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• Kotisatamassa : merimiesten vaimot, naisten toimijuus ja perheiden toimeentuloehdot 1800-luvun suomalaisessa rannikkokaupungissa 

  Frigren, Pirita (University of Jyväskylä, 2016)

• Young Lads and Old Tars : Changing Age Structure of the Nordic Sailors, 1750s–1930s 

  Ojala, Jari; Eloranta, Jari; Pehkonen, Jaakko; Ojala, Anu (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2022)

  This article analyzes the changing age structure of Swedish and Finnish sailors for almost 200 years. We show that the proportion of the youngest men increased during the age of sail (i.e., the older technology). The average ...

• Regimes of patriarchy and faith : reflections on challenges in interviewing women and religious minorities in Pakistan 

  Shah, Waqar Ali; Lashari, Asadullah (Emerald, 2023)

  Purpose This paper discusses the challenges that two doctoral researchers faced while researching religious minorities and women in a culturally sensitive society such as Pakistan. Their shared interest in sensitive topics ...

• Technological Change, Institutions and Maritime Labour : International Reforms and Their Reception in Sweden and Finland, c.1850–1939 

  Ojala, Jari (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023)

  This essay discusses how the technology-driven institutional changes transformed the work and working conditions of maritime labour. As the shipping industry is international per se, the focus is on the international ...

• The poor man’s goldmine? : Career paths in Swedish and Finnish merchant shipping, c. 1840–1950 

  Ojala, Jari; Frigren, Pirita; Ojala, Anu (Routledge, 2017)

  This article analyses the career paths of Swedish and Finnish sailors from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century. The article shows that, for the most of the men, the seaman’s occupation was just a passing phase before ...