Curriculum
Vitae
Aivita Putnina
Address: Department
of Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Latvia, Visvalža
4a, Riga
LV-1050, Latvia
Phone:
+371-670344852
E-mail:aivita.putnina@lu.lv
Web page:
www.policy.hu/putnina
Education:
1996 - 1999
Ph.D.
in Social anthropology, University of Cambridge, UK, doctoral
dissertation
“Maternity services and Agency in Post-Soviet Latvia”
1995-1996
M.Phil in Social Anthropology,
University of Cambridge, UK
1994-1995
studies for M.Phil degree in
Sociology, University of Latvia
1990-1993
BA in Sociology, Vytautus Magnus
University, Kaunas, Lithuania
1989-1990
studies for BA degree in philology,
University of Latvia
1987-1989
Two-year course at the Medical
Academy of Latvia, General Medicine
Academic titles
and degrees:
January 2002– March 2003
International
Policy Fellow, Open Society Institute, Budapest, NewYork
1999
PhD,
University of Cambridge
1996-1999
W. Wise grant for doctoral studies,
Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge / Daugavas
Vanagu
Izglitibas fonds (Educational Fund of Daugavas Vanagi,
England)
1995
Soros Foundation/ Chevenning grant
for master studies at the University of Cambridge
Professional employment:
2009-
Department
of Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Latvia, programme
director
2009-2011
EU
7the Framework programme “Citizen Participation in Decision-making in
Knowledge
Intensive Policy Field”
2007-2009
Central
European University, Center for Policy Studies, researcher, “Quality in
ender+
equality policies”
2005-2007
Women’s
Resource Centre “Marta”, expert in “Equal” project “Open Labour market
for
Women”
2003-2007
EU
6th Framework programme project “Challenges of Biomedicine”,
Leader
of the Latvian team, leading scientist in the workpackage on
medicalisation and
genetisation related to
the biotechnologies
2004-2005
Ministry of Culture,
Latvia, expert on
cultural policy
2002
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expert
on state communication policy
2003
Secretariat
of the Special Assignments Minister for Social Integration, expert on
integration policy
June 2001-
Public Policy Institute, head of the
board
2000-2009
docent, Dept. of Sociology,
University of Latvia
2000-2004
Latvian
Association of Anthropologists, vice-president
June-September 2000
Local expert for National
Development Plan/ Finance, Treasury and Investment; Preparation
Programme for
Pre-Structural Funds
1999-2000
lecturer, Dept. of Sociology,
University of Latvia
I have consulted and lectured for NGOs
(Women’s Resource Centre “Marta”, Union of Latvian Rural Women’s
Organisations,
women entrepreneur’s organization “Līdere”, Latvian Association of
Midwives and
regional NGOs), business organizations (Lattelekom, advertising agency
“Airport”).
As an NGO activist I have participated in
lobbying Latvian gender equality, family and sexual minority policies,
childbirth and homebirth regulations, urban development policies. I
have
participated in drafting gender equality law proposition.
I have published more than 30 different
publications on these subjects in Latvian daily and Internet media and
have
provided expert commentary on national TV and radio channels.
Most significant scientific
publications:
1. “Population Genome project in Latvia”.
In Laws in the genetic era., ed. J. Sandor, CEU Press, 2003.
2. Reproductive Health Report, Latvia
1997-2003. Editor and author. UNPFA,
“Papardes Zieds”, 2004.
3. Men and Women in Governance. Author.
Public Policy Institute, Community Framework Strategy on Gender
Equality,
Ministry of Welfare of the Republic of Latvia, 2004.
4. Beliefs about women politicians in Latvia.
(In Latvian). Letonica, 2005/13.
5. Men in Latvia. Situation Outline.
Demographic Situation: Present and Future. Strategic Analysis
Commission under
the Auspices of the President of Latvia, No. 3 (4)/2005. “Zinatne”
Publishers,
Riga 2006.
6. Sex Education and Social Risk Group
Youth. “Papardes Zieds”, 2006.
7. Human Development Report 2004-2005. UNDP
un SPPI, 2005. Co-author.
9. Social
Prestige, Gender and Road Traffic rules/ Sociālais prestižs, dzimtes
priekšstati un ceļu satiksmes noteikumi, LU Raksti 701: Socioloģija,
2006.
10.. Good Life In
Latvia: Gendered Destinies/ Laba dzīve Latvijā: skats uz dzimtes
veidotu
sociālo likteni. 2006, Zinātniski
pētnieciskie raksti
,Stratēģiskās analīzes komisija, “Zinātne”.
11. Sexuality,
masculinity and
homophobia: Latvian case In Everyday life
of GLBT in Eastern and Central Europe. 2007. The Peace Institute
(Institute
for Contemporary Social and Political Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
12.
(forthcoming): Invisible families -
imagining relations
in families based on same- sex partnerships. Prepared for A Cambridge
University Press volume
13.
(forthcoming):. Managing
trust and risk in new biotechnologies: the case of population genome
project
and organ transplantation in Latvia, Chapter 5. Springer.
14.
(2007, 2009) author, editor: Health And Violence: A Study On The Situation In
Latvia.. WHO,
Ministry of Health.
Research interests:
Gender, gender policy, sexuality,
reproductive health, biomedical technologies, issues of civil society
and
governance.
Academic Courses:
·
Methods in Anthropology
·
Anthropology of body and
medicine
·
Gender and Society
·
Theory in Anthropology
·
Postmodernism and
Anthropology
·
Social theory of P. Bourdieu
Professional organizations:
Member of European Association of Social Anthropologists
Member of Latvian Association of Social Anthropologists