University Researcher, PhD (Sociology), Title of Docent
Centre for Consumer Society Research
Department of Social Sciences
Unioninkatu 40, (P.O. Box 24)
00014 University of Helsinki
+358 50 574 4869
mikko.jauho(at)helsinki.fi
My interest areas are sociology of health and illness, food sociology, sociology of consumption, Foucault and governmentality-studies, science and technology studies.
My research focuses on the ways knowledge is deployed in the government of life – nature, individuals, groups of people, and societies, mainly in the fields of health and illness and food and eating, and utilizing both contemporary and historical approaches and materials. On the one hand, I have focused on the political struggles around health and well-being, with topics such as the role of the medical profession, chronic disease prevention, alternative dietary regimes, and nutrition guidelines. On the other hand, I have looked at lay notions and practices of health and well-being, with themes such as lay epidemiology of coronary heart disease, everyday cholesterol control and weight management practices. The underlying rationale is that as health and well-being are increasingly connected to personal lifestyles, they have become objects of consumption in our advanced liberal societies.
My current research takes place in the context of following projects:
Past projects:
The project Smarter Social Media Analytics, funded by Business Finland, developed novel ways of analysing social media data and combining it with other types of data, with an empirical focus on food and eating.
For my publications, see Selected publications or Helsinki University TUHAT-portal