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Research career
PhD, University of Brighton, 2021
Research Council of Finland Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Tampere University, 2022-2025
Kone Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2026-2030
Selected publications
Rajala-Vaittinen, Annastiina. 2022. “Synnytinelinten Poliittinen talous: Biologisen Uusintamisen Kustannuksista Poliittisen Talouden Vaginaalisilla Rajapinnoilla”. Poliittinen Talous 10 (1): 8–41. https://doi.org/10.51810/pt.111990.
Latest publications
What can Adorno's understanding of aesthetic experience offer for the health and medical humanities?
Rajala, A. I., 2026, In: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. 29, 1, p. 187–195Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
A proposal for a scatological global political economy: Or, making sense of capitalism through a shit-smeared lens
Rajala, A. I., 2025, Retheorising capitalism. Kangas, A., Gataulina, I., Poutanen, M., Rajala, A. I. & Ventovirta, H.-E. (eds.). Tampere: Tampere University Press, p. 50-69Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Introduction: Troubling capitalism
Kangas, A., Gataulina, I., Poutanen, M., Rajala, A. I. & Ventovirta, H.-E., 2025, Retheorising capitalism. Kangas, A., Gataulina, I., Poutanen, M., Rajala, A. I. & Ventovirta, H.-E. (eds.). Tampere University Press, p. 11-30Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Leaky Masculinities and the Stigmatisation of Incontinence Pad Use
Rajala, A. I., Vaittinen, T., Lahti, L., Lahtinen, T. & Ojala, H., 2025.Research output: Other conference contribution › Poster › Scientific
Näkymättömät vuotavat miehet ja maskuliininen abjekti ruumiillisuus
Ojala, H., Rajala, A. I., Vaittinen, T., Lahti, L. & Lahtinen, T., 2025, In: Sukupuolentutkimus. 38, 4, p. 8-21Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Postcapitalist translations: An experiment with scissors, clippings, and glue
Gataulina, I., Kangas, A., Poutanen, M., Rajala, A. I. & Vaittinen, T., 2025, Retheorising capitalism. Kangas, A., Gataulina, I., Poutanen, M., Rajala, A. I. & Ventovirta, H.-E. (eds.). Tampere University Press, p. 133-160Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Prologue: Capitalism and the spirit of engaged pluralism
Gataulina, I., Kangas, A., Poutanen, M., Rajala, A. I. & Ventovirta, H.-E., 2025, Retheorising capitalism. Kangas, A., Gataulina, I., Poutanen, M., Rajala, A. I. & Ventovirta, H.-E. (eds.). Tampere University Press, p. 7-10Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
Retheorising capitalism
Kangas, A. (Editor), Gataulina, I. (Editor), Poutanen, M. (Editor), Rajala, A. I. (Editor) & Ventovirta, H.-E. (Editor), 2025, Tampere University Press. 319 p.Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Scientific › peer-review
"The constant fear of ceasing to move": Deconstructing movement in physiotherapy
Rajala, A. I. & Uotinen, T., 2025, Inviting Movements in Physiotherapy: An Anthology of Critical Scholarship. Thille, P., Hebron, C., Galvaan, R. & Synne Groven, K. (eds.). Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, p. 290–317Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Vaippastigma yhteiskunnallisena eriarvoisuuskoneena
Rajala, A. I., Vaittinen, T., Lahti, L., Lahtinen, T. & Ojala, H., 7 Oct 2025, In: Sosiologia. 62, 3, p. 235-252Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review