Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
Finland
fellow
Mona Mannevuo
Home institution
University of Turku
Country of origin (home institution)
Finland
Discipline(s)
Social and economic history
Theme(s)
Cultural Studies
Health
Fellowship dates
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Biography
Mona Mannevuo is a historian with a multidisciplinary background in the humanities and social Sciences. She did her MA in cultural history (2009) and defended her PhD in gender studies (2015) at the University of Turku. In 2021, she was granted the title of docent in political history at the University of Helsinki. In recent years, Mannevuo’s research interest has focused on the history of fatigue and stress. In 2026, she will start working as a University Researcher at the Centre for Consumer Society Research, University of Helsinki.
Research Project
Weary Workers: The Problem of Fatigue in Finnish Occupational Medicine, 1945–1955
Mona Mannevuo’s project investigates the complex history of work-related fatigue in occupational medicine. In the project, the concept of fatigue refers broadly to disabling tiredness that can be physical, mental or both. By analysing medical texts and archival findings, the research uncovers how the idea of the working body was transformed in post-1945 occupational medicine into a complex entity that could be modulated to tackle fatigue, the nemesis of modern society. The aim of the research is to contribute to academic and public discussions focused on stress, psychosomatic illnesses and public health.
Research Interests:
Cybernetics, history of modern medicine, industrial psychology, occupational medicine, science and technology studies