There has been some personel changes in SWiPE research consortium during autumn and the beginning of this year. New researchers have started in the project which broadens further the expertise of the research team. Also some changes have taken place in the management of the sub projects. Senior researcher Laura Seppänen from the Finnish Institute … Continued
Mervi Hasu, SWiPE-researcher and leader of the sub-project, senior researcher of Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, made a remarkable change in her career and began in a permanent position as a associate professor in the Department of Education at the University of Oslo. The work has taken off step by step and learning new has … Continued
SWiPE researcher Matti Karinen has been accepted to an UTUGS position through a competitive application process. Matti has been a part of the SWiPE research consortium as a research assistant since its inception and last autumn began working on his doctoral dissertation at the University of Turku School of Economics. “To be chosen to join … Continued
The promotion of entrepreneurship and employment of immigrants was the central theme at the discussion of SWiPE researchers and a number of immigration experts e.g. from different ministries, lead by Professor Monder Ram from the University of Birmingham. Monder Ram has been studying immigrant entrepreneurship especially in the UK. He is an internationally esteemed researcher … Continued
SWiPE researcher Eveliina Saari took part in a YLE radio series on the future of everyday life on 21.11.2017. Saari was speaking about how work will change because of digitalisation and the platform economy. The programme looked at what kinds of new professions are being created in the social- and healthcare sector where new-era professionals … Continued
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment & Strategic Research Council held a seminar, that focused the discussion on two themes: Platform economy and digitalization – the impact on economic growth and employment, and Flexibility of the labour market – means and opportunities. The seminar was addressed mainly for experts and researchers and it was chaired … Continued
The book of Senior Researcher Seppo Poutanen and Professor Anne Kovalainen, published in summer 2017, provides a thorough and novel examination of the gendered nature of innovations. It tracks the contemporary shift from heavy industry to game industry and how this has altered relationships between gender, identity, corporate culture, creative work, and the future of … Continued
The first part of the Report on the Future of Prime Minister Juha Sipilä’s Government builds a shared understanding of the future of work. The report looks for answers to broad questions exploring the future of working and provides information on the consequences of the changes that are taking place. SWiPE-consortium took part in the … Continued
Although industrial big data-resources accru rapidly, they are seldom distributed or sold in open market places. SWiPE-Researcher Aija Leiponen has together with Pantelis Koutroumpis and Llewellyn Thomas investigated the special characteristics of data markets and evaluated existing marketplaces in terms of market planning theory. In addition to bilateral data exchange, the study also describes centralized … Continued
The 3rd International Interdisciplinary Conference on Research on Work and Working Life on 16–18 August, 2017 in Turku Building on the success of the international interdisciplinary conferences WORK2013 and WORK2015, WORK2017 will be an international forum for the exchange of research and experience among researchers and practitioners in the field of work and working life. The … Continued