I have part-time position as Vice-Dean for Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, combined with a position of joint Professor of Social Work at the University of Eastern Finland and the North Karelia Welfare Services County. The duties of vice dean focus on development of research, innovations, research infrastructures and doctoral education.
SavingScapes
The main aim of the project is to enhance landscape awareness and collaborative governance of cultural and natural landscapes through innovative learning interventions in higher education. The partners of the consortium are willing to tackle the question, how actors and stakeholders can collaborate into the governance of a landscape. Special concern will be attended for empowering methods to carry out collaborative planning and for improving the communication flow between local and regional authorities, environmental planners and managers, NGOs and citizens.
The project is developing and enhancing partnerships and innovation between HE institutions, organizations on the field of landscape planning and management, environmental NGOs and citizens. The activities of the project will take place in four countries in Europe (Italy, Spain, Netherlands and Finland). Partners are going to cooperate closely with each other and with regional and international networks and other stakeholders.
SERIGO – Enhancing Resilience, Social Inclusion, and Well-being in rural areas through Social Innovation
Simcha Jong Kon Chin ([email protected])
Simcha Jong is a part-time Professor at UEF Business School and a member of UEF’s Neuro Science Research Community. Jong’s primary appointment is at Leiden University where he is the Director and Professor of Science Based Business at the Faculty of Science. Simcha has held previous faculty appointments at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, the UCL School of Management, and École Polytechnique. He has a PhD in Social and Political Sciences from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, an MPhil in Management Studies from the University of Cambridge, and a BA in Social Science from Utrecht University’s University College. In addition, he was a visiting scholar at the Department of Sociology at UC Berkeley.
Simcha currently leads an ERC Consolidator project on the organisation of international R&D consortia, and he has been the recipient of funding from major UK funding bodies such as Innovate UK, ESRC, NESTA, NIHR, Wellcome Trust, and BIS, as well as various industry partners for projects in the field of healthcare innovation.
Simcha’s research has been published in leading international scientific and management journals, including Nature Biotechnology, Research Policy, Journal of Management Studies, Technovation, and Industrial and Corporate Change.
Social Enterprises for Innovations in Environmental Sustainability, Africa & Finland (SES)
Soila Lemmetty ([email protected])
I am an adult educator and a researcher in the School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, with a focus on adult learning, creativity, and well-being. In my research, I explore individual and group learning and creativity in various workplace contexts. Currently, my work focuses on the role of workplace pedagogy in supporting innovation in the technology sector, as well as ethical competence and how it develops in police education and police work. I also lead the Continuous Learning in the Working life (JATKOT) research group, which investigates continuous learning and adult competence in Finnish private and public sector organizations.
I follow with interest the societal discourse on continuous learning and adult competence. Through national and international networks, I aim to share research-based insights on my themes in an accessible manner for the benefit of organizations and society.
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Subhanjan Sengupta ([email protected])
I am an Associate Professor in the Innovation Management (INNO) subject area, with a special focus on Sustainable Innovation (SUN) within INNO, at the Business School, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, University of Eastern Finland.
I have a keen interest on how businesses, as well as non-business actors, integrate social and environmental sustainability in their solutions (product or service offerings) addressing sustainability challenges. More particularly, entrepreneurial, social, institutional, and business model perspectives interest me in this regard.
Briefly, my research experience includes research on the making of social-circular economy through sustainability-driven entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship in rural settings, social-market convergence and hybridity, sustainable business models, resource dependency, and ethics as practice. I have also participated in multidisciplinary activities with specialists from other fields such as environmental sciences, biological sciences, and policy studies, bringing my expertise to combine with the requirements in their fields.
I have developed and taught courses to postgraduate students on basics of entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, responsible business, and strategic management. I have also developed and taught courses on qualitative research methods at the masters and doctoral level.