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Events and public defences
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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Doctoral Dissertation: Culturally Diverse Place-specificity of Art Education in Higher Education Promotes the Integration of International Student Groups

    8.9.2021 13:29


    In her doctoral dissertation, Elina Härkönen examines the actualisation of the principles of cultural sustainability in international art education in higher education. The study shows that place-specific teaching, which in its pedagogical orientation takes cultural diversity into account, promotes both local and cultural sustainability as well as integration of student groups.

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    Doctoral dissertation: Stronger copyright protection for fashion designs contributes to sustainable development of the fashion industry

    31.8.2021 15:30


    Protecting fashion designs by copyright has been challenging. This has enabled large-scale copying of designs, which in turn has contributed to 'fast fashion' – a phenomenon that causes damage to the environment, human rights and cultural values. In her doctoral dissertation in the field of law, Heidi Härkönen states that copyright is one of the several legal means at our disposal to foster sustainable development of fashion.

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    Doctoral dissertation: 10X-Service Design Lab as an accelerator for business development

    20.8.2021 11:30


    Automotive industry is going through a digital transformation and striving to expand its business models into new mobility solutions. Their core product-driven business is expanding to service-orientated business models which requires a new set of expertise and capabilities. Linus Schaaf (M.A.) examines in his doctoral dissertation the possibilities to use service design in business development for human-centered accelerated decision-making by application of digital co-creation.