muutoshistorian
Muutoshistorian, or the historian of change, is a term used in Finnish historiography to denote a methodological and thematic approach that foregrounds historical change as its central unit of analysis. It treats societies, institutions, technologies, and cultural practices as dynamic processes, emphasizing how transformations unfold over time rather than presenting history as a sequence of static events. The term can refer both to a research program and to scholars who identify with this orientation.
Scholarly practice in muutoshistorian focuses on long-term processes, turning points, and varying trajectories across periods and
Methodologically, muutoshistorian draws on traditional archival history, comparative analysis, and process tracing, while increasingly incorporating quantitative
While the term is most common in Finnish academic discourse, muutoshistorian intersects with related fields such