Sauna and alcohol kill the coronavirus! This was such a splendid piece of news at the beginning of the first wave of the coronavirus. As Finns, we were, of course,…
Professor Tuure Tuunanen’s research team investigates cyber-physical service innovations and their development processes, but also their effects on everyday life, such as when they manifest as technostress. The team is…
At the turn of the year, people make guesses, promises, and even preparations for the events of the coming year. Yet predictions with certainty are not part of economists’ toolbox.…
At the beginning of the academic year I gave a lecture to the new students of social work about wellbeing at work. About twenty future social work professional sat in…
JYU is designing curricula for the period from 2020 to 2023 and reforms are considered on the university level as well as in different units. General policies define eight themes…
Where can we find new people to work in the fields of science and technology? For some time now, gloomy research findings have predicted that we could soon run out…
Some time ago I noticed on the website of the World Economic Forum (WEF) a text that dealt with creativity as a future skill. It starts by pointing out the…
In an era that focuses on quick results and benefit, the attitude towards philosophy may be similar to the attitude towards the gadfly: it is an annoying drag that hampers…
It’s typical for research to be critical and constantly assess itself. We are seldom satisfied with the texts we write – we feel like we should revise and hone them…
Internationalisation, digitalisation, machine learning, and artificial intelligence – these are terms used to describe the ongoing and future transformation of the world of work. Work will not end as such,…
