Events and public defences

Heidi Schaaf, a stone wall behind of her.

Dissertation: Museum structures should be opened towards genuine participation and inclusion

16.11.2022 11:50

According to the doctoral dissertation by Heidi Schaaf, MA, museums should examine critically what participation and inclusion mean in their Audience Development and how they are realized in practice. The methods and philosophy common for service design can offer museums tools for broader public participation.

Dissertation: Responsibility has expanded in the outdoor clothing industry during the past decade

14.11.2022 12:00

Over the past decade, responsibility and sustainability have become an inseparable part of the outdoor clothing industry, and acts of responsibility have become a competitive advantage. At the same time, the differences between the companies have grown. This is shown in the doctoral dissertation by Laura Seppälä, PhD, MA where she studies the responsibility communication of international outdoor clothing companies.

Dissertation: Recorded inner feelings become a part of performance

28.10.2022 14:20

In her cross-disciplinary dissertation, Marija Griniuk, MFA, studies new ways of presenting the audience the inner feelings of performing artists. The real time experience provided by utilising electroencephalography (EEG) measurements could enable the audience to have an authentic glance into the performer as a human being.

Dissertation: Sled dogs transforming the tourist landscape

22.9.2022 8:30

In his dissertation in tourism research, Mikko Äijälä, MSocSc, studies the agency of sled dogs in forming a local tourist landscape. His idea of multispecies trails helps us understand how the significance of animals can be included in the implementation of animal tourism services.

The nationwide Doctoral Education Day in Rovaniemi to address the future and internationalisation of doctoral education

1.9.2022 11:37

What is the situation of doctoral education at the European level? What will doctoral education look like in Finland after ten years? What is the role of various doctoral education services in academia and what is expected of them?

Mirva Salminen by Marko Junttila_uutiskuva.jpg

Doctoral dissertation: Acknowledging Humanness Improves Cybersecurity

13.5.2022 9:53

In her doctoral dissertation, Assistant Professor Mirva Salminen critically examines digitalisation and cybersecurity as societal programmes. According to Salminen, securing the digitalised society requires that humanness is taken better into account in the development of information and communication technologies, digital applications and services, as well as in societal policies.

Dissertation: The journey of floral bead styles from 1500s France to 1800s Yukon First Nations

20.4.2022 11:45

Dr. Ukjese van Kampen traces in his doctoral dissertation the origins of the floral bead styles that his people from the south-central Yukon adopted in the mid-1800s. The Yukon First Nations people had an established floral embroidery tradition already before Europeans entered the area in the end of the 19th century. However, the floral designs were not indigenous but adopted through a centuries-long process. The dissertation gives new insights into the spread of floral designs originating in 1500s France and migrating westwards across Canada to the Yukon.

Dissertation: The concept of the Arctic is often taken as a given

13.4.2022 9:30

In his dissertation, Joonas Vola investigates Arctic change and the way in which it is described in science, art, and popular communication. The author’s results provide grounds for a novel, a more radical, and a more critical way to address the Arctic region and the Arcticness.

Dissertation: Sustainable development in the New Space tourism industry

12.4.2022 13:20

Annette Toivonen, M.Soc.Sc., has conducted an internationally ground-breaking study of space tourism. The author presents alternative ways to include sustainable development in the commercial New Space tourism industry

Dissertation: Early stage communication of service design needs to be improved

24.3.2022 10:11

Danielle Zsifkovits, MA, investigates in her dissertation how service designers communicate about their discipline to stakeholders and the ways to enhance the existing communication. Especially the early stage communication in service design projects should be improved.

Dissertation: The Impact of Transformative Learning on the Development of Young Peoples’ Intercultural Competencies

24.3.2022 10:00

M.Ed. Tomm Stewart’s doctoral dissertation provides insights into the impact of transformative learning and intercultural experiences on the development of young people’s intercultural competencies. The intended impact is the potential to create a more harmonious and equitable world.

Doctoral dissertation: Knowledge Integration in Co-management: A Study on the People of the Mount Cameroon National Park

22.2.2022 8:30

Ayonghe Akonwi Nebasifu, M.A., studies in his dissertation the unequal power relations between officials and local people in the co-management of the Mount Cameroon National Park and its adjacent communities. Ayonghe’s work contributes to co-management theory by revealing simultaneous compliance with and opposition to various relations of power in which people use official and unofficial strategies to attain their goals within a system of resource management.

Mira Alhonsuo, photographed in a snowy forest. Photo: Marko Junttila.

Dissertation: A comprehensive understanding of service design facilitates healthcare professionals' commitment to development

10.12.2021 11:04

Mira Alhonsuo, MA, investigates in her dissertation the development of healthcare services through service design and co-design. She also studies the benefits of the design methods especially in the beginning of the process. According to the study, understanding design methods and design processes makes it easier to discern the scope of the service under development and to plan a more realistic development process particularly by observing the needs of healthcare professionals.

Dissertation: Media literacy among older people to be supported based on individual needs

7.12.2021 10:00

Susanna Rivinen, M.Ed., studies in her dissertation the ways to support the media literacy of older people. She uncovers the main principles that are to be considered when planning and implementing media education to meet the needs of older people. This is the first Finnish dissertation focusing on media education for older people.

Doctoral dissertation: Design Space Broadens Perspectives on Organization and Strategizing

30.9.2021 14:45

In her interdisciplinary doctoral research, M.Sc. (econ) Tarja Pääkkönen examines the significance of design and design thinking in organizations and their strategies. The study shows that design can expand our views beyond what is generally thought about organizational management and strategy, and thus reshape and broaden our understandings of organization and strategizing as well as popular conceptions related to them. The research elaborates on the concept of design space which helps rethink organizations, strategies and design in novel ways and together as part of a larger whole.