Hanna Kuusela
@hannakuu.bsky.social
Sociology and Cultural Studies of elites, inequality, private wealth, dynasties, higher education, university democracy etc. Associate Professor of Sociology. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3845-8140
My article on the tv hit Succession and its media reception finally out. Keywords Schadenfreude, fantasy, dynasties. My argument being that it is a fantasy-driven construct appealing to a middle class desire to see the rich as miserable people destined to fall. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From the figure of the obscene rich to the fantasy of its destruction: on Succession, schadenfreude and the godlike power of the super-rich on screen
A significant part of contemporary popular culture portrays the rich as obscene, self-destructive, addicted and deranged. This article analyses the affective intensities circulating around this tro...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
My article on the tv hit Succession and its media reception finally out. Keywords Schadenfreude, fantasy, dynasties. My argument being that it is a fantasy-driven construct appealing to a middle class desire to see the rich as miserable people destined to fall. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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This paper is part of a forthcoming special issue on Families & Wealth edited by @hannakuu.bsky.social @celinebessiere.bsky.social @katiehiggins.bsky.social. They threw a fabulous workshop in Finland last year where I received invaluable advice about how to move this paper forward.
October 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This paper is part of a forthcoming special issue on Families & Wealth edited by @hannakuu.bsky.social @celinebessiere.bsky.social @katiehiggins.bsky.social. They threw a fabulous workshop in Finland last year where I received invaluable advice about how to move this paper forward.
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Excited to finally share my new paper (w/Raphaël Charron-Chénier) out in BJS! Staying Apart for the Kids looks at how older adults consider preserving family wealth in their new relationships. Drawing on my interviews with mid/late-life daters, we show how accumulated wealth shapes dating decisions.
Staying Apart for the Kids? Older American Daters and the Preservation of Family Wealth
Romantic repartnering in later life has received substantial scholarly and public attention in light of population aging and changes in family dynamics. In the United States, the importance of househ...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Excited to finally share my new paper (w/Raphaël Charron-Chénier) out in BJS! Staying Apart for the Kids looks at how older adults consider preserving family wealth in their new relationships. Drawing on my interviews with mid/late-life daters, we show how accumulated wealth shapes dating decisions.
Kutsuhuutoni Suomen elinkeinoelämälle.
Avatkaa suunne. Tutkija Hanna Kuuselaa huolettaa, että rikkaat kääntävät demokratialle selkänsä.
Björn Wahlroos sanoo ihailevansa Donald Trumpin tehokkuusutopiaa, eikä häntä haasta kukaan.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Kutsuhuutoni Suomen elinkeinoelämälle.
Something new and exciting ahead! After 6 years of continuous criticisim against the compositions and actions of university boards in Finland, I was now nominated to sit in one of those boards at the wonderful Uniarts. Not only universities but also art needs our tireless support in these times!
Hanna Kuusela, Leena Niemistö and Alf Rehn selected to the Uniarts Helsinki Board | Uniarts Helsinki
The University Collegium has appointed three new members from outside the Uniarts Helsinki community for a four-year term from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2029. The newly selected members are Hanna…
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August 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Something new and exciting ahead! After 6 years of continuous criticisim against the compositions and actions of university boards in Finland, I was now nominated to sit in one of those boards at the wonderful Uniarts. Not only universities but also art needs our tireless support in these times!
Tervetuloa torstaina klo 17-21 Kapitalismin yöhön Antikvariaatti Sofiaan Helsinkiin. Ruodittavana tuoretta kapitalismiaiheista kirjallisuutta ja tuoreita suomennoksia Milliltä, Adornolta, Eribonilta ja Tanskasen Tympeiltä tytöiltä. Vapaa pääsy! helsinkifestival.fi/taiteidenyo/...
Kapitalismin yö | Taiteiden yö
helsinkifestival.fi
August 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Tervetuloa torstaina klo 17-21 Kapitalismin yöhön Antikvariaatti Sofiaan Helsinkiin. Ruodittavana tuoretta kapitalismiaiheista kirjallisuutta ja tuoreita suomennoksia Milliltä, Adornolta, Eribonilta ja Tanskasen Tympeiltä tytöiltä. Vapaa pääsy! helsinkifestival.fi/taiteidenyo/...
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I wrote this piece for the upcoming @bjsociology.bsky.social special issue on Families and Wealth, edited by @celinebessiere.bsky.social , @katiehiggins.bsky.social, & @hannakuu.bsky.social . There are going to be so many fantastic articles in it and I can’t wait to read them in their final forms.
July 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I wrote this piece for the upcoming @bjsociology.bsky.social special issue on Families and Wealth, edited by @celinebessiere.bsky.social , @katiehiggins.bsky.social, & @hannakuu.bsky.social . There are going to be so many fantastic articles in it and I can’t wait to read them in their final forms.
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I am soo excited to share my newest article, “Unnatural Wills.” It’s about inheritance disputes!!! Murder, gold diggers, sex work, racial passing, secret lesbian lovers…WOW this was fun to write, and I hope it’s fun to read, too.
Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality
Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various t...
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July 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I am soo excited to share my newest article, “Unnatural Wills.” It’s about inheritance disputes!!! Murder, gold diggers, sex work, racial passing, secret lesbian lovers…WOW this was fun to write, and I hope it’s fun to read, too.
A new article just out in which we introduce the concept of welfare profit-makers and describe how private profit-making from publicly funded health and care services gets legitimised by those benefitting from marketization. Co-written with Laura Tarkiainen. 1/2
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The winners of marketisation: Welfare profit-makers legitimising private profits in publicly funded welfare services - Hanna Kuusela, Laura Tarkiainen, 2025
Recent decades have witnessed the expansion of market mechanisms and private service providers in publicly funded care sectors. In this article, we examine how ...
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June 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A new article just out in which we introduce the concept of welfare profit-makers and describe how private profit-making from publicly funded health and care services gets legitimised by those benefitting from marketization. Co-written with Laura Tarkiainen. 1/2
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
First draft of a new book sent to the publisher. (And already noticed two typos in the table of contents!)
May 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
First draft of a new book sent to the publisher. (And already noticed two typos in the table of contents!)
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Nyt kun Tampereen yliopistolla lakkoillaan, on hyvä aika kehua Hanna Kuuselan (@hannakuu.bsky.social) mainiota kirjaa TAUn ja TTYn yhdistymisestä säätiöyliopistoksi, jonka hallinnossa ei tutkijoiden ja opiskelijoiden mielipiteistä ei oltu niin kiinnostuneita.
#kirjallisuus #yliopisto
#kirjallisuus #yliopisto
May 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Nyt kun Tampereen yliopistolla lakkoillaan, on hyvä aika kehua Hanna Kuuselan (@hannakuu.bsky.social) mainiota kirjaa TAUn ja TTYn yhdistymisestä säätiöyliopistoksi, jonka hallinnossa ei tutkijoiden ja opiskelijoiden mielipiteistä ei oltu niin kiinnostuneita.
#kirjallisuus #yliopisto
#kirjallisuus #yliopisto
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📢 Here is an exciting job opportunity at the TU Berlin. Please spread the word and apply!
Post-Doc, 5yrs, work on your independent research on ownership and / or wealth inequality, teach 2 courses per semester, collaborate with me and in a supportive team.
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenaussc...
Post-Doc, 5yrs, work on your independent research on ownership and / or wealth inequality, teach 2 courses per semester, collaborate with me and in a supportive team.
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenaussc...
Stellenausschreibung VI-153/25: Research Associate (PostDoc) - salary grade E13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen - 2nd qualifi... – Stellenausschreibungen der Technischen Universität Berlin
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April 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
📢 Here is an exciting job opportunity at the TU Berlin. Please spread the word and apply!
Post-Doc, 5yrs, work on your independent research on ownership and / or wealth inequality, teach 2 courses per semester, collaborate with me and in a supportive team.
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenaussc...
Post-Doc, 5yrs, work on your independent research on ownership and / or wealth inequality, teach 2 courses per semester, collaborate with me and in a supportive team.
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenaussc...
Checking the proofs of my chapter for the book ’The Social Acceptance of Inequality’, by Francesco Duina & Luca Storti. It will be an interesting collection that highlights the social and cultural dimensions of inequality. Here an interview with the editors: ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2024/05/the-...
April 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Checking the proofs of my chapter for the book ’The Social Acceptance of Inequality’, by Francesco Duina & Luca Storti. It will be an interesting collection that highlights the social and cultural dimensions of inequality. Here an interview with the editors: ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2024/05/the-...
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5. Adding to this, the type of skills elite have obtained through their education varies (but not always along the level fof credentials described above). Engineers and natural scientists still constitute a substantial part of economic elites in China, France or Finland.
March 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
5. Adding to this, the type of skills elite have obtained through their education varies (but not always along the level fof credentials described above). Engineers and natural scientists still constitute a substantial part of economic elites in China, France or Finland.
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4. The credentials also differ. In sic of the countries, at least around a fifth have a doctoral degree. However this is very rare, for instance in the Scandinavian countries
March 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
4. The credentials also differ. In sic of the countries, at least around a fifth have a doctoral degree. However this is very rare, for instance in the Scandinavian countries
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3. The degree of international recruitment and recruitment from the economic capital of the country and other key functional urban areas varies substantially. Economic elites in Argentina, Italy, Portugal and France are born in the countries largest urban centres.
March 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
3. The degree of international recruitment and recruitment from the economic capital of the country and other key functional urban areas varies substantially. Economic elites in Argentina, Italy, Portugal and France are born in the countries largest urban centres.
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2. When looking at the very apex of the economic elites, the lack of gender diversity becomes even stronger. However, the gender gap in WED is strongly correlated with the WEF Gender Gap Index.
March 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
2. When looking at the very apex of the economic elites, the lack of gender diversity becomes even stronger. However, the gender gap in WED is strongly correlated with the WEF Gender Gap Index.
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Some highlights:
1. Economic elites vary a lot. However, they are varieties of pale, stale and male. Here is the age distribution across gender. Note that in particular the US is very much a gerontocracy, also when it comes to economic elites
1. Economic elites vary a lot. However, they are varieties of pale, stale and male. Here is the age distribution across gender. Note that in particular the US is very much a gerontocracy, also when it comes to economic elites
March 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Some highlights:
1. Economic elites vary a lot. However, they are varieties of pale, stale and male. Here is the age distribution across gender. Note that in particular the US is very much a gerontocracy, also when it comes to economic elites
1. Economic elites vary a lot. However, they are varieties of pale, stale and male. Here is the age distribution across gender. Note that in particular the US is very much a gerontocracy, also when it comes to economic elites
So happy that the first paper of our very big collaborative and comparative effort on elites, called World Elite Database, is now out in @bjsociology.bsky.social Finland is included in this project that offers standardised data about the economic elites of 16 countries.
The very first paper from our large comparative project - the World Elite Database - is out.
Lots of coordination and important discussion on comparing elites allow us to - for the first time really - compare elites across very different national contexts.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Lots of coordination and important discussion on comparing elites allow us to - for the first time really - compare elites across very different national contexts.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Varieties of Economic Elites? Preliminary Results From the World Elite Database (WED)
The strategies, decisions and beliefs of those who occupy prominent positions of economic power have influence on very large corporations and the markets they dominate, on vast amounts of economic re...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
So happy that the first paper of our very big collaborative and comparative effort on elites, called World Elite Database, is now out in @bjsociology.bsky.social Finland is included in this project that offers standardised data about the economic elites of 16 countries.
Interested in the use of consultants and public reforms? A Special Issue edited by me and my great colleagues
@mattiylonen.bsky.social
and Ringa Raudla
for Public Money and Management is now out as a collection. You may want to start with the editorial.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@mattiylonen.bsky.social
and Ringa Raudla
for Public Money and Management is now out as a collection. You may want to start with the editorial.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Editorial: Consultants and public management reforms
Published in Public Money & Management (Ahead of Print, 2024)
www.tandfonline.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Interested in the use of consultants and public reforms? A Special Issue edited by me and my great colleagues
@mattiylonen.bsky.social
and Ringa Raudla
for Public Money and Management is now out as a collection. You may want to start with the editorial.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@mattiylonen.bsky.social
and Ringa Raudla
for Public Money and Management is now out as a collection. You may want to start with the editorial.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Why has the market for climate consulting grown so much in the past decade? At what cost?
V happy to see our paper @phdskat.org on this brave new world alongside so many great contributions in an SI by @mattiylonen.bsky.social @hannakuu.bsky.social & Ringa Raudla www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
V happy to see our paper @phdskat.org on this brave new world alongside so many great contributions in an SI by @mattiylonen.bsky.social @hannakuu.bsky.social & Ringa Raudla www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New development: Climate consulting and the transformation of climate governance
External consultancies’ involvement in climate governance has grown substantially in recent years. Public sector managers encounter them in government tasks from policy research and design to clima...
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January 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Why has the market for climate consulting grown so much in the past decade? At what cost?
V happy to see our paper @phdskat.org on this brave new world alongside so many great contributions in an SI by @mattiylonen.bsky.social @hannakuu.bsky.social & Ringa Raudla www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
V happy to see our paper @phdskat.org on this brave new world alongside so many great contributions in an SI by @mattiylonen.bsky.social @hannakuu.bsky.social & Ringa Raudla www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Erityisesti pidin monista kulttuuriviittauksista ja, yhtenä yksityiskohtana, Taikavuori-allegoriasta, se sopii tähän aikaan hyvin! Lisään vielä, että Taikavuoressa kiinnostava on myös Mannin esipuhe. Se käsittelee aikaa ja etäisyyttä tapahtumiin, jotka ovat Syytöksessäkin keskeisiä.
December 13, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Erityisesti pidin monista kulttuuriviittauksista ja, yhtenä yksityiskohtana, Taikavuori-allegoriasta, se sopii tähän aikaan hyvin! Lisään vielä, että Taikavuoressa kiinnostava on myös Mannin esipuhe. Se käsittelee aikaa ja etäisyyttä tapahtumiin, jotka ovat Syytöksessäkin keskeisiä.
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Luin @hannakuu.bsky.social teoksen Syytös, joka käsittelee Tampereen yliopiston yhdistymisprosessia ja sen yhteydessä käytyjä valtapelejä. Tarinan piinaavuus välittyy lukijalle hyvin. Silti Syytös laajenee henkevästi myös isommaksi pohdinnaksi demokratian puolustamisesta. #kirjataivas >
December 13, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Luin @hannakuu.bsky.social teoksen Syytös, joka käsittelee Tampereen yliopiston yhdistymisprosessia ja sen yhteydessä käytyjä valtapelejä. Tarinan piinaavuus välittyy lukijalle hyvin. Silti Syytös laajenee henkevästi myös isommaksi pohdinnaksi demokratian puolustamisesta. #kirjataivas >
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#Syytös on kertomus #yliopistouudistus 'sta, sen seurauksista sekä ahdistava kuvaus #demokratia 'n, #sivistys 'n ja #työelämä 'n rappiosta, jossa vastuussa olevat (lue: me) luovuttavat vallan koijareille, mahdollistaen kurjuuden ja kiusaamisen. Kiitos, @hannakuu.bsky.social! 😍🙏❤📚
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#Kirjataivas
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November 24, 2024 at 12:14 PM
#Syytös on kertomus #yliopistouudistus 'sta, sen seurauksista sekä ahdistava kuvaus #demokratia 'n, #sivistys 'n ja #työelämä 'n rappiosta, jossa vastuussa olevat (lue: me) luovuttavat vallan koijareille, mahdollistaen kurjuuden ja kiusaamisen. Kiitos, @hannakuu.bsky.social! 😍🙏❤📚
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#Kirjataivas
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