Ph.D. Studies

Finished Ph.D Studies

Juha Kostiainen, 2002. Urban economic development policy in information society

Reija Linnamaa, 2004. Effective policy-networks as an element of urban competitiveness

Kimmo Kainulainen, 2005. The significance of cultural industry in regional economic development

Leena Helenius, 2008. Cities in the Era of the Symbolic Economy. The Effect of Perceived Signs on Images of Future Cities

Arja-Tuulikki Wilén, 2008. Trust as a challenge and possibility for regional collaboration

Ongoing Ph.D. Studies

Kati-Jasmin Kosonen: Non-university cities and the innovation system

Mika Raunio: HR-orientation in led-policy as a tool to successful urban development

Kimmo Viljamaa: The development process of the university-industry interaction in local innovation systems

Jari Kolehmainen: The dimensions of local innovation environment

Nina Mustikkamäki: Knowledge broker roles in social networks

Piotr Kryjom: Development of innovation systems as a condition for improvement of regional competitiveness in case of selected regions in Poland and Finland

Sanna Kaisa Seppänen: Innovation environment evolving - the roles of university hospitals in organisational change

Kirsi Sutinen: Local cultures of development: values, beliefs and customs in regional development

Riina Pulkkinen: Institutional change in innovation system - individual actions in transformation process

Junjie Li: Research on globalizing cities in China - Cases study on Beijing & Shanghai

Olli Ruokolainen: Strategy and cultural capital in regional development