MARKO MIKAEL MARILA
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About

Bio

​I am a researcher, teacher, and artist based in Helsinki, Finland and Venice, Italy. I have a PhD in history and philosophy of archaeology from the University of Helsinki and I am Associate Professor (Docent) of Heritage Archaeology at the University of Turku. My current research at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice deals with nuclear markers as global signals of the Anthropocene.

Academic titles

  • Associate Professor (Docent) of Heritage Archaeology | University of Turku | Since 2024

Degrees

  • ​Doctor of Philosophy | University of Helsinki | 2020
  • Master of Arts | University of Helsinki | 2011
  • ​Bachelor of Arts | University of Helsinki | 2010

Current position

  • Research Fellow | Ca' Foscari University of Venice | 2025–2026

Past positions

  • Postdoctoral researcher | Linköping University | 2023–2025
  • ​Visiting researcher | University of Oslo | 2023
  • ​Postdoctoral researcher | University of Turku | 2021–2023
  • Postdoctoral researcher | University of Helsinki | 2019–2021​
  • Visiting researcher | University of Copenhagen | 2017
  • ​​Doctoral researcher | University of Helsinki | 2016–2019
Picture
Photo: Jenny Widén

Memberships

  • Finnish Antiquarian Society
  • Pebble in My Shoe Research Collective
  • The Hub for Speculative Fabulation upon Incidental Observations
  • The Center for the Study of the Relationship Between Words and Stones
  • ​​​The Society for the Prevention of Staring into a Computer Screen for Twelve Hours a Day

PhD supervision

  • Veera Ojala | University of Turku
  • Katariina Vuori | University of Oulu
  • Julius Eerola | University of Helsinki
  • Rebecca Öhnfeldt | Linköping University

Other academic

  • Editor | Suomen Museo – Finskt Museum​​