Ojala Jari
Professor
Department of History and Ethnology
University of Jyvaskyla
Finland
Biography
Dr. Jari Ojala is a professor of comparative business history at the University of Jyvaskyla and the Editor-in-Chief in Scandinavian Economic History Review. He specializes in economic, business and maritime history. His recent articles include "Deskilling and Decline in Skill Premiums during the Age of Sail: Swedish and Finnish Seamen, 1751–1913" (with Jaakko Pehkonen ja Jari Eloranta) in Explorations in Economic History, 61 (2016), 85 – 94 and "Maritime history: A health check" (with Stig Tenold) in International Journal of Maritime History, 29:2 (2017), 344 – 354. In 2016 Ojala was awarded the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters’ Eino Jutikkala Prize for outstanding research in history.
Research Interest
economic, business and maritime history
