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Jan-Ivar Lindén

Dr. phil. habil.
Zentrum für historische Ontologie
www.c-h-o.eu

CURRICULUM VITAE

Professional experience

1982 Work for the Finnish television: Vägen till Utopia, a film on the history of utopianism. (50 min.) Together with A. Ericson.

1985 Lectures at the Open University of Helsinki 

Researcher and translator at the University of Helsinki (History of the University) 
June 1986-July 1988 (off duty because of research grant 1.10.1987 – 31.7.1988)

Teacher at the department of philosophy, University of Helsinki, autumn 1988 

Teacher at the department of philosophy, Swedish University of Turku (Åbo Akademi), autumn 1989

1987 – 89 Research grant (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschsdienst), Ruprecht Karls-Universität, Heidelberg

1990-92 Diverse research grants for postgraduate studies in Heidelberg, Berlin and Paris 

Researcher at The Prime Minister’s Office in Helsinki (The Works of J. V. Snellman, Samlade Arbeten), October 1992 – May 1993

Researcher at The Prime Minister’s Office in Helsinki (The Works of J. V. Snellman, Samlade Arbeten), spring 1994

Scientific and pedagogical work at the department of philosophy, University of Heidelberg, 
Wintersemester 1994/1995 & Sommersemester 1995.

1995-1997 Research for a project of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 

1998 Scientific and pedagogical work at the department of philosophy, University of Heidelberg

1999 Research in Paris

During the period 1998-99 also some work for two projects of The Prime Minister’s Office in Helsinki (The Works of J. V. Snellman and The History of Finnish Central Administration)

Since 2000 research and courses at the Department of Philosophy,  the Graduate academy and the Marsilius-Kolleg, University of Heidelberg

Since 2003 research and courses as docent, habilitated to direct research at the Department of Philosophy, University of Helsinki

Since 2008 also teaching at and member of the Graduate School for Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Heidelberg 

2011-2013  University Lecturer (Philosophy) at the Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies, University of Helsinki 

Since 2014 in charge of the Centre for Historical Ontology (CHO)

Since 2020 responsible for the Swedish edition of Aristotle’s Metaphysics (project funded by the Academy Societas Scientiarum Fennica)

Teacher in schools and language institutes

Translations of official texts of the Finnish central administration (Finnish > Swedish)

Translations of scientific works (history and philosophy)

Work for media: press, radio and television

Photography 

Editory work