Academy of Finland, Centres of Excellence in Research: - Center of Excellence in Mobility, Belonging and Justice (MobileJustice), plan of intent 2020. Role as a vice leader of the CoE, planning and participating in writing the proposal. PI: Prof. Magdalena Kmak, Åbo Akademi University. - Centre of Excellence in Critical Migration Research (CMIR), plan of intent 2016. Role as a vice- leader of research team, PI: Prof. Mika Ojakangas, University of Jyväskylä. 4

- Centre of Excellence in the Research of Contemporary Participatory Cultures, plan of intent 2016. Role as a PI of a research team, planning and participating in writing the proposal. PI: Prof. Sanna Karkulehto, University of Jyväskylä. Academy of Finland, general call: - Planning and writing the application ‘EU Heritage Diplomacy and the Dynamics of Inter-Heritage Dialogue’ (HERIDI), 2019. PI: Tuuli Lähdesmäki - Planning and co-writing the application ‘Cultural Regeneration in European Cities. Constructing a Process Model’, 2012, PI: Dos. Anja Kervanto Nevanlinna. - Planning and co-writing the application ‘Mathematical connections in visual arts and culture ‘, 2012, PI: Prof. Raine Koskimaa. - Planning and co-writing the application ‘Bridges for the Mind’ (Human Mind intention call), 2012, PI: Prof. Raine Koskimaa. - Planning and co-writing the application ‘Cultural Regeneration in European Cities. Approaches, strategies and reception compared’, 2011, PI: Dos. Anja Kervanto Nevanlinna. - Planning and co-writing the application ‘Populism as movement and rhetoric’, 2011, PI: Dos. Urpo Kovala. - Planning and co-writing the application ‘Capitals of Culture. Strategies of representing cultural ideologies in art’, 2009, PI: Dos. Anja Kervanto Nevanlinna. - Planning and co-writing the application ‘Capitals of Culture. Concepts, Meanings, and Uses of Art in Essen, Pécs, Tallinn and Turku’, 2008, PI: Dos. Anja Kervanto Nevanlinna. The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, and Stiftelsen Brita Maria Renlunds minne: “Future Challenges in the Nordics”: - Mobility, Immobility and Justice (MobileNord), plan of intent 2021. Role as a consortium PI, planning and participating in writing the proposal. PI: Prof. Magdalena Kmak, Åbo Akademi University. The Kone Foundation (Finland): - Planning and co-writing the application ‘Ruumiillinen taidehistoria. Taiteen tulkitseminen ruumiillisen kokemuksen tuottaman tiedon kautta’, 2020, PI: A. Prof. Tuuli Lähdesmäki. - Planning and co-writing the application ‘Polyspatial experiences and the transformative potential of cultural heritage’ (POLYSPACE), 2020, PI: Senior Researcher Katja Mäkinen. - Planning and co-writing the application ‘Kiinnittymisen politiikat ja kuulumisen kulttuurit [Politics and cultures of belonging]’, 2013, PI: PhD Tuija Saresma. - Planning and writing the application ‘Capitals of culture – art in the city’, 2007, PI: MA Tuuli Lähdesmäki. The Finnish Cultural Foundation (Finland): - Planning and co-writing the application ‘Ruumiillinen taidehistoria. Taiteen tulkitseminen ruumiillisen kokemuksen tuottaman tiedon kautta’, 2020, PI: A. Prof. Tuuli Lähdesmäki.

MERITS IN TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL COMPETENCE Lähdesmäki has annually taught courses for undergraduate and graduate students since 2001. Her teaching has included: lectures, seminars, practicums, online courses, supervision of reading circles, project studies, traineeships, and student counseling. Since 2009, she has annually taught a graduate course on research methods and practices at JYU. In addition, she has taught courses on art history at the University of Eastern Finland, between 2008 and 2013, and at the Open University of Jyväskylä and Chydenius Institute, Finland, between 2001 and 2008. Lähdesmäki has published material on research methods in Finnish and co-authored a broad online portal on methodology in Finnish and English (www.jyu.fi/mehu).

Lecturing and teaching seminars abroad: - 2021 Lecture (online) in the UNA Europe’s (European University Initiative) Cultural Heritage Open Lecture Series, organized online by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France. - 2020 Lecture and a seminar series at the Faculty of Social and Culture Sciences, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany. - 2019 Seminar at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK. - 2018 Lectures at the Heritage and Public History Lab, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. - 2014 Seminar at the Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, Ireland.

- 2012 Erasmus Teaching Visit, Institut für Finnougristik/Uralistik, University of Hamburg, Germany. - 2012 Erasmus Staff Training Visit (including teaching), Institut de Perfectionnement en Langues Vivantes, Université Catholique de l’Ouest, Angers, France. - 2008 Erasmus Staff Training Visit (including teaching), Department of Literary Theory and Modern Literature, University of Pécs, Hungary. - 2008 Teacher in Erasmus Intensive Program, University of Vienna, Austria.

Other international pedagogic achievements Co-authoring the Scale of Progression in Cultural Literacy Learning (SPCLL) tested in primary and post- primary schools in Cyprus, Germany, Israel, Lithuania, Spain, Portugal, and the UK and opened to public use online in nine languages in 2021.

Supervision of theses: Department / University MA PhD Department of Music, Art and Culture 6 (ongoing) 4 (ongoing; 3 main, 1 secondary) Studies, JYU, Finland 9 (completed) 1 (interrupted, secondary) 15 (pre-examination) 2 (completed, secondary) 2 (member of evaluation board) Department of History and Ethnology, JYU,- 1 (member of evaluation board) Finland Department of Social Sciences and 1 (completed) - Philosophy, JYU, Finland 1 (pre-examination)

Pedagogic studies: The basic studies in university pedagogics, 25 cr., University of Jyväskylä, 27 Mar 2012 (including a Workshop of University Pedagogical Expertise, 12 cr., University of Jyväskylä, 2001–2002).

Planning new curriculums at the University of Jyväskylä: - In a team planning the revision of curriculum in BA studies in Art History and Art Education and MA studies in Art History, 2019–2020. - In a team planning the revision of BA studies in Art History and Art Education, 2011–2012. - Planning the revision of MA studies in Hungarian Studies with Prof. Tuomo Lahdelma, 2007– 2008. - In a team planning a new MA Program ‘Nordic Arts and Culture’, 2002. - In a team planning joint basic studies in Art History and Art Education, 2001–2002.

Pedagogic administration: 2008–2009 Member of development group of teaching at the Department of Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä

AWARDS AND HONOURS 2017 The Jutikkala Prize of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, Finland (15 000€) 2016 The Award of Ellen and Artturi Nyyssönen Foundation, Finland (5000 €) 2015 Academy of Finland Award for Scientific Courage

OTHER KEY SCIENTIFIC OR ACADEMIC MERITS Pre-examiner of doctoral dissertations: 2014 Art History, University of Helsinki, Finland 2018 Art History, University of Helsinki, Finland

Peer review of funding applications, project reports, and prize proposals: - 2021 National Science Center, Poland. External reviewer in SONATA funding scheme - 2021 European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards. Assessor in category ‘Education, training and awareness raising’ - 2020 Austrian Academy of Sciences. External reviewer in APART-GSK programme

- 2020 The Latvian Council of Science. External reviewer in Latvian-Ukrainian Joint Programme of Scientific and Technological Cooperation - 2020 HERA Joint Research Programme ’Uses of the Past’. Assessor of final reports - 2019–2020 The Croatian Science Foundation. External reviewer in ‘Research Projects’ funding scheme - 2018 H2020-SC5-19-2018 International network to promote cultural heritage innovation and diplomacy; Member of the Evaluation Panel - 2018 HERA Joint Research Programme ’Uses of the Past’. Evaluator of progress reports - 2017–2018 Irish Research Council. Member of the Review Panel, St. Laureate and Co. Laureate schemes - 2016–2017 Finnish Cultural Foundation. External reviewer in a funding scheme for art history and theater studies - 2016 National Science Center, Poland. External reviewer in SONATA and OPUS funding schemes - 2015–2016 HERA Joint Research Programme ’Uses of the Past’. Member of the Review Panel

Memberships and positions of trust in scientific societies:  Since 2016, member of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS)  Since 2015, member of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)  Since 2010, member (and 2012–2016 board member) of the Society for Art Historians in Finland  Since 2010, member of (and 2010–2019 accountant for) the Society for Cultural Studies in Finland

Editorial positions:  Synteesi (peer-reviewed Finnish journal in semiotics), member of the editorial board since 2014  Taidehistoriallisia tutkimuksia (peer-reviewed Finnish publication series in art history), member of the editorial board 2012–2017  TAHITI – Taidehistoria tieteenä (peer-reviewed Finnish journal in art history), member of the editorial board 2012–2016.  Nykykulttuuri (peer-reviewed Finnish publication series in cultural studies), editor 2010–2014.

Peer-reviewer in scientific publications:  European Education Research Journal, 2021.  Frontiers in Sociology, 2021.  Nordic Journal of Cultural Policy, 2020.  Journal of Community Archaeology & Heritage, 2016, 2020.  The International Journal of Heritage Studies, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020.  Routledge, book proposals, 2019, 2020.  Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2019.  Politique européenne, 2019.  Journal of European Integration, 2019.  Cities, 2018.  Journal of Historical Archaeology & Anthropological Sciences, 2018.  European Planning Studies, 2017.  International Journal of Cultural Policy, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017.  Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2015, 2017.  The Social Sciences Collection, 2016.  The International Journal of Health, Wellness and Society, 2016.  Urban Studies, 2015.  International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 2015.  Revista Internacional de Sociología, 2015.  Ethnologia Fennica, 2012, 2014.  European Journal of Cultural Studies, 2011, 2014.  Utukirjat, 2012.  Nykykulttuuri, 2012.  Taidehistoriallisia tutkimuksia, 2010. 7

 Myytti, kuva, mielikuva. Kalevala granaína, 2010.

Institutional responsibilities:  Vice Head responsible for Research and Innovations at the Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, JYU (as replacement, 4 months in 2020)  Local leader in Lab ‘Experiencing Europe’ in the project FORTHEM (Fostering Outreach within European Regions, Transnational Higher Education and Mobility), funded by the European Union from its European Universities Programme (2019–2022)  Member of the Scenario Working Group for the University of Jyväskylä (2018)  Member of the research board of the Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä, since 2016.

Invited keynote speeches and plenary lectures in conferences (some foreign examples):  European Humanities Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 5–7, 2021. Invited video: “EU cultural heritage policies and initiatives.”  Intercultural Dialogue, Webinar, organized by the CITIMEG project (Citizens Looking for Multidimensional Migration Challenges, co-funded by the EU’s Citizen Programme) and Pan- European Movement Austria and Slovenia, 5 February 2021. Invited talk: “Why Intercultural Dialogue matters more than ever in the EU?”  The 4th International Scientific Conference: Education Policy In Cultural Contexts: Transmission and/or Transformation, University of Vilnius, Lithuania, 7 November 2019. Keynote speech: “Challenges of intercultural dialogue as a policy and practice”.  IRC Symposium 2019: Scotland at a Crossroads - Heritage past and futures, organized by Intercultural Research Centre at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, 13 March 2019. Keynote speech: “Europe at a Crossroads: Cultural Heritage in the Creation of a European Narrative”.  European Conference: 2018 Cultural Heritage. Innovating on Past and Future, 11-12 December 2018, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain. Invited speech: “European Cultural Heritage: Politics of Intangibility”.  European Union and Cultural Heritage: Legal and Policy Dilemmas (JPI Cultural Heritage) Conference, 17-18 May 2018, University of Trieste, Italy. Invited speech: “Construction and Meaning-Making of a European Cultural Heritage in European Union’s Heritage Initiatives: The European Heritage Label”.

SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL IMPACT OF RESEARCH Scientific impact: Harzing´s Publish or Perish; Google Scholar: H-index 15, G-index 28, citations 1023. Lähdesmäki’s list of publications includes 127 publications, of which 82 are peer-reviewed. Types of publications:  Articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals: 38  Articles in peer-reviewed scholarly edited volumes: 42  Monographs: 6  Non-peer-reviewed scholarly publications: 17  Other scholarly publications (e.g. book reviews, columns, editorials, prefaces, epilogues): 27  Edited scholarly volumes: 11; edited special issues in scholarly journals: 4

Policy impact (some examples):  4 recommendation in EUROHERIT Policy Brief II were included in EHL Finland Steering Group’s operational guidelines, November 2019.  Keynote speaker in the seminar “European Heritage Label – Practices and Experiences”, organized by National Heritage Agency and Ministry of Education and Culture, 22 November 2019, Helsinki.  Speaker in the Policy Round Table presenting DIALLS’ policy recommendation, European Commission, 15 November 2019, Brussels.  DIALLS Policy Brief: Clarifying Culture-Related Concepts in European Education Policies, by Tuuli Lähdesmäki, Aino-Kaisa Koistinen, and Susanne Ylönen, October 2019.

 DIALLS Policy Brief: Developing Education Policies in Europe to Enhance Cultural Literacy, by Tuuli Lähdesmäki, Aino-Kaisa Koistinen, Susanne Ylönen, Irena Zaleskienė, Lilija Duoblienė, Sandra Kairė, Fiona Maine, Victoria Cook, and Fiona Harrison, April 2019.  Participant in ‘High-Level Policy Debate on Cultural Heritage and the Cultural and Creative Industries in Horizon Europe’ organized by MEP Christian Ehler and the European Commission, 21 March 2019, Brussels.  One recommendation in EUROHERIT Policy Brief I was included in ‘Evaluation of the European Heritage Label Action Final Report’, published by the European Commission (Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, Directorate D – Culture and Creativity), January 2019.  Moonshots of the 2020s. How to make the most of the missions of Horizon Europe? Lobbing event in Brussels 11 October 2018 organized by Universities Finland (UNIFI). Presentation: “Cultural Encounters: A Key in Solving Tricky Problems and Making a Better Future”  8 recommendations in EUROHERIT Policy Brief I & III were quoted in ‘European Heritage Label Evaluation. Summary of the responses of the Open Public Consultation’, Brussels: European Commission, July 2018.  Interviewed by the Institute of Economics and Peace’s (the Netherlands) for Scoping Study for UNESCO Global Data Project on Intercultural Dialogue (commissioned by the UNESCO), 28 June 2018.  Interviewed by EDUCULT’s (Austria) for the Evaluation of the European Heritage Label (commissioned by the European Commission), 24 April 2018.  Presentation ‘EU cultural diplomacy: tackling crises and conflicts through heritage’ as part of the introduction to the CRISES profiling area in ‘Winter Trip 2018 of the Defence Attachés’, 21 March 2018, University of Jyväskylä. The audience consisted of defense attachés from 25 countries.  EUROHERIT Policy Brief III: Optimizing Communication, Multilingualism, and Networking in the EHL, by Viktorija Čeginskas, Tuuli Lähdesmäki, Johanna Turunen, Sigrid Kaasik-Krogerus and Katja Mäkinen, April 2018.  EUROHERIT Policy Brief II: Suomi mukaan Euroopan kulttuuriperintötunnukseen. Tuuli Lähdesmäki, Johanna Turunen, Sigrid Kaasik-Krogerus, Katja Mäkinen, and Viktorija Ceginskas, February 2018.  EUROHERIT Policy Brief I: Increasing the Benefits and Transparency of the European Heritage Label, Tuuli Lähdesmäki, Johanna Turunen, Sigrid Kaasik-Krogerus, Katja Mäkinen, and Viktorija Ceginskas, January 2018.  High Level Policy Workshop EU International Cultural Relations: A Strategic Approach, 18–19 May 2017, EUI, Italy. Invited talk: “Identity, Diversity and Heritage Politics in Europe.”  ‘Science Supper’ for Assistants of Finnish Members of the European Parliament, organized by the Academy of Finland and the Representation of Finland to the EU, 15 March 2016, Brussels. Key note: ”EU ja eurooppalainen kulttuuriperintö”.  Lähdesmäki’s 7 publications are referred to and their texts quoted 12 times in the report ‘European Capitals of Culture: Success Strategies and Long-Term Effects’, by Beatriz Garcia and Tamsin Cox. Directorate General for Internal Policies. Policy Department B: Structural and Cohesion Policies. Brussels: European Commission, 2013.

Media interviews on Lähdesmäki’s research:  Yle Radio 1, Tiedeykkönen, interviewed by Jaana Sormunen, 10.9.2019.  Sveriges Radio, Kulturarvet ska ena ett splittrat Europa, interviewed by Morris Wickström, 12.3.2018.  Yle Radio 1, Kultakuume, interviewed by Lisa Enckell, 13.10.2017.  Radio Jyväskylä, interviewed by Timo Lievemaa, 30.11.2015.  Yle Radio 1, Kultakuume, interviewed by Meeri Ylä-Tuuhonen, 27.11.2015.  Yle Radio Keski-Suomi, interviewed by Mikko Maasola, 25.11.2015.  Yle Radio 1, Kultakuume, interviewed 18.12.2007.

POSITIONS OF TRUST IN SOCIETY AND OTHER SOCIETAL MERITS  Member of the European Heritage Label Finland steering group since 2019.  Invited member of the European Cultural Parliament (based in Germany) since 2017.

OTHER MERITS Since 2006, accepted papers in 71 scientific conferences. Papers in international conferences in 2019 and 2020:  ACHS Conference: Futures, 26-31 August 2020, University College London, UK. Joint presentation by Tuuli Lähdesmäki and Johanna Turunen: “Manufacturing belonging: a postcolonial perspective to EU heritage policy”.  “No such Thing as Heritage? – From Basic Assumptions and Constructs to Reconceptualizations”, symposium at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, March 4-6, 2020. Joint paper by Tuuli Lähdesmäki and Katja Mäkinen, presented by Lähdesmäki: “Constructing ‘European significance’ of cultural heritage in EU heritage policy”.  The 9th Nordic Conference on Cultural Policy Research (NCCPR), 28-30 August 2019, Bifröst University, Iceland. Joint paper by Johanna Turunen, Viktorija Čeginskas, Sigrid Kaasik-Krogerus, Tuuli Lähdesmäki and Katja Mäkinen: “Experiencing Poly-Space at Heritage Sites”.  Ethnography with a Twist Conference, 12-14 February 2019, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Poster by Tuuli Lähdesmäki, Viktorija Čeginskas, Sigrid Kaasik Krogerus, Katja Mäkinen, and Johanna Turunen: “Heritage sites as Bizarre places”.  Ethnography with a Twist Conference, 12-14 February 2019, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Poster by Tuuli Lähdesmäki, Aino-Kaisa Koistinen and Susanne Ylönen: “Methodolgical Challenges in Researching Cultural Literacy Learning in Schools”.

Lähdesmäki has organized several scientific seminars, workshops, symposia, and conferences since 2009. Here are recent examples of the international events (jointly arranged with her team members or colleagues):  2019 Conference: Ethnography with a Twist, University of Jyväskylä (approx. 165 participants selected through CFP)  2017 Conference: Uses of the Past, University of Jyväskylä (approx. 80 participants selected through CFP)  2017 Workshop: Dissonant Heritages: Contestation of Meanings and Uses of Memory in Today’s Europe, European University Institute, Italy (approx. 25 invited participants)  2015 The National Conference of Art History in Finland, Tahiti 6: Cultural Environment: Concepts, Means, and Concreteness, University of Jyväskylä (approx. 90 participants selected through CFP)

Moreover, Lähdesmäki has functioned in various roles in conferences organized by someone else, e.g., as a member of a Scientific Committee of ENCATC Congress (2018); as a reviewer of abstracts, e.g. in ACHS Conference (2018 and 2016), the Asian Conference on Cultural Studies (2014), BRIDGES 2011, and the Asian Conference on Education & International Development (2021); and as a convenor, commentator, and/or chair in 31 scientific events since 2007.