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Publications

I write about a range of topics, especially performing arts, philosophy of science and practical applications of philosophy in everyday life. I write in English and in Finnish. Below you can find a sample of my writings (a handful are only available in print form). For more information, please contact me at elina dot vessonen at gmail dot com.

Book:

2021. Mielen mittarit. Vastapaino.

In the media: MTV3Suomen KuvalehtiPsykologia-lehti, Hyvä Terveys 2/2022 (print issue), kirjavinkit.fi.
Related appearances: panel discussion on measurement with Läpinäkyvää tiedettä; interview and Q&A at Tampereen kirjamessut 2021.

Non-academic:

2023. ”Porsaiden kirurginen kastraatio kielletään – mitä se tarkoittaa?” Animalia-lehti (yhteistyössä Jere Ollilan kanssa)
2023. “Rigour and release.” Handstand Press.
2023. “Handstands for survival.” Handstand Press.
2021. "Hula hooping is not mindless, it is bodily problem solving." Psyche.
2020. ”Taidetta, temppuja ja nuorisosirkusta”. Mustekala.info 1/2020, vol 77.
2020. “Pullamössö vastaan hevonpaska”. Niin & Näin 1/2020.
2020. “Vanne tanssii, leikkii ja viihdyttää.” Sirkuspyramidi.
2019. “Konkreettisesti syrjivistä rakenteista.” Tiedepolitiikka 2/2019.
2019. “Musteläiskistä mustiin laatikoihin.” Tieteessä tapahtuu 1/2019.
2019. “Sietämisen pienet piirit.” Voima 5/2019.
2017. ”Peak District – kitkaista kiveä kansallispuistossa”, Kiipeily-lehti, 2/2017.
2017. ”Introverts aren’t voiceless—they’re quietly powerful”, Quartz, 10.4.2017.

Academic:

2021. "Conceptual engineering and operationalism in psychology" Synthese special issue on Concept formation in the natural and social sciences.
2021. "Representation in Measurement" European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 11.
2021. “Respectful Operationalism” Theory & Psychology, 31(1), 84-105.
2020. "Complementarity of Psychometrics and the Representational Theory of Measurement" British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 71(2): 415-442.
2019. “Realism and Operationalism in Psychometrics” Philosophy Compass 14(10): e12624.
2017. “Psychometrics versus Representational Theory of Measurement” Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 47(4-5).

Other:

2021. "Circus Helsinki -lehti." (editing & writing)

PhD dissertation:

2019. Representing and Constructing. Psychometrics from the perspectives of measurement theory and concept formation. Cambridge University.

(Updated December 2023.)



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Hello and welcome!  I'm Elina Vessonen, a researcher, writer and circus teacher. I did my PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK (philosophy of science, 2019) and an MA at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL (research master, philosophy and economics, 2015).  I've trained circus since 1997 and coached for over 15 years. I've performed around the world, developing a repertoire of circus skills which I share  online these days. I also teach circus at Circus Helsinki ry  and work part-time in the circus school's office.  You can reach me at elina dot vessonen at gmail dot com. Here is a list of my publications, including academic and non-academic works.