Ravelijn

dr. S.J. Jukola (Saana)

Assistant Professor
BMS-TPS-PHIL
Ravelijn 4282
s.j.jukola@utwente.nl
+31534891772
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I am a philosopher of science focused on the philosophy of health sciences and social epistemology. In particular, I’m interested in how epistemic and non-epistemic (e.g., social and institutional) factors intertwine in the production of knowledge. I have worked on topics such as commercialization of research, standards of evidence in nutrition science, and peer review. I am also interested in alcohol research and the influence of racial biases in health care and forensic medicine.

Before University of Twente, I have worked at the University of Jyväskylä, University of Johannesburg, Bielefeld University, Witten/Herdecke University, Ruhr University Bochum, and University of Bonn.

Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Objectivity
    • Evidence
    • Medical Research

  • Psychology

    • Research
    • Judgement
    • Biases
    • Case Study

  • Arts and Humanities

    • Ideal

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2026

Studying asphyxiation in the lab: The role of experimental evidence in cause-of-death inquiry (2026)History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 48(1). Article 9 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Fischer, E. & Jukola, S.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-025-00712-3

2025

Progress in Medicine (2025)In The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Medicine (pp. 240-262) (Oxford Handbooks). Oxford University Press. Jukola, S.https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197625835.013.0007Integrated approaches to health: A paradigmatic, methodological and operational comparison of EcoHealth, One Health and Planetary Health (2025)CABI One Health, 4(1). Zinsstag, J., Ford, A., Jukola, S., Bukachi, S., Degeling, C., Whittaker, M., Mantila Meluk, H., Pelikan, K., Röösli, M., Zinsstag, C., Heitz-Tokpa, K., Charron, D. & Kairer-Grolimund, A.https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2025.0029Ceci n’est pas une porte – This is not a door / Designs for a Cooler Planet (2025)[Non-textual form › Exhibition]. Aalto University. Berger, L., Böök, N., Helander, P., Savolainen, P., Huttunen, M., Jensen-Eriksen, N., Jukola, S., Mikkola, J., Prieto, G., Tikka, K. & Toivanen, K.https://www.aalto.fi/en/designs-for-a-cooler-planet#3-get-a-taste-of-what-will-be-featured-in-2025Multi-professional healthcare teams, medical dominance, and institutional epistemic injustice (2025)Medicine, health care and philosophy, 28(2), 219-232. Bueter, A. & Jukola, S.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-025-10252-zDouble Measures: Conceptual Tensions and the Treatment of Evidence in Alcohol Policy (2025)Philosophy of Medicine, 6(1), 1-24. Francis, B. & Jukola, S.https://doi.org/10.5195/pom.2025.226

2024

Phronetic Risk in Research Agenda Setting: The Case of Nutrition Science and Public Health (2024)Social epistemology (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Jukola, S.https://doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2024.2435266Bodies of evidence: The ‘Excited Delirium Syndrome’ and the epistemology of cause-of-death inquiry (2024)Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 104, 38-47. Fischer, E. & Jukola, S.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2023.12.009Objektiivisuuden monet merkitykset (2024)Tiede ja Edistys, 48, 50-53. Jukola, S.https://doi.org/10.51809/TE.141887Medical Nihilism (2024)In Handbook of the Philosophy of Medicine (pp. 1-12). Springer (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Jukola, S.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8706-2_96-1

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Ravelijn (building no. 10), room 4282
Hallenweg 17
7522 NH Enschede
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