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Center for Activity Theory and Developmental Work Research
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PeopleFacultyYrjö Engeström, ProfessorI am interested in cultural-historical activity theory and developmental work research in general. Currently, I focus especially on co-configuration as a new way of organizing work, and expansive learning in multi-activity settings. Read more Reijo Miettinen, ProfessorWorking for a decade in a big public research center, the Technical Research Center of Finland, I continuously faced the problem of organizing research work and groups and of promoting innovations in collaborative networks. My research work is oriented to creating understanding and practical tools to solve these problems. I share with my research group an... Read more Jaakko Virkkunen, ProfessorBorn in Helsinki 30.10.1943. Master of Arts in psychology at the University of Helsinki 1971. 1971 –1984 Deputy Training Manager planning in-house-training systems for civil servants in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Organization and Methods. 1984 – 1987 Senior planning officer planning and organizing management training at the State Tech... Read more ResearchersRitva Engeström, Ph.D., Senior ResearcherMy current research has liaisons to the beginnings of Developmental Work Research two decades ago. Since then, my colleagues and I have used reflexive methods of data gathering and analyzing, such as stimulated recall interviews, on line video interviews, and interactive ethnography. My interest in reflexivity has expanded in the context of social science to... Read more Merja Helle, Lic.Soc.Sci, ResearcherHead of Research at Mediaconcept Laboratory at IADE/University of Art and Design Helsinki Read more Hannele Kerosuo, Ph.D, ResearcherCrossing inter-organizational boundaries between companies is increasingly important for the efficient use of resources and potential for development. For public organizations, such as hospitals or health-care centers, connections between organizations open ways for improving the quality and effectiveness of care, especially for patients whose care is provi... Read more Pirjo Lambert, D.Ed., DocentI am leading the research and development project at HAAGA-HELIA School of Vocational Teacher Education, where the new writing genres are in the process of being developed in universities of applied sciences. Currently, my research interest focuses on the development of interventionist writing in R&D projects that supports the joint construction, examina... Read more Kirsti Launis, DocentJanne Lehenkari, PhD, ResearcherFrom January 2008 onwards, I work at Advansis Ltd. Read more Jaana Pirkkalainen, Ph.D., project managerThe project - Options of privatization and shared responsibility: organization of work and mastery of change in new hybrids of private and public sectors - is financed by the Finnish Ministry of Labour and it is a part of a large scale undertaking by the Ministry called Workplace Development Programme(Työelämän kehittämisohjelma www.tykes.fi). The three-yea... Read more Hanna Toiviainen, PhD, ResearcherUniversity lecturer 2004 - 2005, Department of Education Membership in research group New forms of expansive learning at work: The landscape of co-configuration, Professor Yrjö Engeström/ Life as Learning program by the Academy of Finland Read more Terttu Tuomi-Gröhn, ProfessorJuha Tuunainen, Dr.Soc.Sc.My doctoral thesis focused on the trajectory of a Finnish agricultural plant-biotechnology research group and its transformation into a university start-up company. The main body of the thesis was composed of four research articles, each analyzing a distinctive phase in the group’s developmental trajectory. Using conceptual resources drawn from cultural-hist... Read more StudentsStephanie Freeman, M.A., Doctoral StudentHow are new forms of Internet-mediated peer-production (such as is Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) and Wikipedia) changing the relation between developer and user, author and publisher, expert and lay person? What motivates people to contribute? To whom is participation open? Finding answers to the question of the possibilities and problems of partic... Read more Heli Kaatrakoski, M.A. (Educ)Recently I worked in a research project: Options of privatization and shared responsibility: organization of work and mastery of change in new hybrids of private and public sectors. Now I am a full-time doctoral student. Read more Anu Kajamaa, M.A. (Educ.), Doctoral StudentI study the consequences of a change project carried out with the Change Laboratory method in the Oulu University Hospital. The results of the study will serve as a creation of a research method for a larger research project, which is called "Stabilization and Diffusion of Innovative Forms of Work and Learning: traces, consequences and bridges". My study... Read more Kirsi Kallio, LicPhil, PhD StudentCOLLABORATION AND OBJECT-ORIENTED INTERAGENCY IN CO-CONFIGURATION My study is a part of a developmental and research project conducted at an industrial business organization Metso Automation. The practical goal of the project is to develop work practices and tools for recently adapted business concept based on sustained cooperation between Metso and its c... Read more Jonna Kangasoja, M.A. PhD candidateI am currently working as a researcher at the Urban Research Unit of the City of Helsinki Urban Facts. My doctoral research in progress is a case study on creating local digital service infrastructure for the district of Arabianranta on the eastern waterfront of Helsinki. The working title of the thesis is 'Colliding Logics: Constructing the Arabianranta ... Read more Satu-Mari Korhonen, MA (Educ.), ResearcherJuha Leminen, M.Soc.Sci, Doctoral studentUlla-Maaria Mutanen, PhD StudentMy purpose is to study an evolutionary process during which a global paper machine company Metso Corporation takes actions to integrate industrial design into its organization and build a new multidisciplinary design capability for developing industrial machines. Research problem 1: How has product development and industrial design activity developed in M... Read more Auli Pasanen, MA (Educ.), Doctoral StudentAnna Pauliina Rainio, Lic.Ed., Doctoral CandidateThe working title of my ongoing dissertation research is: "Lionhearts of the Playworld: Formation of Children’s Agency in Narrative School Activity" In Finnish: "Leijonamieleksi leikkimaailmassa. Toimijuuden muodot ja kehitys koulussa" In school year 2003–2004 I conducted an ethnographic case study in an integrated elementary school classroom with... Read more Marika Schaupp, M.Sc. (Econ.), Ph.D. StudentTHE NEW CONCEPTS OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT In the new economy the old mass production-based management styles have become too ponderous. Strategic time spans are getting shorter and organizations need to reorganize their production and service activities more and more frequently. Knowledge and flexible capabilities have become the most valuable resour... Read more Juha Siltala, M.A., Doctoral StudentI am part of Professor Reijo Miettinen's research group, which focuses on Innovations and Organization of Research Work, at the Center for Activity Theory and Developmental Work Research, Helsinki, Finland. My main interest is the organization and practice of very large Free and Open Source software projects, such as the Linux kernel of the GNU/Linux operat... Read more Marianne Teräs, PhDMy research interest focuses on intercultural education and immigrant training in the area of vocational training. We have organized an intervention called the Culture Laboratory, which is an application of the generic Change Laboratory method. The Culture Laboratory created a learning space in which teachers and students reflected on and analyzed tensions a... Read more |