Ulla Hytti
ullhyt@utu.fi +358 29 450 2237 +358 40 540 9112 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku : 4th floor |
Entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial identity; entrepreneurship education; gender, narrative research; qualitative research
I am a Professor in entrepreneurship and a head of Entrepreneurship research group at the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Turku. Between 2009-2019 I was appointed as a Research Director at the unit, while during 2010-2011 and 2012-2016 I acted as a Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Campus in Pori.
My research focuses on entrepreneurship and particularly on researching entrepreneurship at the individual level. I have studied entrepreneurial identity construction and identity work in new ventures and family businesses. I am also interested in understanding gender in different entrepreneurial contexts. My research has also investigated policies supporting entrepreneurship development, most notably entrepreneurship education and incubators. Currently, I'm leading a research team in Turku investigating how to make Finland a more attractive country for highly-skilled internationals to work and do business in (www.hiwe.fi). The project is led by the University of Eastern Finland. I'm also the team leader for an Erasmus + project aiming at developing new pedagogical models, approaches and materials for transforming entrepreneurship education to enact the ongoing crises and societal challenges. (transformingee.eu/) Recently, I was also involved in a European Horizon2020 -research project DISCE (Developing Inclusive and Sustainable Creative Economies), www.disce.eu (2019-2022) as a Work-package leader.
I have over 25 years of experience from policy, practice-oriented and academic research projects that are conducted in continuous and active engagement with firms and other stakeholders, including European Commission and DGs, OECD, Ministries and regional authorities and decision-makers.
I have taught entrepreneurship at B.Sc., M.Sc. and post-graduate levels. I'm currently responsible for the PhD studies in entrepreneurship at the Turku School of Economics.
- Drama in Entrepreneurship Training: Tool for entrepreneurial learning? (2013) Hytti U, Nieminen L
- Enacted experiences: Analysing Drama in Entrepreneurship Training (2013)
- International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Entrepreneurial management and employee-driven innovative work practices (2013)
- RENT : Research in entrepreneurship and small business
- Gender and Innovation: State of the Art and a Research Agenda (2013)
- International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship
- Heroic and Humane Entrepreneurs: Identity Work in Entrepreneurship Education (2013)
- Education and Training
- Intrapreneurial risk-taking in public health care – challenging existing boundaries (2013) Entrepreneurial Business and Society Heinonen J, Hytti U, Vuorinen E
- Opportunities in industrial service networks: a service integrator perspective (2013)
- NFF Conference proceedings
- Uudistuva leipomo (2013)
- Työn tuuli
- Ytyä yrittäjyyteen! – Tutkimus yhteisön synnystä ja yhteisön merkityksestä (2013) Hytti U, Nieminen L
- Boosting growth in gendered role positions (2012) Kovalainen, Anne;Hytti, Ulla;Heinonen, Jarna
- Communities of Practice and Entrepreneurial Learning (2012) Nieminen, Lenita;Hytti, Ulla
- Contextualising discourses on growth: Focusing women entrepreneurs (2012) Nieminen, Lenita;Hytti, Ulla
- Determinants of Job Satisfaction for Salaried and Self-Employed Professionals (2012) Hytti, Ulla;Kautonen, Teemu;Akola, Elisa
- Determinants of Job Satisfaction for Salaried and Self-Employed Professionals in Finland (2012) Hytti, Ulla;Kautonen, Teemu;Akola, Elisa
- Entrepreneurship: Perspectives and Cases (2012) Hytti, Ulla;Peura, Kirsi;Stenholm, Pekka
- Gender in Family Business Research (2012)
- RENT : Research in entrepreneurship and small business
- Gender in Family Firms: A literature review (2012) Heinonen, Jarna;Hytti, Ulla
- How is entrepreneurship experience valued when seeking into waged-work? (2012) Hytti, Ulla
- Job satisfaction and retirement age intentions in Finland Self-employed versus salary earners (2012)
- International Journal of Manpower
- Riittääkö innostus: Sisäinen yrittäjyys terveydenhuollossa (2012) Eeva Laaksonen;Thomas Lemström;Juha V. Virtanen;Jarna Heinonen;Ulla Hytti