Futura journal’s special edition Education and Future Working Life 2/2018, implemented in cooperation with the WORK2017 Conference, has been published. The special edition presents the future of work on the basis of studies, including those presented at the WORK2017 conference. The feature issue brings together work and research on future of work from various disciplines. … Continued
The call for abstracts to WORK2019 Conference is now open! International, interdisciplinary WORK2019 conference will be happening in the Finlandia Hall and the National Museum of Finland, in Helsinki Finland on 14-16 August 2019. The conference is organized by SWIPE research consortium together with Turku Centre for Labor Studies, University of Turku and the Finnish … Continued
SWiPE organised Society, Diversity and Markets seminar on the role of ethnic minorities in society and markets at the Turku School of Economics on 17 October 2018. The event gathered together researchers and industry experts to a lively discussion. The keynote speaker of the seminar was respected British researcher Monder Ram who is also a … Continued
Seppo Poutanen, the leader of the SWiPE consortium’s subproject in the University of Turku, wrote a blog text to the Academy of Finland’s guest blog. Poutanen discusses about the the effects of digitalisation on jobs, education and free time. With digitalisation the goal is to increase the efficiency and acceleration, but on the other hand it … Continued
D.Sc, Senior Researcher Pekka Stenholm has been appointed as Associate Professor in Business Administration and Entrepreneurship at the University of Turku, Turku School of Economics’ Pori Unit. He has been a researcher of SWiPE research project from the beginning of the project. Pekka has focused on researching the relationship between the early stage entrepreneurship and the … Continued
A recent study, Asiantuntijatyö alustatalouden aikakaudella (Expert work on the era of the platform economy), conducted by the SWiPE research project, explored how digitalisation of work and growth of platform economy and the challenges and opportunities they bring, are reflected in the work of highly educated Akava members who do expert work. The survey material was … Continued
Recent research shows that higher education professionals are taking advantage of the opportunities offered by digitalisation and technological development. Digitalisation and technological development are not believed to reduce the workload of the experts. However, working on platforms and providing their own expertise on platforms remains limited. The development of competence is often done on one’s … Continued
SWiPE researchers Laura Seppänen, Mervi Hasu, Sari Käpykangas and Seppo Poutanen have researched platform work’s mechanisms and effects from a sustainable development’s perspective. Work through digital platforms is constantly growing and offering new opportunities. Service providers and buyers meet flexibly and scalably, creating new economic efficiency. At the same time, the platform work may increase … Continued
SWiPE researcher Pekka Stenholm from the University of Turku has researched the backgrounds and ambitions of the SMEs that utilize digitalisation. The research has been conducted on the basis of data from the SME barometer of the Federation of the Finnish Enterprises from autumn 2017. In the light of the barometer, it appears that the … Continued
Entrepreneurship helps to integrate individuals into society and provides a workplace for entrepreneurs, but also a learning environment for family members and other employees in the company. The entrepreneurship of immigrants has both economic and social value. SWiPE researcher Satu Aaltonen has studied immigrant entrepreneurs and public, private and third-sector organisations offering early-stage services. Her … Continued