Katariina
Heikkilä
Doctoral Student, Study of Cultures
University Teacher, Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC)
MA
Contact
+358 29 450 4089
+358 46 920 7179
Rehtorinpellonkatu 3
20500
Turku
Areas of expertise
futures research
young people's futures images
qualitative research, ethnography
everyday life
female entrepreneurship
rurality
sustainability in shipbuilding industry
Teaching
I have completed university teacher's
pedagogic studies
(60 credits) and I have teaching experience both in Ethnology and
Futures Studies. In Ethnology I have conducted field work courses in
textile industry and urban areas and given lectures about livelihoods in
rural areas. Since 2012 I teach in two courses in Futures Studies that
introduce basics of futures thinking and scenarios. These courses
emphasize interaction and group works as a way to enhance learning.
I coordinate a course called TEVY Yrityselämään! - Liiketoiminta ja projektityöskentely (5+1 cr), which is mandatory for all about 250 first year students in the Turku School of Economics. I also work as a course assistant in the course Futures research and strategic foresight (4 cr) which is mandatory for all the students in new Master's degree programmes in the Turku School fo Economics and was launched in fall 2018.
I coordinate a course called TEVY Yrityselämään! - Liiketoiminta ja projektityöskentely (5+1 cr), which is mandatory for all about 250 first year students in the Turku School of Economics. I also work as a course assistant in the course Futures research and strategic foresight (4 cr) which is mandatory for all the students in new Master's degree programmes in the Turku School fo Economics and was launched in fall 2018.
Research
I have Master of Arts degree in European
Ethology and have studied also e.g. Futures studies. Since my pro gradu
thesis, which dealt with combine harvester as an example of
modernization of agriculture, I have an interest in rural issues. I have
done research on female entrepreneurship on farms and other
interests concern e.g. new livelihoods in rural areas, female
entrepreneurship, futures images of young people and sustainbility in
the shipbuilding industry. Through participation in several research and development projects in Finland Futures Research Centre I have experience in other areas as well.
Publications
Sustainability in shipbuilding: Observations from project-oriented supply network in cruise ship construction (2019)
(D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys)Tulevaisuusleirillä - Havaintoja tulevaisuusleiri -menetelmän käytöstä (2018)
Futura
(B1 Kirjoitus tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)