Transformations of Finnish Sociology and The Westermarck Society

Year of publication

2024

Authors

Mikko Lagerspetz

Abstract

The Finnish national association of sociologists, founded in 1940, is called The Westermarck Society. With its roughly 700 members, it is one of the largest scientific societies in Finland. It is also large in international comparison. Since 1964, it publishes the journal Sosiologia, and since 1968, it organises an annual national conference of Finnish sociologists (Sociologists’ Days), which rotates between different universities in Finland. Earlier this year, a volume on the association’s history was published (in Finnish, with chapter summaries in Swedish and in English). Based on that volume, the present article discusses the development of Finnish sociology and The Westermarck Society during its first decades.

Organizations and authors

Åbo Akademi University

Lagerspetz Mikko

Publication type

Publication format

Article

Parent publication type

Journal

Article type

Audience

Professional

Peer-reviewed

Non Peer-Reviewed

MINEDU's publication type classification code

D1 Article in a trade journal

Publication channel information

Journal/Series

The European Sociologist

Volume

ISSN

2415-6426

Publication forum

89188

Publication forum level

Open access

Open access in the publisher’s service

Yes

Open access of publication channel

Fully open publication channel

Self-archived

Other information

Fields of science

Sociology

Keywords

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Internationality of the publisher

International

Language

English

International co-publication

Co-publication with a company

The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection

Yes