Author: Sulevi Riukulehto

Sulevi Riukulehto, (Doctor of Philosophy), works in the University of Helsinki, Ruralia Institute as Research Director in Regional History and as Adjunct Professor of Economic History in the University of Jyväskylä. In the Ruralia Institute, he leads the research group “Regions, History and Culture”, which focuses on the origin and development processes of regions and structures, regional history and cultural phenomena in the rural context. His position is part of the multidisciplinary research network Epanet, in Seinäjoki. The main topics of his research at the Ruralia Institute are rural policy, innovation systems and the interaction between towns and rural areas. His most recent publications consider questions of rural housing, the experiential theory of home, the history of economic thought, and the history of forestry. He is the editor-in-chief of the Finnish Journal of Rural Research and Policy: Maaseudun Uusi Aika.