Curriculum Vitae
Elina I. Mäkinen, Professor of Science, Technology, and Organization
Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University
Qualifications:
Docent, Sociology, University of Helsinki, 2021
Ph.D., Organization Studies, Stanford University, 2015
Master of Social Sciences, Sociology, University of Helsinki, 2008
Bachelor of Social Sciences, Sociology, University of Helsinki, 2005
Employment:
Professor, Tampere University, Faculty of Management and Business. February 2023–ongoing.
Associate Professor (Tenure Track), Tampere University, Faculty of Management and Business and New Social Research Program, Finland. May 2018–January 2023.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Tampere, Institute for Advanced Social Research, Finland. August 2017–April 2018.
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Tampere, Faculty of Management, Finland. September 2015–July 2017.
Ph.D. Student Researcher, Stanford University, Graduate School of Education, Stanford, CA, USA. September 2010–August 2015.
Research Assistant for the Globalization, Citizenship, Human Rights, and Education –project, Stanford University, Graduate School of Education, Stanford, CA, USA. October 2009–May 2010.
Research Trainee, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland. April 2008–July 2008.
Publications in Academic Journals:
2023 Elina I. Mäkinen & Adi Sapir: Making sense of science, university, and industry: Sensemaking narratives of Finnish and Israeli scientists. Minerva: Review of Science, Learning and Policy, accepted. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-022-09485-6
2022 Elina I. Mäkinen & Terhi Esko: Nascent academic entrepreneurs and identity work at the boundaries of professional domains. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, in press and available online. https://doi.org/10.1177/14657503211063896
2022 Elina I. Mäkinen: Power and knowledge negotiations in a collectivity of practice: From peripheralization to epistemological suspicion. Management Learning 53(3): 502–524. https://doi.org/10.1177/13505076211036970
2020 Elina I. Mäkinen, Eliza D. Evans & Daniel A. McFarland: The Patterning of collaborative behavior and knowledge culminations in interdisciplinary research centers. Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy 58(1): 71–95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-019-09381-6
2019 Elina I. Mäkinen: The power of peer review on transdisciplinary discovery. Science, Technology, & Human Values 44(6): 1020–1047. https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243918822741
2019 Arja Ropo, Elina I. Mäkinen & Inka Seppä: Online company blogs as narrations of plural leadership. Journal of Organizational Change Management 33(4): 609–621. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-09-2018-0266
2018 Elina I. Mäkinen: Action in the space between: From latent to active boundaries. Science, Technology, & Human Values 43(2): 349–374. https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243917722842
2018 Elina I. Mäkinen: Tuning clinical recruitment around cultural taboos in a human microbiome study. Science as Culture 27(4): 464–487. https://doi.org/10.1080/09505431.2018.1508429
2018 Elina I. Mäkinen: Complexity leadership theory and the leaders of transdisciplinary science. Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline 21: 133–155. https://doi.org/10.28945/4009
2017 Paul H. Wise, Gary M. Shaw, Maurice L. Druzin, Gary L. Darmstadt, Cecele Quaintance, Elina I. Mäkinen, David Relman, Stephen R. Quake, Atul J. Butte, Martin S. Angst, Louis J. Muglia, George Macones, Deborah Driscoll, Carole Ober, Joe Leigh Simpson, Michael Katz, Jennifer Howse & David K. Stevenson: Risky business: Meeting the structural needs of transdisciplinary science. The Journal of Pediatrics 91: 255–258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.08.072
2012 Patricia Bromley & Elina I. Mäkinen: Diversity in civic education: Finland in historical and comparative perspective. Journal of International Cooperation in Education 14(2): 19–34.
2011 Marita Mäkinen & Elina I. Mäkinen: Teachers’ conceptualizations of scaffolding in inclusive education. In N. Lewi-Dumont & C. Dorison (Eds.): The training of all teachers in diversity of pupils. Review of Adaptation and Schooling 55(3): 57–74.
2009 Elina I. Mäkinen: Kirurgin eläkkeelle jääminen ja työstä irtautumisen haasteet, [Retiring surgeons and the difficulty of letting go] (in Finnish), Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 6/2009: 621–631.
Book Chapters:
2020 Elina I. Mäkinen: A new paradigm for research organization: Academic leadership in transdisciplinary science teams. In Communication in Transdisciplinary Teams (eds. G.R. Lotrecchiano and S. Misra). Santa Rosa, CA: Informing Science Press.
Research Monographs and Other Scholarly Books:
2015 Elina I. Mäkinen: Meetings of the minds. Knowledge integration processes in transdisciplinary science. Ph.D. Thesis. Stanford University. Available at: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/11371689
2011 Juhani Ilmarinen, Eva Tuominen, Tiina Saarelma-Thiel, Susanna Lundell, Elina I. Mäkinen & Tomi Hussi: Ikävoimaa [Aging and work practices] (in Finnish), Finnish Institute of Occupational Health Publications.
2008 Elina I. Mäkinen: Retiring surgeons: A Narrative study on work life course and retirement phase (in Finnish). Master’s Thesis. University of Helsinki. Available at: https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/18251/kirurgin.pdf?sequence=2
Papers Under Review for Publication:
Charles J. Gomez, Dahlia Liebermann, & Elina I. Mäkinen: Hedgehogs, foxes, and global science: How ecological networks reveal research recognition of countries and universities. Research Policy, revise and resubmit.
Elina I. Mäkinen, Eliza D. Evans, & Daniel A. McFarland: Interdisciplinary research, tenure review, and guardians of the disciplinary order. The Journal of Higher Education, under review.
Work in Progress for Publication:
Elina I. Mäkinen & Charles J. Gomez: Disenchantment with big data analytics: When knowledge mediators fail.
Aurélie Toivonen, Elina I. Mäkinen, & François Cooren: Backstage communication and the co-construction of entrepreneurial pitches.
Kasper Elmholdt, Maximilian Heimstädt, Ruthanne Huising, & Elina I. Mäkinen: Ethical review boards for the social sciences: Moments and pathways of domestication in four European countries.
Aleksi Niittymies, Eetu Wallius, & Elina I. Mäkinen: Understanding context: Exploring the potential of conceptual tools from gamification.
Aleksi Niittymies & Elina I. Mäkinen: Out of comfort zone: Emotional resonance in academic entrepreneurship.
Research Funding:
2022 Competing Imaginaries of Ethical Science: Animal Experimentation, Activists, and Alternative Research Methods (IMAGES). Research project (2023–2025) funded by Emil Aaltonen Foundation (200 000 Euros). Project PI: Elina I. Mäkinen.
2019 The Emergence of Health and Life Science Innovations (HeLSI). Research project (2020–2023) funded by the Foundation for Economic Education (200 000 Euros). Project PI: Elina I. Mäkinen.
2018 The Emergence of Health Tech and Life Science Firms in Finland. Research project funded by the Foundation for Economic Education (20 000 Euros). Project PI: Elina I. Mäkinen.
2014 Meetings of the Minds: Knowledge Integration Processes in Transdisciplinary Science. Ph.D. research project funded by Alfred Kordelin Foundation Grant (12 000 Euros).
2013 Meetings of the Minds: Knowledge Integration Processes in Transdisciplinary Science. Ph.D. research project funded by Alfred Kordelin Foundation Grant (11 000 Euros).
2013 Meetings of the Minds: Knowledge Integration Processes in Transdisciplinary Science. Ph.D. research project funded by Foundation for Economic Education Grant 2013 (10 000 Euros).
2013 Meetings of the Minds: Knowledge Integration Processes in Transdisciplinary Science. Ph.D. research project funded by Emil Aaltonen Foundation Grant for Young Researcher (23 500 Euros).
2012 Meetings of the Minds: Knowledge Integration Processes in Transdisciplinary Science. Ph.D. research project funded by Emil Aaltonen Foundation Grant for Young Researcher (21 500 Euros).
2011 Meetings of the Minds: Knowledge Integration Processes in Transdisciplinary Science. Ph.D. research project funded by Emil Aaltonen Foundation Grant for Young Researcher (21 500 Euros).
Organization of Conferences, Workshops, and Seminars:
2022 "Data Workers in Organizations: What they do, how they do, and why they do it!" Showcase Symposium sponsored by the Organization and Management Theory division and the Communication, Digital Technology, and Organization division. The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. August 7, 2022.
2021 “Isolation and Solitude in Academic Work” online panel discussion. Moderator: Elina I. Mäkinen. Organized by the Finnish Society for Science and Technology Studies Association. March 9, 2021.
2020 Mentoring program for junior researchers in the field of Science, Technology, & Society. Workshop organized by the Finnish Society for Science and Technology Studies Association in collaboration with Tampere University, University of Helsinki, and University of Turku. Three workshops in 2019–2020.
2019 “Creating Academic Knowledge in the Age of Research Impact.” Session organized at the Nordic Science and Technology Studies Conference together with Rebecca Boden, Jaakko Kuorikoski, Salla Atkins, and Norma Daykin. Tampere University, Finland. June 13–14, 2019.
2019 Nordic Science and Technology Studies Pre-Conference for Doctoral Researchers. Lead organizer. Tampere University, Finland. June 12, 2019.
2019 Nordic Science and Technology Studies Conference. Member of the organizing committee. Tampere University, Finland. June 13–14, 2019.
2018 “Embarking on Interdisciplinary Endeavors: In Search of Effective Collaboration Practices.” Session organized at the Science, Technology, and Society Symposium “Ideals and Practice of Interdisciplinary Research.” University of Tampere, Finland. June 14–15, 2018.
2017 “Beyond the Ivory Tower: Knowledge Production between Academic and Non-Academic Science.” Panel organized at the Science of Team Science Conference together with Charles J. Gomez (City University of New York) and Benjamin Keep (Stanford University). Clearwater, Florida. June 12–14, 2017.
Professional Consultancy Work:
2018–2021 Member of the Advisory Committee for NEXTCAST, a biomedical early stage startup funded by Business Finland (TUTLI funding) and led by Professor Dario Greco from the Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere University.
2017 “Conflicts in Academic Departments.” Speaker and facilitator professional development workshop for department chairs at the College of New Jersey, USA. October 31, 2017.
Examiner and Referee Responsibilities:
Member of an evaluation panel for FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia), the Portuguese public agency that awards research grants under the Ministry for Science, Technology and Higher Education. 2021 and 2022.
Member of the selection committee evaluating applicants for funded doctoral researcher positions in the Faculty of Management and Business at Tampere University. 2020 and 2021.
Pre-examiner of doctoral dissertation “Visible and invisible social practices during complex healthcare product innovation: An at-home ethnographic study” by Kristina Leppälä, Business School, University of Eastern Finland. 2022.
Reviewer for:
Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Journal of Organizational Change Management
Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline
Social Studies of Science
PLOS ONE
Editorial Board Membership:
Member of the editorial advisory board of Journal of Organizational Change Management.
Invited Presentations:
2022 From Knowledge Mediators to Disenchantment with Big Data Analytics. Ethnography Atelier, Research Seminar Series. April 5, 2022.
2021 Professional Vision and Disenchantment with Big Data Analytics. The Changing Nature of Work paper development workshop organized by Stanford University’s Center for Work, Technology, and Organizations. October 14–17, 2021.
2019 Opportunities for Knowledge Anchoring in Translational Science. Diversity in Science –workshop at Tampere University. May 10, 2019.
2019 The Power of Peer Review on Transdisciplinary Discovery. Perspectives on Science –seminar at TINT (Center for Philosophy of Social Science), University of Helsinki. March 11, 2019.
2019 Seven Years at Stanford. Silicon Valley Alumni meeting at the Academy of Finland, Helsinki. February 14, 2019.
2017 Knowledge Integration Processes in Translational Research: The Case of the Premature Birth Center. Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR) Speaker Series at University of Tampere. October 17, 2017.
2017 Knowledge Integration Processes in Translational Research: The Case of the Premature Birth Center. Centre for Health Innovation, Leadership and Learning (CHILL) at Nottingham University Business School, UK. May 24, 2017.
Awards and Distinctions:
2021 National Teaching Award granted by the Finnish Business School Graduates for a teacher able to provide the best experience of presence and communal learning environment in remote teaching during the academic year of 2020–2021.
2020 Journal of Organizational Change Management Literati Award for Outstanding Reviewer in 2020.
2020 "Visual representations as catalysts for interprofessional boundary work" by Elina I. Mäkinen and Charles J. Gomez nominated for That’s Interesting! -award at the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) 36th Colloquium in 2020.
2010 Selected as one of the Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA Junior Fellows for the 2010 summer program organized in Helsinki, Finland.
Presentations at Conferences:
2022 Elina I. Mäkinen, Eliza D. Evans, & Daniel A. McFarland: Guardians of the discipline: Institutional maintenance through tenure review. Presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Seattle, Washington, USA. August 5–9, 2022.
2022 Aurélie Toivonen, Elina I. Mäkinen, & François Cooren: Backstage communication and the co-construction of entrepreneurial pitches: A CCO perspective on the making and unmaking of an entrepreneur. Presented at the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) 38th Colloquium organized by WU Vienna. July 7–9, 2022.
2022 Elina I. Mäkinen, Eliza D. Evans, & Daniel A. McFarland: Guardians of the discipline: Institutional maintenance through tenure review. Presented at the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) 38th Colloquium organized by WU Vienna. July 7–9, 2022.
2021 Elina I. Mäkinen & Charles J. Gomez: Professional vision and disenchantment with Big Data analytics. Presented at the 12th International Process Symposium “Organizing beyond organizations for the common good: Confronting major societal challenges through process studies.” September 1–4, 2021.
2021 Aurélie Toivonen & Elina I. Mäkinen: The relational creation of an entrepreneurial culture: How frames are articulated and negotiated in organizing processes. Presented at the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) 37th Colloquium organized by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (online due to COVID-19). July 8–10, 2021.
2021 Elina I. Mäkinen: Power and knowledge negotiations in a collectivity of practice: From peripheralization to epistemological suspicion. Presented at the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) 37th Colloquium organized by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (online due to COVID-19). July 8–10, 2021.
2020 Terhi Esko & Elina I. Mäkinen: Nascent entrepreneurs and identity work at professional boundaries. Presented at the European Academy of Management 20th Conference organized by Trinity College Dublin (online due to COVID-19). December 4–6, 2020.
2020 Elina I. Mäkinen & Charles J. Gomez: Visual representations as catalysts for interprofessional boundary work. Presented at the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) 36th Colloquium organized by University of Hamburg (online due to COVID-19). July 2–4, 2020.
2020 Terhi Esko & Elina I. Mäkinen: Professional role identities on the move: Identity work at boundaries among nascent university-based entrepreneurs. Presented at the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) 36th Colloquium organized by University of Hamburg (online due to COVID-19). July 2–4, 2020.
2020 Terhi Esko & Elina I. Mäkinen: Professional role identities on the move: Diversity and change in entrepreneurial stories. Presented at the Responsible Business Research Seminar at Tampere University, Finland. March 11–12, 2020.
2019 Elina Mäkinen: Tuning clinical recruitment around cultural taboos in a human microbiome study. Presented at the Nordic Science and Technology Studies Conference at Tampere University, Finland. June 13–14, 2019.
2018 Arja Ropo, Elina Mäkinen & Inka Seppä: Online company blogs as narrations of plural leadership. Presented at the 7th International Conference on Rhetoric and Narratives in Management Research in Barcelona, Spain. March 26–28, 2018.
2017 Elina Mäkinen: Interpretation and use of visual representation of data in a collaboration between academia and industry-based researchers. Presented at the Science of Team Science Conference in Clearwater Beach, FL, USA. June 12–14, 2017.
2017 Elina Mäkinen: Interpretation and use of visual representations of data in a collaboration between academia and industry-based researchers. Presented at the Science and Technology Studies Symposium: Experimentation and Evidence in Helsinki, Finland. June 8–9, 2017.
2016 Elina Mäkinen, Elias Pekkola, Jussi Kivistö, Jari Stenvall & Taru Siekkinen: The Path to academic worthiness—Implementing tenure track in Finnish universities. Presented at the 8th Nordic Working Life Conference in Tampere, Finland. November 2–4, 2016.
2016 Elina Mäkinen: Figuring out figures and training a professional eye. Presented at the Workshop on Visuality, Materiality,…Multimodality: Novel (Methodological) Approaches to the Study of Meaning, Organizations, and Institutions in Copenhagen, Denmark. September 22–23, 2016.
2016 Elina Mäkinen: The life and death of research projects—A longitudinal ethnographic study on a new transdisciplinary research center. Presented at the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) 32nd Colloquium in Naples, Italy. July 7–9, 2016.
2016 Elina Mäkinen: Picturing premature birth. Presented at the 6th Organizations, Artifacts, and Practices Workshop (Materiality and Institutions in Management and Organization Studies) in Lisbon, Portugal. June 23–24, 2016.
2016 Elina Mäkinen: The life and death of transdisciplinary research projects. Presented at the Research Seminar on Responsible Business in Tampere, Finland. March 17, 2016.
2015 Elina Mäkinen: Dry-lab, wet-lab, and clinical expertise: Different styles of science and the assessment of knowledge creation in bioinformatics. Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Finnish Association for Administrative Studies in Tampere, Finland. November 26–27, 2015.
2014 Elina Mäkinen: The power of peer evaluation on scientific exploration: The shaping of boundaries around premature birth. Presented at the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, CA. August 16–19, 2014.
2014 Eliza Evans, Elina Mäkinen & Daniel A. McFarland: Evaluation, identity, and interdisciplinarity: How tenure review creates rebels, heroes, and reformers. Presented at the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, CA, USA. August 16–19, 2014.
2013 Elina Mäkinen, Eliza Evans & Daniel A. McFarland: A comparative study on interdisciplinary research centers. Presented at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in New York, NY, USA. August 10–13, 2013.
2013 Elina Mäkinen: Struggles over disciplinary boundaries in anthropology. Presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society in Boston, MA, USA. March 21–24, 2013.
2012 Elina Mäkinen: Disciplinary boundaries and departmental struggles in anthropology. Presented at the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in Denver, CO, USA. August 17–20, 2012.
2010 Elina Mäkinen: Surgeons and normative retirement. Presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association in Oakland, CA, USA. April 8, 2010.