Marja Rautajoki works as a project researcher in SWiPE research consortium. She is also a coordinator of the WORK2019 conference organizing team. In addition, she works at the Turku Centre for Labour Studies at the University of Turku. Rautajoki is a Master of Arts majoring in German language and linguistic specialist. In autumn 2018 she … Continued
Professor Monder Ram is the director of the Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME) at the University of Aston. Professor Ram has extensive experience in research of and consulting for ethnic minority businesses in the UK and internationally. He has studied, among other things, the employment relationships of migrants and the role of … Continued
Matti Karinen is a doctoral candidate at the Entrepreneurship unit of the Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku. His doctoral project looks at pathways to legitimacy for primary sector multinational enterprises. In addition, Matti is part of the SWiPE project, and the connected Knowledge Governance as a research assistant. Matti specialises in … Continued
Kaisa Hytönen is a researcher at the entrepreneurship unit of Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku. Her areas of expertise include post-tertiary education, networked expertise, social networks and vocational learning. Kaisa Hytönen defended her dissertation in education at the University of Turku in 2016. She joined the SWiPE project as a researcher … Continued
Professor Robert Blackburn is the Associate Dean for Research at Kingston Business School and director of the Small Business Research Centre. Blackburn has extensive experience in research work on SMEs in the UK and internationally. Robert Blackburn’s areas of particular expertise include SMEs, entrepreneurship, internationalization, business performance and innovation. He is a visiting professor at … Continued
A digital platform can be defined to be akin to a virtual marketplace where actors, not directly dependent on the platform supplier, meet and engage with one another. The phenomenon is as old as organised interaction between people. What is new now, is the way in which digitalisation through ever-present networked devices has “turbocharged” the … Continued
Petri works as an economist at the Avance Attorneys LTD and in addition, he is a senior fellow in ETLA and in ETLA’s research projects. He has had a varied career as a researcher both in Finland and abroad, publishing widely both in Finland and internationally. He defended his doctorate in 2000 at the Vanderbilt … Continued
Changes in working life and entrepreneurship in the platform economy are a central part of the SWiPE research project. The diversity of working life in the future underlines the importance of learning in work. Workers are expected to be able to continuously learn, adapt and adopt new skills and methods. SWiPE Researchers Eveliina Saari and … Continued
The multidisciplinary SWiPE research project looks at change in the economy and working life as well as the effects of the platform economy, new technology and digitalisation on work, entrepreneurship and economic growth. In their book chapter “Innovating is not of the spirit world – depicting a female inventor’s unique path with materiality-friendly gender concepts”, … Continued
Seppo Poutanen is a Senior researcher and Docent of Sociology at the University of Turku. In addition to his significant expertise in research and teaching in Finland he has a lot of international experience. Seppo has been a visiting researcher in a number of universities abroad. He has also worked as an Academy of Finland … Continued