Satu
Aaltonen
Project Researcher, Entrepreneurship
M.Soc.Sc. / VTM
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Areas of expertise
employee-driven innovations
immigrant entrepreneurship
social value
culture
Biography
I have worked as a project researcher in the Entrepreneurhip Unit at Turku University (TU) since 2006. My previous academic appointments at Turku University were in the Research Unit for the Sociology of Education, Information Systems, Cultural History and Media Studies. I have also worked shortly in Turku Science Park. I have obtained my Master's degree in sociology (TU) in 1998.
Teaching
I teach a course called Social value creation and YRY Yrittäjämäinen liiketoiminta.
Research
I am interested in social and cultural aspects of entrepreneurship, work place studies and entrepreneurship policies.
Currently I study immigrant entrepreneurship and the policy measures supporting it, as well as the changing role of municipalities from service providers to service integrators.
Previously I have studied, among others, the role of cultural heritage in value creation, co-development of working methods, employee-driven innovations, impact of business support policies and business exits. Before I joined the Entrepreneurship unit I have participated in studies focusing on the history of everyday IT, implementation of information systems, public online forums and the interconnectedness of unemployment and adult education.
Currently I study immigrant entrepreneurship and the policy measures supporting it, as well as the changing role of municipalities from service providers to service integrators.
Previously I have studied, among others, the role of cultural heritage in value creation, co-development of working methods, employee-driven innovations, impact of business support policies and business exits. Before I joined the Entrepreneurship unit I have participated in studies focusing on the history of everyday IT, implementation of information systems, public online forums and the interconnectedness of unemployment and adult education.
Publications
Teamwork in the core of digital service & product development (2022)
DigiReactor-blog
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Yhteiskehittämisellä kohti resurssiviisasta digitaalista kotihoitoa. Turun Sanomat, Puheenvuoro, julkaistu 2.4.2022. (2022)
Turun Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Thoughts on creativity and diversity in the DigiReactor coaching set (2022)
DigiReactor-blog
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Summer is here! (2022)
DigiReactor-blog
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Navigating the challenges in the transfer between experiential and formal learning in entrepreneurship (2021)
Ammattikasvatuksen Aikakauskirja
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Muodollisen opetuksen ulkopuolella hankitun yrittäjyysosaamisen sisällyttäminen korkeakouluopintoihin (2020)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))The Dark Side of Entrepreneurial Passion: Restraining Employee Innovative Behaviour? (2020)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Book review: Social innovation and sustainable entrepreneurship. International Small Business Journal (2019)
International Small Business Journal
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
Yrittäjyysosaamisen AHOToinnin ja opinnollistamisen käytännöt suomalaisissa korkeakouluissa (2019)
Yrittäjyyskasvatuspäivät
(D3 Artikkeli ammatillisessa konferenssijulkaisussa )