Univ.-Prof. Dr. Tarja Knuuttila, Ph.D, M.Soc.Sc, M.Sc (Economic)

Professur für Wissenschaftsphilosophie an der Fakultät für Philosophie und Bildungswissenschaft

Curriculum Vitae:

1985 Monitoring the foreign investments of Finnish firms in the Bank of Finland
1986-1987 Financial statements analyses in The State Guarantee Fund (Finland)
1988-1999 Accounting, auditing and financial management of various profit and non-profit organizations on a free-lance basis 1988-1999
1991 Master of Economic Sciences, M.Sc. (Econ.), Economics, Helsinki School of Economics
1999-2002 Ph.D. student, Department of Education, University of Helsinki
2001 Master of Social Sciences, M.Soc.Sc., Social and Moral Philosophy, University of Helsinki
2003 Researcher, Center for Activity Theory and Developmental Work Research, University of Helsinki
2005 Researcher, Institute of Art Research, University of Helsinki
2005 Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D., Department of Philosophy, Theoretical Philosophy, University of Helsinki. Title of the thesis: "Models as Epistemic Artefacts: Towards a Non-Representationalist Account of Scientific Representation"
2006 Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Social and Moral Philosophy, University of Helsinki
2006 Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Philosophy, University of Helsinki
2007-2009 Postdoctoral researcher, Academy of Finland (tutkijatohtori), Department of Philosophy, University of Helsinki
2009-2010 Research visit to California Institute of Technology
2010 Title of Docent (Habilitation), Theoretical Philosophy, University of Helsinki
2010-2011 University researcher, The Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies, University of Helsinki
2011-2014 Fellow, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki
2013-2018 Associate professor (tenured), University of South Carolina, USA
since September 2018 Professor of Philosophy of Science, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna