The importance of sleep is essential for experts

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In the research project funded by the Finnish Work Environment Fund, we studied the working times of expert work and their link with work and well-being. Please review the project report (in Finnish) by clicking here. In short, we invited the members of Finnish Business School Graduates and employees of one IT company to participate … Continued

Performance management helps with the lack of commercialization of research

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In addition to their tasks of providing education and research, universities are an important source for renewal in our society. Therefore, universities have a explicit mandate to support “the quality of research and innovation and the overall operation of the innovation system […] in a way that supports turning high quality skills into profitable business, … Continued

Guest lecture “Personal branding on Twitter” by Professor Steven Vallas, 12.2.2018

Time: 12 February 2018 at 14:15, coffee is served at 13:45-14:15 Venue: Lecturehall 09, TSE, Rehtorinpellonkatu 3, Turku Registration: by 9 February Link to registration Professor Steven Vallas from the Northeastern University is giving a guest lecture on “Personal branding on Twitter”. Professor Vallas is currently a visiting professor in SWiPE-consortium as well as in the … Continued

New researchers in SWiPE-consortium

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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

Interdisciplinary perspectives to interventions and change, 18.-19.1.2018

Strategic research programmes Skilled Employees – Successful Labour Market and Health, Welfare and Lifestyles organise a research seminar on 18-19.1.2018 in Kuopio. The theme of the seminar is Interdisciplinary perspectives to interventions and change. SWiPE research consortium participates the seminar and brings the concepts of platform work into discussion.

SWiPE-researcher Matti Karinen accepted to UTU Graduate School (UTUGS)

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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

Monder Ram: Immigration requires courage and action – the same qualities as entrepreneurship

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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

Give, and you will receive

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The third mentorship programme of Perheyritysten liitto (Family Business Union) begun this autumn. The room was full of enthusiastic faces and expectant was floating in the air. People unknown to each other started a common journey by getting to know each other using photo cards: Who are you and from which company you come from? … Continued

About discourse of change and a few movies

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The digitalisation of work is a hot topic of the moment in research. Both in WORK2017 Conference (held in Turku 16 – 18 August 2017) and partly in Working Life Conference (held in Tampere 2 – 3 November 2017), the digitalisation of labour was the main theme of the discussions. In my opinion, the examples, … Continued