Anne Kovalainen
Dr.Sc.(Econ.) in economic sociology, professor
TCLS anne.kovalainen@utu.fi +358 29 450 2382 +358 50 502 7022 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2044-0348 |
economic sociology; entrepreneurship; new forms of work; platforms; qualitative research methods and methodology; science and technology studies; gender studies.
Anne Kovalainen is economic sociologist by training and works as Professor of Entrepreneurship and Business Knowhow at the Turku School of Economics, University of Turku. She is director of Business Finland ReGrow project at University of Turku. She led Academy of Finland Strategic Research Council consortium Smart Work in Platform Economy (SWiPE, 2016-2019). She acted as co-PI of Nordic Network on Care Crisis 2018-20. In 2018 she was invited as visiting scholar at Harvard University. She has also worked as faculty fellow at Stanford University School of Sciences and Humanities, at Massachusetts University, at London School of Economics and Political Science and University of Technology Sydney.
In 2021 she will be working at Paderborn University as visiting professor on Digital Society project, jointly with senior research fellow Seppo Poutanen and professor Lena Weber.
She has worked as Minna Canth Academy Professor, as Vice-Chair of Research Council for Culture and Society at Academy of Finland, and as Member of the Standing Committee for Social Sciences at the European Science Foundation (SCSS/ESF). In those roles, she has planned and executed research programmes at national and international levels. She serves international funding organizations. She has served as Board Member of Finnish Innovation Fund (SITRA), University of Turku Board, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters Board, and NORFACE (chair and board) and ESA Boards.
She is editorial board member of ISBJ and JGER journals, and editorial board member of American Sociological Association series RSW. Her recent books include co-edited book by Routledge 2020 (Poutanen, Kovalainen, Rouvinen: Digital Work and the Platform Economy), co-edited book by Emerald 2019 (Vallas, Kovalainen: Work and Labor in the Digital Age) co -authored book by Palgrave Macmillan on gender and innovations (2017), by Sage on qualitative methods (2016), and forthcoming book by Routledge (2021). Her research interests currently include transformations of economy and society, science and technology studies, platforms and new forms of work, gender studies; research methods at large and science policies, higher education included.
Anne Kovalainen's research interests range currently from the contemporary work in the era of the platform economy, to the new forms of entrepreneurialism and to science and technology studies. Her research also covers topics of gender and economy, entrepreneurship and public sector, and qualitative research methods and innovations.
- Hybridityö, luottamus ja valvonta: Tutkimus työn tekemisen uusista tavoista Suomessa 2022 (2023) Kovalainen Anne, Poutanen Seppo, Arvonen Johanna
(Refereed scientific book or report (C1)) - Librarians bridging the digital divide: Experiences from Finland (2023)
- Journal of Access Services
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Research Assessment Exercise – Report 2023 – International evaluation of research at the University of Vaasa (2023) Cheng Agnes, Kryzanowski Lawrence, Puhakka Mikko, Villa Seppo, Kovalainen Anne, Fox Christopher, van Pottelsberghe Bruno, Sotarauta Markku, Andersson Ulf, Pantzar Mika, Sivunen Anu, Christiansen Erlandsson Anders, Frishammar Johan, Hill R Carter, Rajashekara Kaushik
(Published development or research report or study (D4)) - Skills, Creativity and Innovation in the Digital Platform Era: Analyzing the New Reality of Professions and Entrepreneurship (2023) Poutanen Seppo, Kovalainen Anne
(Refereed scientific book or report (C1)) - Innovaatiot kriisien keskellä: kasvuhaasteita ja vastauksia
(2022) Kuusi Tero, Ali-Yrkkö Jyrki, Helanummi-Cole Heli, Koski Heli, Kovalainen Anne, Kässi Otto, Poutanen Seppo, Valmari Nelli
(Published development or research report or study (D4)) - Luottamus ja työn valvonta pandemian aikana
(Trust and surveillance of work during the Covid-19 pandemic) (2022)- Työelämän Tutkimus
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Covid-19, luottamus ja digitalisaatio. Miten etätöihin siirtyminen tapahtui 2020? (2021)
- Talous & yhteiskunta
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Covid-19, luottamus ja digitalisaatio: Tutkimus etätyöstä ja sen järjestymisestä Suomessa keväällä ja syksyllä 2020 (2021) Kovalainen Anne, Poutanen Seppo, Arvonen Johanna
(Refereed scientific book or report (C1)) - Crisis of Care: A Problem of Economisation, of Technologisation, or of Politics of Care? (2021) A Care Crisis in the Nordic Welfare States? : Care Work, Gender Equality and Welfare State Sustainability Kovalainen Anne
(Refereed article in compilation book (A3)) - How did Finns transfer to remote work due to Covid-19 pandemic in the Spring and Autumn 2020? Some answers from a nation-wide survey.
(Conference abstract: WORK2021 Conference) (2021) WORK2021: WORK III Abstract Book Poutanen Seppo, Kovalainen Anne, Arvonen Johanna
(Other (O2)) - Intersectionality, gender, social class and the neoliberal self-governance of institutions and individuals (2021) Memories and Reflections from the Gender Research Group: 21 Years of Collaborative Action Kovalainen Anne
(Book chapter (B2)) - Kirjallinen asiantuntijalausunto Eduskunnan työ- ja tasa-arvovaliokunnalle 26.5.2021 (2021) Kovalainen Anne
(Other (O2)) - The politics of learning-at-work and reality of platform workers
(Presentation at the International Labour Process Conference 2021) (2021) Kovalainen Anne, Poutanen Seppo
(Other (O2)) - The workspaces at home during the Covid-19
(Conference abstract: WORK2021 Conference) (2021) WORK2021: WORK III Abstract Book. Kovalainen Anne, Poutanen Seppo
(Other (O2)) - Digital Work and the Platform Economy: Understanding Tasks, Skills and Capabilities in the New Era (2020) Seppo Poutanen, Anne Kovalainen, Petri Rouvinen
(Editorship of a scientific special issue, book or conference proceedings (C2)) - Digital Work in the Platform Economy (2020) Digital Work and the Platform Economy: Understanding Tasks, Skills and Capabilities in the New Era Seppo Poutanen, Anne Kovalainen, Petri Rouvinen
(Book chapter (B2)) - Emergence of Agentic Professional Competence in the Digitalization of Social Services and Healthcare (2020) Digital Work and the Platform Economy: Understanding Tasks, Skills and Capabilities in the New Era Eveliina Saari, Mervi Hasu, Sari Käpykangas, Anne Kovalainen
(Refereed article in compilation book (A3)) - Forms and varieties of research and industry collaboration across disciplines (2020)
- Heliyon
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Theorizing Work in the Contemporary Platform Economy (2020) Digital Work and the Platform Economy: Understanding Tasks, Skills and Capabilities in the New Era Anne Kovalainen, Steven P. Vallas, Seppo Poutanen
(Refereed article in compilation book (A3)) - Vocational education goes to industry: Future skills at work derive from novel models of cooperation (2020) Digital Work and the Platform Economy: Understanding Tasks, Skills and Capabilities in the New Era Hytönen Kaisa, Kovalainen Anne
(Refereed article in compilation book (A3))