Research groups 2008-2018
Martti Ahtisaari Institute's research groups 2008-2018
Martti Ahtisaari Institute focuses on sustainable and responsible business in the context of global markets and the economy as a whole. The research carried out at the institute aims at creating new knowledge and innovations in this area. The institute funded during 2008-2018 several research groups, selected for three-year periods.
During 2016-2018 five groups were funded:
- Energy Economics (professor Rauli Svento, research professor Maria Kopsakangas-Savolainen): energy economy
- Futuralis - Future Digital Business (adjuct professor Petri Ahokangas): future digital businesses
- Innovation Appropriability and Appropriation (professor Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen): innovation-based global business
- SHARP - Sensing and Shaping Service Business Relationships (professor Pauliina Ulkuniemi): service business networks and relationships
- Sustainable Corporate Governance (professor Juha-Pekka Kallunki): sustainable governance and management of corporations
During 2013-2015 four groups were funded:
- Oulu Advanced Research on Software and Information Systems (Oasis, professor Harri Oinas-Kukkonen)
- Sensing and Shaping Service Business Relationships (SHARP, professor Pauliina Ulkuniemi)
- Sustainable and Efficient Economic Development (SEED, professor Rauli Svento)
- Sustainable Corporate Governance, professor Juha-Pekka Kallunki
During 2011-2013 and 2008-2010 the following three groups were funded:
- Mergers and Acquisitions as a Strategy for Growth (MASG, professor Juha-Pekka Kallunki)
- Oulu Growth Lab (OGL, professor Vesa Puhakka)
- Energy Biodiversity and Natural Resources (EBN, professor Rauli Svento)
These three groups were selected in connection with the founding of the institute in 2008.