Quantified Employee -seminar, 28.3.2017

Time:  28 March 2017 at 8:00–16:15 Place:  The National Museum of Finland,  Mannerheimintie 34, Helsinki Programme:  https://www.ttl.fi/en/qe2017-seminar-hki/   People measure themselves in many ways, e.g., using intelligent bracelets. How is this working in a work environment? Quantified Employee 2017 – Time, Results or Physiology is a seminar focused on the different possibilities of tracking work … Continued

Work Up! Multicultural working life

Time 31 January 2017 at 12:00-16:00 Place Old Student House (Vanha Ylioppilastalo), Mannerheimintie 3, Helsinki Registration   before 22 January 2017 via this link   Global business environment and increased migration to Finland open up new opportunities for our society and economy to benefit from the skills and know-how of newcomers. Finnish business life can be … Continued

ifip WG8.2 Working Conference 9.–10.12.2016, Dublin, Ireland

Beyond Interpretivism? New Encounters with Technology and Organisation 9 – 10 December 2016, Dublin, Ireland Working Conference Technology and Organisation (ifip WG8.2 in Dublin, December 9-10, 2016) focuses on new kinds of research encounters with technology and organization. Leading scholars of the field, Karin Knorr-Cetina (Unversity of Chicago), Wanda Orlikowski (MIT) and Tim Ingold (University … Continued

Digital transformation in organisations requires novel methods for research

Working Conference Technology and Organisation (ifip WG8.2 in Dublin, December 9-10, 2016) focuses on new kinds of research encounters with technology and organization. Leading scholars of the field, Karin Knorr-Cetina (Unversity of Chicago), Wanda Orlikowski (MIT) and Tim Ingold (University of Aberdeen) attend the conference. Twelve articles have been chosen for presentation, among them an … Continued

Producer Day 2016

Producer Day 2016 is a national practitioner event for producers in arts and culture. The event is organised on the 14th of November at the National Museum in Helsinki. The theme of the event is the future of work from the perspective of the self-employed. Head of the SWiPE-Consortium, Professor Anne Kovalainen, will be speaking … Continued

Boosting SME competitiveness – Help from where?

Time 15.11.2016 at 8:30 to 13:15 Place Hotel Scandic Marski, Mannerheimintie 10, 00100, Helsinki Invitation PDF here Registration By 14.11 here   Finnish competitiveness is grounded in effective, profitable and job-creating employers. In addition to the government programme and core policy, the Työelämä 2020 (Working life 2020) project challenges employers to raise their game by … Continued

Work Up! The future of crowdsourced work in Finland

When: 8.11.2016 from 12:30 to 15:00 Where: Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Runeberginkatu 2, Helsinki Registration: By 31.10.2016 here More info: Here   The sharing economy and platform mediated work are rapidly becoming more common in Finland. The phenomenon is expected to have a significant impact on firms, the labour market and to the way society … Continued

Learning at Work in the Future Work, 7.10.2016

Research seminar Friday 7.10.2016 at 13.00-15.30 Lecture hall 16, Turku School of Economics Rehtorinpellonkatu 3, Turku Learning at work has grown in importance due to increasingly complex working life, changes in occupations and constantly new requirements at work and jobs. Another aspect of learning at work underlines the development of workers’ occupational and social competences … Continued

Research seminar: Learning at Work in the Future Economy

 Research seminar Friday 7.10.2016 at 13.00-15.30 Lecture hall 16, Turku School of Economics Rehtorinpellonkatu 3, Turku     Learning at work has grown in importance due to increasingly complex working life, changes in occupations and constantly new requirements at work and jobs. Another aspect of learning at work underlines the development of workers’ occupational and … Continued

Business and Work in the Era of Digital Platforms, 30.8.2016

The first research seminar of the Academy of Finland Strategic Research Council project ”Smart Work in Platform Economy” (SWiPE) was held on 30.8.2016 in Musiikkitalo, Helsinki. The seminar is held jointly with BRIE-ETLA. Both research projects analyze the transformative power of the contemporary digital platforms in the economy and in working life. Please find further details and … Continued