Satu Aaltonen
M.Soc.Sc. / VTM
satu.aaltonen@utu.fi +358 29 450 3955 +358 50 505 3630 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku : 4.23 |
employee-driven innovations; immigrant entrepreneurship; social value; culture
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.
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.
I teach a course called Social value creation and YRY Yrittäjämäinen liiketoiminta.
- Technical & human – two complementing sides of digital service development Making Sense of Entrepreneurial Knowledge in Recognition of Prior Learning and Studification Practices
(Esitys 3E ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conferencessa, Gothenburg, Sweden 8.-10.5. 2019) (2022)- DigiReactor-blog
- Thoughts on creativity and diversity in the DigiReactor coaching set (2022)
- DigiReactor-blog
- Yhteiskehittämisellä kohti resurssiviisasta digitaalista kotihoitoa. Turun Sanomat, Puheenvuoro, julkaistu 2.4.2022Yrittäjyysosaamisen AHOToinnin ja opinnollistamisen käytännöt suomalaisissa korkeakouluissa (2022)
- Turun Sanomat
- Navigating the challenges in the transfer between experiential and formal learning in entrepreneurshipAlio: Yrittäjyyspolitiikan tulisi edistää kaiken tyyppistä yrittäjyyttä (2021)
- Ammattikasvatuksen AikakauskirjaTurun Sanomat
- Muodollisen opetuksen ulkopuolella hankitun yrittäjyysosaamisen sisällyttäminen korkeakouluopintoihin (2020) Peura Kirsi, Aaltonen Satu, Römer-Paakkanen Tarja, Lahikainen Katja, Asteljoki Sari, Vainio Sonja
- The Dark Side of Entrepreneurial Passion: Restraining Employee Innovative Behaviour? (2020) Against Entrepreneurship: A Critical Examination Aromaa Eeva, Hytti Ulla, Aaltonen Satu
- Book review: Social innovation and sustainable entrepreneurship. International Small Business Journal (2019)
- International Small Business Journal
- Contextualising Policy Responses to Migrant Entrepreneurship: The Finnish CasePaikallisten ja kotimarkkinayritysten kasvu. Arviointiraportti. (2019)
- RENT : Research in entrepreneurship and small business
- Entrepreneurial and co-creational activities in public sector – a case study of two municipalitiesThe role of trust and bridging social capital in immigrant business owners' start-up process (2019)
- RENT : Research in entrepreneurship and small business
- Maahanmuuttajat osallisiksi ja työhön. Osaavat työntekijät - menestyvät työmarkkinat ja Terveys, hyvinvointi ja elämäntavat -ohjelmien policy brief (2019) Kosonen R., Saari E., Aaltonen S., Heponiemi T., Jauhiainen S., Kankaanpää R., Palander J., Pöllänen P., Steel T., Yijälä A.
- (2019) Kirsi Peura, Tarja Römer-Paakkanen, Satu Aaltonen
- The Case Story of Inga, an Estonian Craft Shop Owner in Finland (2019) Diaspora Networks in International Business Satu Aaltonen, Elisa Akola
- The Digitalization of Migrants’ Labor Market Integration Services. Boosting or Hindering Social Inclusion? (2019) Digital Work and the Platform Economy. Understanding Tasks, Skills and Capabilities in the New Era Satu Aaltonen
- 2019Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen kaari – lapsuudesta tulevaisuuden työhön : Yrittäjyyskasvatuspäivät 2019 Artikkelit Kirsi Peura, Satu Aaltonen, Tarja Römer-Paakkanen, Sari Asteljoki, Katja Lahikainen, Paula Pehkonen
- (2018)
- Co-creating strategy between independent consultants in a micro-firm context (2018) The Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Contexts Tanja Lepistö, Satu Aaltonen, Ulla Hytti
- First Steps towards Hybrid Forms of Service Provision in Municipalities (2018) ISBE 2018 Conference Proceedings Satu Aaltonen, Tanja Lepistö, Ulla Hytti
- Kuntien palvelutarjonta ja toimijoiden roolit muutoksessa – ensiaskeleita kahdesta kunnasta (2018) Satu Aaltonen, Tanja Lepistö, Ulla Hytti
- (2018) Pekka Stenholm, Satu Aaltonen, Jarna Heinonen
- (2018) The Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Contexts Satu Aaltonen, Elisa Akola