
Visiting researcher at Helsinki Institute of Information Technology (HIIT)
Finland

Visiting researcher at Helsinki Institute of Information Technology (HIIT)
Finland
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Five years of experience in the telecommunication industry. Eight years of experience in international organizations (Erasmus Student Network, Tsemppi and Maailma Tutuksi). My professional goal is to contribute to the development of a human-centric European Ubiquitous Network Society through high-quality research conducted in the public or private sector as consultant or project leader.
My current research is focusing on building a conceptual framework for design of mobile social software applications (MoSoSo) supporting social capital.
My expertise is in predicting societal trends, observing and investigating utilization of ICT in society through three dimensions of user experience: local/global, real/virtual, individual/collective.
- Social Networks - Complex Networks - Context Aware Computing - Web-based Computer Supported Collaborative Learning - Knowledge Management - Intercultural Communication
-Advisory Board Member of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) (http://www.esn.org),
- Secretary of Tsemppi (http://www.tsemppi.com),
- Webmaster of Maailma Tutuksi ry, Cultural Association (http://www.maailmatutuksi.fi),
- Representative of foreign students at the Committee of International Affairs of the University of Helsinki for the period 2004-06
- Invited Speech at the orientation course for the international students of the University of Helsinki "Cultural Integration: Finland and the Finns seen from a foreigner perspective" (Sept.2004)
- Invited Speech at the annual meeting of the Finnish teachers of Italian in Päivolä: "The School of the Future: Finnish practices of new technologies in education" (Oct.2002)