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December
2015
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Contents:
Researcher in the Spotlight
Research Funding
Research Group in Focus
New Funding, Grants and Research Projects
Our Researchers Travel the World
Meet a Colleague
Dissertations
Recent Publications and Scientific Articles
Well Done
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Professor Siv Björklund
and team got a large
funding for research
project on Swedish
Immersion.
Assistant professor Olivier Wurtz
studies international mobility
in its various forms.
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Marita Niemelä
encourages the
researchers to apply
for EU funding.
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“You have to be
passionate about your research”
Assistant professor Olivier Wurtz studies international mobility in
its various forms.
Quiet afternoon – slushy snow is falling from the sky
in Palosaari campus. Assistant professor Olivier
Wurtz doesn’t seem to mind the weather. He has
been experiencing Vaasa winters since 2012.
– I first came here for a research visit for one week
and then for another week. I really felt well here and
enjoyed being with the people from the department,
Wurtz tells.
Wurtz says he likes the Nordic culture: respect,
humility, reliability, work life balance and the equality
between men and women. However, the culture
was not the main reason for attracting Wurtz to
Vaasa, Finland.
– Vaasa University has one of the strongest research
groups in International mobility in the world, he says.
Expatriation and repatriation
International mobility – the field of Wurtz’ research
includes both the research on expatriation and for
example on international business travelers.
– Right now I’m studying international experience.
We try to understand how people react and adjust
abroad when there is family involved. It is a big
research with 2000 answers from expatriates.
He is not only looking how the expatriates adjust,
but also how the spouses and families adjust to a
new situation.
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In his next research project he will examine
repatriation. There can be a culture shock when
a person who has worked abroad comes back
home. It can be that the company has experienced
many turnovers and organization has evolved. A
professional returning back home may find that he
has fewer responsibilities than had had abroad. This
might cause dissatisfaction and in the worst case –
willingness to quit the job.
Wurtz was born in Strasbourg, France, but you
could call him a true Parisian – he was two years
old when he and his parents moved to Paris. He
studied business and did his PhD in HEC Paris,
which is considered as one the most prominent
business schools in Europe.
Before his academic career, he also worked some
years in business life. He was a marketing manager
for Procter & Gamble and later in Germany for
L’Oréal. So he has also personal experience of his
research subject – international mobility.
– I really love to go abroad. You have to be
passionate about your research, he says.
Also his teaching relates to his research. He teaches
cross-cultural management and sustainability and
international business ethics.
| Researcher in the Spotlight
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Photo: Riikka Kalmi
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Photo: Katja Lösönen
Research
funding in
turmoil
– what happens to the research?
Research funding is facing heavy pressure in Finland. The
government is cutting public research funding of the universities
and the research institutes. In many universities the researchers are
now looking for the European funding. This is also the case at the
University of Vaasa.
– Even if the situation in the research funding
is now difficult, there is no reason to become
desperate. I hope that we would see our own
strengths. They could help us in this change,
says Marita Niemelä, the Head of Research
and Innovation Services the University of Vaasa.
According to Niemelä the exceptionally strong
societal impact is a very important strength of the
University of Vaasa’s research. The other strength
is the tight collaboration with companies and
public sector organizations.
– We have to develop these even more, says
Niemelä.
The traditional and familiar sources for public
research funding are diminishing or disappearing.
According to the government program Tekes is
losing 138 million euros next year, which is almost
30 percent of its yearly funding. The impact of
the Tekes cuts is biggest on the universities
and research institutes. The cuts take away 100
million euros from them.
The public funding for Strategic Centres for
Science, Technology and Innovation (SHOK)
will be wound down in stages and also INKA
programmes will be ended. The university index
will be frozen and the basic funding of the
universities will be contracted. Also the funding
of the Finnish Academy will be cut.
Professor of Energy Technology Seppo Niemi
from the University of Vaasa says it is a shame
that the SHOK and INKA programs will be
ended.
– They were very important for us and the
consortia were good.
The future sources of funding
– Strategic Research Council (SRC) has over 50
million euros annual budget. They are searching
for research, which has societal relevance. This
is a good opportunity for our researchers, says
Niemelä.
SRC is a part of Finnish Academy. The funding
is available to research which provides solutions
to renewal of Finnish society and ideas for both
business and industry and working life.
For the next year SRC grants 52 million euros
funding for three year projects. SRC has four
new programs. The government has for example
stated that in every program immigration has to
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one optional focus. The funding cannot be
applied for alone, but by consortia.
– We have good research networks, but they
should be further developed, so that we could
join large national consortia. We still need to
improve our collaboration with partners who
utilize our research, says Niemelä.
Multiplying the received EU
funding
The European Union’s research funding is a very
important source of money. Also the Finnish
government is encouraging researchers to apply
for it.
– For example EU’s Horizon 2020 program is
immense, almost 80 billion euros until year 2020.
In 2007–2013 there were seven research
projects funded by EU at the University of Vaasa.
The amount should be clearly increased in the
future, says Niemelä.
Niemelä proposes that the University of Vaasa
should aim to multiply the received EU funding.
She hopes that the SRC and the EU funding
will diminish the gap which is caused by the
reduction of Tekes funding.
Networking and positioning
The new sources of funding are a challenge to the
researchers. The EU Funding is very competitive.
– One cannot just walk in to the consortia, but
one has to recognize the researchers and the
organizations which are researching the same
phenomena. In order to do that you have to travel
a lot, and not just to attend conferences of your
own field.
The strength of the University of Vaasa is its
collaboration with companies and especially
small and medium sized companies (SMEs).
– By highlighting this collaboration we can get
into the interesting consortia.
To be successful in applying for the research
funding, the researchers have to position their
own research to the world of phenomena which
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means positioning their research to societal
challenges. This is demanded for in both the EU
and STN applications.
– In that positioning we are not as good as we
could be.
Be prepared to work hard
According to professor Niemi, applying for the
EU research funding takes a lot of time and
resources. Especially gathering a consortium by
oneself is time consuming.
Professor Niemi leads the first project of the
University of Vaasa, HERCULES 2, which got
a large funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020
program. In this case the application process for
the EU funding was faster than normally, because
the consortium already existed.
Help with the change
The University of Vaasa wants to help its
researchers to cope with the change in the
research funding.
– The University of Vaasa and other organizations
in Vaasa region have hired a common EU
Affairs Manager Bruno Woeran to promote
participation in the EU programs in the field of
energy, says Niemelä.
The University has also launched an internal
coaching program to train and support
researchers in acquiring EU funding. The EU
training program began in September and it will
end with the application rounds for Horizon 2020
in the summer of 2016.
| Research Group in Focus
Finance and Financial Accounting
The Finance and Financial Accounting research group focuses on finance
and external accounting.
– The broadly defined main research areas of the group are financial markets and
investments, corporate finance and governance, financial accounting, banking and
financial derivatives, explains professor Jussi Nikkinen, who is the head of the
group.
The group consists of 20 members, including five professors, six assistant
professors and ten doctoral students. Of the five professors, four are from
the Department of Accounting and Finance and one is from the Department of
Mathematics and Statistics.
According to Nikkinen, the group has a highly international orientation with the current
members representing ten different nationalities.
Strong societal impact
Nikkinen says the group has a strong tradition in conduction high-quality scientific research with
practical relevance for the broader society.
– By its very nature, research in the fields of finance and financial accounting has strong societal
impact, for instance in the fields of legislation, public policy, financial services and banking.
Nikkinen mentions that the group’s members have collaborated with the European Central Bank, the
US Department of the Treasury, the Bank of Finland, Nordea, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, OP
Financial Group, Icecapital Securities, Eurex, the NASDAQ OMX Stock Exchange, and the Egypt
Exchange in various research projects.
– Some years ago, the group had a large-scale research project on financial electricity derivatives
markets jointly with four electricity companies, he continues.
Emerging markets and banking future strenghts
During the past ten years, the group members have published a large number of scientific articles
in esteemed refereed journals. Nikkinen tells that several individual researchers have received best
paper awards or corresponding recognitions in recent years.
The recent an past externally funded research projects include four projects funded by the Academy
of Finland and one large-scale project funded by the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (Tekes).
One assistant professorship is currently funded by the OP Pohjola Bank Research Foundation.
Nikkinen says emerging market research and banking research are considered, among the other
things, potential future strengths and development areas of the group.
Teaching Finance
Professor Jussi Nikkinen reminds that the group members also form the teaching faculty of the
Master’s Degree Programme in Finance at the University of Vaasa, which was initiated in the early
1990s and was the very first international Master’s Degree Programme at the University of Vaasa.
– The programme received the EFMD’s EPAS accreditation in 2013 and it is now the only EPAS
accredited finance programme in Finland, he says.
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New Funding and Research Projects >10 000 e }
Immersion research
got a substantial funding
The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland
(SLS) has given 368 000 euros funding for the
research project about Swedish immersion. The
project is called “Samverkan mellan språklig
praxis, flerspråkig identitet och språkideologi”
and it is led by professor Siv Björklund from
the department of Scandinavian Languages.
Other members of the project are research
manager Karita Mård-Miettinen and doctoral
students Pia Hirvonen, Annika Peltoniemi
and Sanna Pakarinen.
– We are researching the interplay between
language practices, multilingual identity and
language ideologies in language immersion,
says Siv Björklund.
– In this research, however, identity is considered
to be a socio-cultural and dynamic construct,
which is formed in individuals and groups during
different processes of negotiations both within
and among multiple language communities.
A starting point of the research project is thus
that the immersion programme influences how
originally language majority pupils position
themselves as individuals and part of groups in
different contexts.
Finland, Ireland and Canada
The research questions focus on immersion
pupils’, teachers’ and parents’ perceptions of biand multilingualism and of linguistic identities,
and how these perceptions are influenced
by the language practices within immersion.
Furthermore, language immersion is studied in
the light of current language policies.
The research will be conducted by using
ethnographic methods, such as classroom
observations, interviews with pupils, families and
teachers, questionnaires and photographing.
Identity related with immersion
is an understudied theme
– We have also invited professor emerita Marilyn
Martin-Jones from United Kingdom, an expert on
ethnographically oriented methods, to serve as a
mentor for our project, says Björklund.
According to Björklund the project is part of a
new research orientation where features, such
as multilingualism and identity, have emerged as
globally interesting phenomena.
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Björkund says that identity has long been viewed
as a static and linear category of possession in
individuals.
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The researchers will be collaborating with
several immersion schools in Finland and also
some immersion schools in Ireland and Canada.
The four-year project begins in January and will
carry on until the end of 2019.
| New Funding and Research Projects >10 000 e
}} European Regional Development Fund and Regional Council of Central Ostrobothnia have
given 300 000 euros to the project called KeStO (Enhancing the strategic management
competence in Central Ostrobothnia). Research director Mikko Luoma from the University of
Vaasa executes the project together with Kokkola University Consortium of Chydenius during
the years 2015–2018.
}} Professor Harri Luomala got 285 000 euros for the project Co-creative snacks – pelillisyys
välineenä välipalatuotteiden kehitykseen (Co-creative snacks - gamification as a product and
service development tool) from Tekes INKA program.
}} Reino Virrankoski and the Embedded systems research group has got new funding for the
project Nordic Telemedicine Center from EU’s Botnia Atlantica Interreg program and from
Regional Council of Ostrobothnia. The budget of the project is 1,5 million euros, of which 22
percent University of Vaasa.
}} Professor Ari Salminen got 45 395 euros for the research project Piilokorruption anatomia
Suomessa from Kone Foundation.
}} M.A. Roman Kushnir got a grant of 28 320 euros from Kone Foundation for his dissertation
research Construction of Transcultural Identities in a Selection of Finnish-American Migrant
Fiction.
}} TkT Liandong Zhu received 32 400 euros from Kone Foundation for his research Continuous
Production of Biodiesel and Biogas from Microalgae Cultivated with Livestock Waste
Compost.
}} University Lecturer Margit Breckle received 10 000 euros from Aktia Foundation for project
Yritysviestintä Vaasan seudun / Pohjanmaan ja saksankielisten maiden välillä.
}} Professor Nina Pilke got 10 000 euros from Aktia Foundation for project Språkutvecklande
ämnesundervisning.
}} Professor Harry Lönnroth got 15 000 for project Språkvariation i text from Aktia Foundation.
}} The Foundation for Economic Education has awarded grants to at least 20 researchers
from the University of Vaasa. The sum in total was 129 500 euros. Grants were awarded for
example to following researchers and studies:
}} KTM Jenna Andersson: Organisaatioiden tietoturva ja modernisoitunut työ
digitalisoituvassa yhteiskunnassa, 12 000 euros.
}} TkT Leena Bäck: Innovaatiosillan rakentaminen, hyödyntäminen ja ylläpito, 10 000 euros.
}} KTT Hanna Leipämaa-Leskinen (University of Vaasa) ja Elina Närvänen (Tampere
University): Kuluttajat ja tuottajat uusien palveluinnovaatioiden kehittäjinä lähiruoan
konteksteissa, 12 000 euros.
}} Master of Business Administration Sharareh Mansouri Jajaee: A Cross-cultural Study
of Relationship between Cultural Values and Advertising Appeals-Application of GLOBE
Framework, 20 000 euros.
}} D. Sc. Econ and Business Administration Joseph Awali Sebuwufu: A framework for a
successful implementation of dynamic capabilities in SMEs: A focus on Finnish SMEs,
10 000 euros.
}} KTT Linda Turunen: Tulkintoja luksuksesta - Brändin ylellisyys kuluttajan kokemana,
12 000 euros.
Professor Siv Björklund and doctoral students Pia Hirvonen,
Sanna Pakarinen and Annika Peltoniemi.
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Our Researchers Travel the World }
Honorary Doctorate
for Josu Takala
A university in Malaysia - Universiti Tun
Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) has awarded
professor of industrial management Josu
Takala an Honorary Doctorate degree.
Professor Takala got the degree in UTHM’s
15th graduation ceremony.
He got the Honorary Doctorate degree (Doctor of Philosophy
in Technology Management) for his contributions in education,
research and development. He has for example helped to
develop the collaboration between the university and the
industries.
UTHM is a rapidly growing state polytechnic in Malaysia.
It has about 40 000 students at the moment and already
more than 50 000 alumni.
– It has all engineering areas and also a Faculty of
Technology Management where my collaboration
mainly locates, and a Faculty of Higher Education as
well, says Takala.
According to Takala, the university is quite international
already but developing international operations in all
academic areas.
Takala started becoming a visiting professor to
many universities around Asia over ten years ago.
His first visits to UTHM date back to autumn 2010.
– The Faculty of Technology Management and
Business invited me to evaluate the curricula and
faculty strategy and operations. Since then, the
relationship has blossomed with continuous active
collaboration, he says.
Takala sees Malaysia as a lucrative market for Finnish
companies and organizations. There could be interesting
possibilities for example in the energy sector and in the export
of education.
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Photo: Tiina Ramsila
| Meet a Colleague
Research in language learning
and internationalization
Nicole Keng is a new lecturer in English at the Language Centre. She
joined the University of Vaasa in August after having worked
two years in Coventry University, UK and four years at
Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University (XJTLU) in China.
She is a teacher, but also a researcher.
Nicole Keng did her PhD in English language learning at University of York,
UK. At the time she was 23 and the youngest PhD Candidate of the university.
She also did her MA degree in England, but grew up in Taiwan, China.
– My recent research is about vocabulary learning. I did a study with
Finnish students of how they learn vocabulary. I found that Finnish
students are shy and learn by reading a lot. They don’t really know
how to apply the language. This is the reason why they are not
so confident in the real situations where they have to use the
language, she explains.
She recently gave a presentation about vocabulary acquisition
in Higher Education Settings by Chinese, French and Finnish
Learners. In this comparative study she evaluated the
knowledge of English vocabulary of Greek or Latin origin.
According to the results, Finnish students knew better the
English words which were not Greek or Latin origin, but
still outperformed both French and Chinese speakers on
words with Greek or Latin origin.
– I have so much teaching that it is difficult to find time
for research, but I don’t want to give up. Right now I’m
developing a new research project on digital learning
through internationalization. How we could do digital
learning by creating links with other universities and by
developing virtual platforms.
Keng seems very happy in her new home town Vaasa. In
her free time she likes to explore the little coffee shops
– Othello in Palosaari and café Ylikiva at the city centre.
She goes to the yoga class and loves knitting with
her colleagues.
– I was lucky to get an apartment near work. This
is the first time in my life I just enjoy being at home,
she says.
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Dissertations }
Digitizing and standardizing the
electrical systems for smart grid
Mike Mekkanen's dissertation analyzes and evaluates the
performance of the IEC 61850 standard within modern electrical
systems. IEC 61850 is a relatively new international standard
of communications for substations and smart grid.
Utilities have been facing a strong trend during the last years towards new
technologies and standard to meet new requirements of higher energy
demands at expected shortage of the nonrenewable sources of energy.
– Emerging concept of smart grids sets completely new requirements for the energy
systems. Distributed production requires distributed automation, which in turn requires
advanced communication solutions, says Mekkanen.
The new IEC 61850 standard within energy system is promising and provides a great impact
of substation installation, operation and maintenance. It also increases reliability, availability and
flexibility of the electric energy grid that links power generation with power consumption in a dynamic
manner.
– In the study I firstly considered the IEC 61850 standard from different aspects, says Mekkanen.
He then conducted an explorative study and analysis of the new standard and the legacy power
system. Mekkanen did several practical testing experiments for substation automation system (SAS)
based on the IEC 61850 standard.
Several SAS communication bus topologies upon breaker failure protection function were tested.
They showed that ring topology provides the higher reliability and less probability of failure result
values than other topologies.
Configurations and interoperability testing was done between multi-vendor devises. According to the
results, there is a need for vender-natural system configuration tool which would be independent of
any commercial manufacturers.
On the basis of Mekkanen’s research, a novel reliability and probability of failure estimation method
RaFSA which may facilitate the energy systems design was invented.
– This RaFSA estimation method is suitable for estimating the reliability and probability of failure for
various individual device, functions, subsystems and systems, Mekkanen explains.
20.10. Mekkanen, Mike (Communications and Systems Engineering)
On Reliability and Performance Analysis of IEC61850 for Digital SAS
Acta Wasensia 336, Computer Science 15
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| Dissertations
29.10.2015 Ylimäki, Juho (Management)
Managing and Designing Dyadic R&D Collaboration
Acta Wasaensia 337, Business Administration 137
6.11.2015 Luokkanen-Rabetino, Karita (Marketing)
Eksploitaatio ja eksploraatio
tuotemarkkinastrategian sopeuttamisen
välineinä. Analyysi neljän eteläpohjalaisen
huonekaluvalmistajan selviytymisestä muuttuvassa
liiketoimintaympäristössä pitkällä aikavälillä
(Exploitation and exploration as tools to adapt product-market
strategy. An analysis of four Finnish furniture manufacturers’
survival in a changing business environment in the long term.)
Acta Wasaensia 338, Business Administration 138
4.12.2015 Kultalahti, Susanna (Management)
It’s so nice to be at work! Adopting different
perspectives in understanding Generation Y
at work
Acta Wasaensia 339, Business Administration 139
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Recent Publications and Scientific Articles }
Several high-quality articles have been published by the researchers of the university.
Publications at level 2 and 3 in the Finnish Publication Forum classification (Jufo) are presented.
Level 3 journals/publishers
Buyer-supplier relationships are
multidimensional
Article: Jukka Vesalainen and Marko Kohtamäki: Toward a typological view of buyersupplier relationships: Challenging the unidimensional relationship continuum,
Industrial Marketing Management
The new article of
professors
Jukka
Vesalainen and Marko
Kohtamäki deals with interorganizational relationships.
The prior literature treats business
relationship either as a dichotomy or
as a continuum between so called arm’s
length relationships and close relationships
(partnerships). Vesalainen and Kohtamäki
decided to use another approach.
– We used multidimensional approach to show
that the manifestation of inter-organizational
relationships is richer in terms of various types
than was presented in previous research,
explains Vesalainen.
Vesalainen and Kohtamäki derived three distinct
dimensions – structural, strategic and social – for
the analysis of inter-organizational relationships
from the multiple governance theory.
They first showed that the prior models of interorganizational relationship types are possible
to group according to those three dimensions
even though the terminology concerning the
dimensions of categorization vary a lot.
– We developed a hypothetical three-dimensional
theory to typify business relationships and tested
the theory by a data consisting of 246 business
relationship from the Finnish technology industry,
says Vesalainen.
Vesalainen and Kohtamäki showed that the
hypothetical model can be found from the
empirical reality.
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Partnerships perform better
– We were able to show that the partnerships
and other integrated relationships outperform
the arm’s length relationships in terms of quality,
delivery accuracy, productivity and effective use
of capital, Vesalainen reveals.
The study contributes to the typological theory of
inter-organizational relationships first by uniting
various separate views, second by revealing a
new rich categorization of business relationships
and third by showing the varying performance of
different types.
Publication process took two
years
Vesalainen tells that from the very beginning
of the publication process the chief editor of
Industrial Marketing Management liked the
paper.
– It was evaluated by three reviewers from
which one was very positive already in the first
evaluation round. Two others were more critical
especially what comes to the length and clarity
of the paper’s storyline. They also expected us to
clarify the contribution of the research, he says.
The publication process of the article in
Industrial Marketing Management took about
two years from the first submission to the date
of publication.
| Recent Publications and Scientific Articles
Level 2 journals /publishers
}} Jorma Larimo, Ahmad Arslan and Shlomo Y. Tarba an article FDI entry strategies and the
impacts of economic freedom distance: Evidence from Nordic FDIs in transitional periphery of
CIS and SEE in International Business Review.
}} Erkki K. Laitinen and Teija Laitinen an article A probablity tree model of audit quality in
European Journal of Operational Research.
}} Vinit Parida and Daniel Örtqvist an article Interactive Effects of Network Capability, ICT
Capability, and Financial Slack on Technology-Based Small Firm Innovation Performance in
Journal of Small Business Management.
}} Vinit Parida, Wibke Reim and Daniel Örtqvist an article Product-Service Systems
(PSS) Business Models and Tactics: A Systematic Literature Review in Journal of Cleaner
Production.
}} Gun-Viol Vik and Sinikka Hiltunen: Interpreters - experts in careful listening and efficient
encoding? Findings of a prose recall test in International Journal of Bilingualism.
}} Jorma Larimo and Ahmad Arslan: Greenfield joint ventures versus partial acquisitions:
determinants of collaborative entry strategies of Finnish multinational enterprises in Handbook
on International Alliance and Network Research by Edward Elgar.
}} Jorma Larimo, Niina Nummela and Tuija Mainela a book chapter Introduction: Filling
gaps in research on interfirm collaboration - focus on alliances and networks in Handbook on
International Alliance and Network Research by Edward Elgar.
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Well Done }
}} The University of Vaasa establishes a new professorship (6 years) in smart grids. The field of
the professorship is electrical power engineering, especially smart and flexible energy systems.
The new professorship is supported by ABB, Vaasan Sähkö Oy, Vaasan Sähköverkko
Oy, Wapice Oy and Wärtsilä Finland Oy. The goal is that the new professor will be
appointed and start in the position next year.
}} The University of Vaasa has awarded the title of docent within the field of marketing
(especially in the area of innovative marketing in business to business markets) to KTT Hannu
Makkonen.
}} The article of Vesa Routamaa, Tiina Brandt and Piia Edinger Entrepreneurs and Ordinary
People – Do they Differ? was selected as the Best Paper of the The Third International
Conference on Entrepreneurship and Business Management in Bangkok, November 2015.
Tritonia short courses
for researchers
}} Word, as a researcher’s tool
5th February, 2016 at 09:00–12:00, place: K325 Tritonia
Teacher: Sören Granlund
Register latest by February 2, 2016.
}} Excel as researcher’s tool
19th February, 2016, 09:00–12:00, place: K325 Tritonia
Teacher: Sören Granlund
Register latest by February 16, 2016.
}} Excel workshop, continuation of the morning class
for those who want to work with own research material
19th February, 2016, 13:00–15:00, place: K325 Tritonia
Teacher: Sören Granlund
Register latest by February 16, 2016.
}} Register to courses: https://www.tritonia.fi/en/shortcourses
The courses are free of charge for the personnel at the universities in Vaasa.
Researcher’s Skills
A part of the doctoral studies Researcher’s Skills is also open for all researchers in the university.
Topics in 28th January and 29th January 2016 are Managing Doctoral Research, Research
Funding, Communicating Science and Open Science.
Please read more: http://www.uva.fi/en/research/researcher/graduate_school/courses/
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