Joel Kaitila

Joel Kaitila

Doctoral Researcher
Unit
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department / Division
Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Email
joel.s.kaitila@jyu.fi

Biography

I am a doctoral candidate in public and social policy, but I mainly identify as a political economy scholar. In my dissertation, I research the policies and ideas purported to improve Finland’s national competitiveness during the 2010s, as well as their outcomes in various contexts.

In 2018-2022 I worked in the “Tiedontuotannon regiimit ja asiantuntijavalta (TIRAS)” research project hosted by the University of Helsinki.

Research interests

My research is situated in the fields of political economy, industrial relations, and welfare state scholarship. Theoretically, my aim has been to critically explore the potentials of policy ideas and ideational scholarship in explaining the contents, processes and outcomes of public policymaking. Metatheoretically, I am interested in the intersections of critical realism and constructivism. Methodologically, my research aims at being explanatory, occasionally via immanent criticism.

Publications

Publication
2024

Competition and change: the journal of global business and political economy
Sorsa, Ville-Pekka
Kaitila, Joel
Alaja, Antti
Publication
2022

European Journal of Industrial Relations
Kaitila, Joel
Sorsa, Ville-Pekka
Alaja, Antti
Publication
2021

Poliittinen talous
Sorsa, Ville-Pekka
Alaja, Antti
Kaitila, Joel
Publication
2019

Competition and Change
Kaitila, Joel
Publication
2015

Talouden uudet muodot
Kaitila, Joel
Publication
2015

Tiede ja edistys
Kabata, Miika
Kaitila, Joel
Publication
2015

Marxin Pääoman ajankohtaisuus
Ronkainen, Antti
Kaitila, Joel
Publication
2015

Raportteja
Kaitila, Joel
Ronkainen, Antti
Publication
2014

Tiede ja edistys
Kabata, Miika
Kaitila, Joel