CURRICULUM VITAE AND MOST IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE AND MOST IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS Full name and date Surname and given names: Högbacka, Riitta Anneli Gender: Female Date of writing the CV: Education and degrees awarded Degrees: Doctor of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Sociology, Master of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Sociology, Certified Translator, University of Tampere, English and German, Title of Docent: Docent in Sociology, University of Helsinki, Linguistic skills Mother tongue: Finnish Other languages: Translator of English (major language) and German Swedish (fluent) Russian (basics) Current position University Lecturer in Social Policy, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Senior Fellow, Centre for Children, Law, and Ethics, Samford University, USA, ( Visiting scholarships abroad Scholar-in-Residence, Beatrice Bain Research Group, University of California at Berkeley Visiting scholar, University of Cardiff, Wales, Department of City and Regional Planning, Visiting scholar, University of Surrey, England, Department of linguistics, Previous work experience University lecturer in Sociology at the Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki Part-time lecturer at the Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki ( ). Grant Researcher, Emil Aaltonen Foundation, for the purpose of language checking an English language book on transnational adoption, Grant Researcher, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, for the purpose of finishing an English language book on transnational adoption Grant Researcher, Kone Foundation, post-doctoral research on transnational adoption, and University Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, Grant Researcher, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, post-doctoral research on transnational adoption,

2 2 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Academy of Finland (Project of Professor Riitta Jallinoja on family transitions), Project Researcher. Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Grant Researcher during , various sources, for completing a PhD on rural change and gender, University of Helsinki, Department of Sociology. Researcher, University of Helsinki, Mikkeli Institute for Rural Research and Training, conducted research on rural women, Research funding and supervision Research funding Grant from Kone Foundation , Euros for research on globalisation and the transnational hair trade. Grant from Emil Aaltonen Foundation, 2015, Euros for languge checking of book Grant, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, , Euros. Grant, The Kone Foundation, , Euros. Grant, The Kone Foundation, , Euros. Grant, The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, , Euros. Supervision Officially appointed supervisor of doctoral students: 1. Officially appointed supervisor of master s students: currently 5; altogether previously 15. Merits in teaching and pedagogical competence Pedagogical training: University Pedagogic 1 & 2, University of Helsinki, University Lecturer in Sociology , ; University Lecturer in Social Policy (social welfare theory) , University of Helsinki. Other academic merits Article (Castrén & Högbacka 2014) was chosen for entrance exams in the University of Eastern Finland in Article (Högbacka 2013) was chosen for entrance exams in the University of Eastern Finland in Article (Högbacka 2013) was chosen for entrance exams in Tampere University One of the organisors and thematic chairs for an International Forum on Intercountry Adoption and Global Surrogacy, ( Title of Docent, University of Helsinki, autumn Outside reviewer of research proposals for the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada, February Referee for the following academic journals: Culture, Health and Sexuality; Social and Cultural Geography; Adoption Quarterly; Maaseudun Uusi Aika (Finnish Journal of Rural Research and Policy); Sukupuolentutkimus-lehti (Finnish Journal of Gender Relations). Invited Keynote Lecture ICAR4 Fourth International Conference on Adoption Research, Bilbao, Spain Invited Keynote Lecture AFIN 5 th International Congress, Barcelona, Spain

3 3 Scientific and societal impact of research Total number of publications: 37. Science communication and expert assignments in the media: Birth mothers of transnational adoption, Interview in Helsingin Sanomat, Adult adoptees and adoption, participation in a radio programme Mahadura & Özberkan, Transnational adoption and global inequality, Interview in Helsingin Sanomat, Transnational adoption and the Haiti earthquake, Interview in Finnish TV, YLE1, News, Transnational adoption and biological mothers, Interview on Finnish radio, YLE1, Transnational adoption, Interview in the South African 24Media Newspaper, August Transnational adoption in global context, Interview in Helsingin Sanomat (B1), Transnational adoption, Interview in Finnish TV, TV1, Voimala, Most important publications Scientific books Högbacka, Riitta (2016): Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption: The De-Kinning of First Mothers. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Sanna Aaltonen & Riitta Högbacka (Eds.) (2015) Umpikujasta oivallukseen. Refleksiivisyys empiirisessä tutkimuksessa (Reflexivity in empirical research). Tampere University Press (together with Finnish Youth Research Network). Högbacka, Riitta (2003): Naisten muuttuvat elämänmuodot maaseudulla (Rural women s changing life-modes). Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, Helsinki. Peer-reviewed articles 1. Högbacka, Riitta (2017): Intercountry adoption and the social production of abandonment. International Social Work. Published online 14 August Högbacka, Riitta (2017): Reverse Interviewing: A White Adoptive Mother Engaging with Black Birth Mothers and Vice Versa. International Journal of Social Research Methodology 20: 6, Högbacka, Riitta & Ruohio, Heidi (revised and resubmitted): Black and White Strangers: Adoption and Ethnic Hierarchies in Finland. In Adoption and Discourses of Multiculturalism: Europe, the Americas, and the Pacific. Tobias Hübinette, Indigo Willing and Jenny Wills (Eds.). (manuscript has been sent to publisher) 4. Högbacka, Riitta & Aaltonen, Sanna (2015): Refleksiivisyyden ulottuvuudet (The dimensions of reflexivity). In Umpikujasta oivallukseen. Refleksiviisyys empiirisessä tutkimuksessa (Reflexivity in empirical research), Sanna Aaltonen & Riitta Högbacka (Eds.). Tampere University Press (together

4 4 with Finnish Youth Research Network). 6. Castrén, Anna-Maija & Högbacka, Riitta (2014): Avautuuko perhe? Eksklusiivisuuden ja inklusiivisuuden dynamiikka perhesidoksissa (The dynamics between exclusivity and inclusivity in familial ties). Sosiologia (Finnish Journal of Sociology) 51: 2, Högbacka, Riitta (2014): Unohdetut äidit? Eteläafrikkalaisten biologisten äitien kokemuksia adoptiosta (Forgotten mothers: intercountry adoption as experienced by South African birth mothers). In Kansainvälinen adoptio Suomessa. Tutkimusnäkökulmia adoptioon (Inter-country adoption in Finland. Research perspectives on adoption), Koskinen M., Sarkkinen S. ja Svala, M. (Eds.). Jyväskylä Studies in Education, Psychology and Social Research 492, University of Jyväskylä, Högbacka, Riitta (2014): Voiko kansainvälinen adoptio olla avoin? (Can intercountry adoptions be open?) In Kansainvälinen adoptio Suomessa. Tutkimusnäkökulmia adoptioon (Inter-country adoption in Finland. Research perspectives on adoption), Koskinen M., Sarkkinen S. ja Svala, M. (Eds.). Jyväskylä Studies in Education, Psychology and Social Research 492, University of Jyväskylä, Högbacka, Riitta (2013): Kansainvälinen adoptio globaalin etelän ja pohjoisen kohtaamisena (Inter-country adoption as a contact zone between the global North and South). Sosiologia (Finnish Journal of Sociology) 50:1, Högbacka, Riitta ( 2012): Maternal thinking in the context of stratified reproduction: perspectives of birth mothers from South Africa. In Intercountry adoption: Policies, practices, and outcomes, Gibbons J. & Rotabi K. S. (Eds.), Ashgate, Högbacka, Riitta (2011): Excusivity and inclusivity in transnational adoption. In Riitta Jallinoja & Eric D. Widmer (Eds.): Families and Kinship in Contemporary Europe. Rules and Practices of Relatedness. Palgrave MacMillan, Högbacka, Riitta (2009): Ikioma lapsi vieraasta maasta: yhteisyys ja erot kansainvälisissä adoptioperheissä (Belonging and difference in international adoptive families). Riitta Jallinoja (Ed.): Vieras perheessä (Stranger in the Family), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, Högbacka, Riitta (2008): The Quest for a Child of One s Own. Parents, Markets, and Transnational Adoption. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol 39, Number 3, Summer 2008, Högbacka, Riitta (2005): Maaseudun naiset ja hyvä elämä (Rural women and the good life) Maaseudun Uusi Aika (Finnish Journal of Rural Research and Polic) 2, 2005, Riitta Högbacka: Maaseudun naiset työyhteiskunnan murroksessa. (Rural women and societal transition.) Maaseudun Uusi Aika 2, 1997, Högbacka, Riitta & Siiskonen, Pirjo (1996): Change and continuity in the economic role of rural women. New rural policy, Finnish journal of rural research and policy, English supplement, 1996,

5 Högbacka, Riitta (1995): Naiset maaseudun voimavarana. (Women as assets in rural areas) Maaseudun uusi aika (Finnish Journal of Rural Research and Policy) 2, 1995, Other publications Högbacka, Riitta. (2014). Intercountry adoption, countries of origin, and biological families. (K.E Cheney, Ed.) ISS Working Paper Series / General Series (Vol. 598, pp. 1 19). International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University (ISS). Retrieved from Riitta Högbacka: Naisten elämänmuotojen muuttuminen maaseudulla. (Changing life-modes of women in rural areas.) Maaseudun uusi aika 1, 2004, Högbacka, Riitta & Trast, Terhi (Eds.) (2000): Monessa mukana. Näkymiä naisten työhön ja elämään maaseudulla. (Viewpoints to women s work and life in rural areas). Maaseutupolitiikan yhteistyöryhmän julkaisu. Vantaa. Högbacka, Riitta (1998): Maaseudun työmarkkinat ja sukupuoli. Vertaileva tutkimus vuosista 1986 ja 1994.(Gender and rural labour markets: a comparison of the situation in 1986 and 1994.) Helsingin yliopisto. Maaseudun tutkimus- ja koulutuskeskus, Julkaisuja 59. Mikkeli. Högbacka, Riitta (1995): Naisena maaseudulla. (Rural women s everyday life). Helsingin yliopisto, maaseudun tutkimus- ja koulutuskeskus, Mikkeli. Julkaisuja 41. Riitta Högbacka (1998): Gender and the Transformation of Rural Work: The Finnish Scene. In Gun-Marie Frånberg (ed.): The Social Construction of Gender in Different Cultural Contexts. The Swedish Institute for Regional Research (SIR), Stockholm 1998, Riitta Högbacka: Women's Work in Rural Finland: Some Implications for Development. In Pasi Saukkonen & Hilkka Vihinen (eds.): Rural and Regional Development. University of Helsinki. Mikkeli Institute for Rural Research and Training. Publications 61. Mikkeli 1998, Riitta Högbacka: Women's Position in Different Types of Rural Areas in Finland. In Aino Saarinen & Arja Huttunen (eds.): Proceedings of the First Femina Borealis Research Conference. Universities of Oulu and Lapland. Northern Gender Studies 3, 1996, Högbacka, Riitta, Kandolin, Irja, Haavio-Mannila, Elina, Kauppinen-Toropainen, Kaisa (1987): Sukupuolinen ahdistelu ja häirintä. (Sexual harassment: a literature review) Tasa-arvoasiain neuvottelukunnan monisteita 1. Högbacka, Riitta, Kandolin, Irja, Haavio-Mannila, Elina, Kauppinen-Toropainen, Kaisa (1987): Sexual harassment. Equality Reports, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. Series E: Abstracts 2.