
Helena Kantanen
Senior University Lecturer
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School
helena.kantanen@uef.fi | +358 40 355 3366
I am a former communications professional and current senior lecturer of Innovation Management. I have also been granted the Title of Docent (Organizational Communication) by the University of Tampere. I got my PhD in Organizational Communication and Public Relations at the University of Jyväskylä in 2007 and joined the faculty in 2010. My research interests include appreciative organizational renewal, value creation through communication consulting, learning and communication in virtual communities, and pedagogy in business education. I teach introduction to marketing, organizational and marketing communication, change management (also through Erasmus exchange) and qualitative research methods. I have been involved in the Flipped Classroom development project of the UEF since its beginning and I am also in charge of the pedagogical development team of Business School. I received the Excellent Teaching Practitioner Award of the University of Eastern Finland in 2017. During 2021-22 half of my work involves development of online and blended learning pedagogy at our university.
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Mistä puhumme, kun puhumme verkko-opetuksesta
Kantanen, Helena. Verkko- ja monimuotopedagogiikka 26.1.2021: -. 2021 -
Välähdyksiä opepolulta
Kantanen, Helena. Verkko- ja monimuotopedagogiikka 4.10.2021: -. 2021 -
Grasp your field! First-year business students' engagement with the study environment and their own academic field
Kantanen, Helena; Penttinen, Leena; Rosenius, Päivi; Ruth, Katri. Nordic journal of business 69 3: 6-23. 2020 -
Including the Student Voice: Experiences and Learning Outcomes of a Flipped Communication Course
Kantanen, Helena; Koponen, Jonna; Sointu, Erkko; Valtonen, Teemu. Business and professional communication quarterly 82 3: 337-356. 2019 -
Adapting to Technological Change - Employees' Experiences on the Uptake of Automated Dispensing Cabinets in Kuopio University Hospital
Sarnola, Kati; Kurttila, Minna; Naaranlahti, Toivo; Saano, Susanna; Kantanen, Helena. Dosis 35 4: 338-352. 2019 -
Communicative leaders, creative followers?
Weman, Tiina; Kantanen, Helena / Public Relations and the Power of Creativity: Strategic Opportunities, Innovation and Critical Challenges. 2018. 2018 -
Value co-production through external communication consulting
Kantanen Helena. Corporate Communications: An International Journal 22 4: 455-470. 2017 -
Hazy Boundaries: Virtual Communities and Research Ethics
Kantanen Helena, Manninen Jyri. Media and Communication 4 4: 86-96. 2016 -
Appreciative Dialogue for Enhancing Employee Communication in a Finnish Fertilizer Company
Kantanen Helena, Rönkkö Salla-Mari, Lehtimäki Hanna, Thatchenkery Tojo. In: G.D. Sardana, Tojo Thatchenkery (ed.) Knowledge Creation and Organizational Well-being: Leveraging Talent Management and Appreciative Intelligence. Bloomsbury Publishing. s. 15-24. 2016 -
Emergent dialogue as a prerequisite of learning and innovation in professional virtual communities
Kantanen Helena, Manninen Jyri, Kontkanen Jani. International Journal of Web Based Communities 10 2: 211-231. 2014