Anna-Maija Kohijoki
D.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.), University Teacher
anna-maija.kohijoki@utu.fi +358 29 450 3979 +358 50 505 9423 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2011-7009 |
GIS in business; urban planning; ageing consumers, accessibility of grocery retail services
Anna-Maija Kohijoki (D.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm)) is a university teacher in economic geography at the department of Marketing and International Business at Turku School of Economics. The focus of her doctoral thesis (2013) was the accessibility of grocery retail services with special reference to ageing consumers. Her current research interests include consumer behaviour, age-friendly cities, urban planning and GIS methods.
Research projects:
- Asiointisyyt, kulkutavat ja rahankäyttö (ASKURA 2020, 2025)
- Kauppa murroksessa (KAMU2023 -research project)
- Turun keskustan tyhjät liiketilat (2016-2021)
- Kulutustilat osana arvoa tuottavaa elinympäristöä (KATE2017 -research project)
- City centre revitalisation from the consumers’ perspective (Turku Urban Research Programme 2016)
- Kuluttajakäyttäytymisen muutos Turun seudulla vuosina 1990-2020 (KUMU2011 -research project)
- Sustainable Shopping Locations and Concepts in a Network City (KAVERI -research project)
- Shopping Centres as a part of Sustainable Consumption and Urban Structure (KOKKKA -research project)
- Mylly -research project
Research at Economic Geography: https://www.utu.fi/en/university/turku-school-of-economics/economic-geography/research
Geographies of Firms and Industries (TM1)
Community and City Planning in Finland (TM42)
Introduction to Spatial Analysis (TM5)
GIS in Business I (TM51)
GIS in Business II (TMS51)
Geography Matters (TMS1)
Thesis Seminar of Economic Geography
- Kaupunkikeskusta vetovoimaisena ostosympäristönä: Ikääntyvien kuluttajien näkökulma (2018)
- Tutkimuskatsauksia : (Turun kaupunki)
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Matkailuelämyksiä ilman matkaa? Fokusryhmätutkimus matkailutyyppisestä kulutuksesta osana kuluttajan arkea (2018)
- Matkailututkimus
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Effect of the Physical Environment on Consumers’ Perceptions: A Review of the Retailing Research on External Shopping Environment (2018)
- Architecture and Urban Planning
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Determinants of Retail Environment Attractiveness in the City Centre: Older Consumers’ Perspective (2017) Anna-Maija Kohijoki, Katri Koistinen
(Other publication) - The role of touristic experiences in enhancing city centre resilience: the local resident's perspective (2017) Heli Marjanen, Juulia Räikkönen, Anna-Maija Kohijoki
(Other publication) - A literature review on the consumers’ perceptions of a city centre retail environment (2016) Kohijoki Anna-Maija, Koistinen Katri
(Other publication) - A Quantile Regression Approach in Predicting Patronage in the Shopping Centre Context (2016) 23rd Recent advances in retailing & services science conference: Conference proceedings Meri Malmari, Heli Marjanen, Janne Engblom, Anna-Maija Kohijoki
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication) - City centres as touristic experiences (2016) Marjanen Heli, Kohijoki Anna-Maija
(Other publication) - Profiling the ageing wellness consumers in the retailing context (2016)
- International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Generation X - the Unexplored Potential in the Wellness Market (2015) The EAERCD 2015 conference proceedings Anna-Maija Kohijoki, Heli Marjanen, Kaisa Saastamoinen
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )



