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…
The coronavirus has temporarily shrunk our physical world from global to local. It has reshaped many things and forced us to adapt our working methods to prevailing conditions. Just as with teaching, guidance and team meetings, international…
This past spring, dominated by the coronavirus, has been full of statistics: tests, cases, patients in hospitals and numbers of deceased. Suddenly the whole media stream is only statistics! A…
The German sociologist Hartmut Rosa has described our modern society as an increasingly accelerating circle, where we demand the world and all that it has to offer to be available…
The PISA studies started at the turn of the millennium. The programme is designed to compare how well 15-year-olds master certain key skills and knowledge relevant for the future. The…
‘Space’ is an important word with multiple meanings. It may refer, for instance, to physical, social or mental space. The concept is strongly ontological: from the viewpoint of an individual’s…
As most of Finland switches to remote working, learning or schooling, where do the homeless go? And how is the shutdown of services affecting their daily life? I decided to…
European welfare states differ from each other in terms of their welfare regimes. For example, in southern Europe family networks’ role in guaranteeing social security is greater than in northern…
Self-directedness has been a buzzword for several years, especially in education and the world of work. Supervisors and teachers do not give commands but guide people towards their own inner…
