Tommi
Inkinen
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering
Research Director, Centre for Maritime Studies
Professor
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Areas of expertise
Economic Geography
Maritime Transport
Urban and Regional Studies
Biography
Professor Tommi Inkinen is a research director at the University of Turku. His discipline is logistical systems of maritime transportation. Previously he has been the vice chair of the Department of Geosciences and Geography at the University of Helsinki, Finland, where he worked as a Professor of Economic Geography and a Professor of Human Geography 2008 till 2016. He also holds Docentships of Regional Studies and Economic Geography. His latest projects include “Geography and Innovative Competitiveness? Finnish Knowledge Regions in European and Global Economy” funded by the Academy of Finland. His research interests primarily cover the issues of maritime transport, logistical systems and port cities together with innovation and economic geography. These include the regional and social structuring of innovation systems, technology integration, regional development and logistics of transport. He and his research team have published extensively on these topics in international journals and collections. He is a current chairman of the International Geographical Union’s (IGU) Innovation, Information and Technology Commission and previously Editor-In-Chief of peer-reviewed quarterly journal Terra, Finnish Geographical Journal.
Research
5 latest international publications:
[A1] Lundén, J., M. Kosola, J. Kiuru, J. Kaskela & T. Inkinen (2021). Disclosed restaurant inspections on food safety show regional and local differences in Finland. Food Control 118, 107462 (Jufo: 2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107462
[A3] Inkinen, T. & S. Jokela (2020). Start-ups, business investors and flow of music: Contrasting two creative events in Helsinki, Finland. In Di Vita, S. & M. Wilson (eds.): Planning and Managing Smaller Events: Downsizing Urban Spectacle, 36-51. Routledge, London. (Jufo: 3). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429266263
[A3] Brunila, O.-P., T. Inkinen, V. Kunnaala-Hyrkki, E. Hämäläinen & K. Ala-Rämi (2020). Black carbon, maritime traffic and the Arctic. In Pongrácz, E., Pavlov, V. & N. Hänninen (eds.): Marine Sustainability: Arctic Maritime Business and the Resilience of the Marine Environment, 165-177. Springer, New York. (Jufo: 2). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28404-6_8
[C2] Inkinen, T. (ed. 2020). Clusters, Geographies, Economies, Innovations. Journal of Open Innovation. (Jufo 1). https://www.mdpi.com/journal/JOItmC/special_issues/Clusters_Geographies
[C2] Inkinen, T, Yigitcanlar, T. & M. Wilson (eds. 2020). Suistainable Mobility and Transport. Sustainability. (Jufo: 1) https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Mobility
[A1] Lundén, J., M. Kosola, J. Kiuru, J. Kaskela & T. Inkinen (2021). Disclosed restaurant inspections on food safety show regional and local differences in Finland. Food Control 118, 107462 (Jufo: 2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107462
[A3] Inkinen, T. & S. Jokela (2020). Start-ups, business investors and flow of music: Contrasting two creative events in Helsinki, Finland. In Di Vita, S. & M. Wilson (eds.): Planning and Managing Smaller Events: Downsizing Urban Spectacle, 36-51. Routledge, London. (Jufo: 3). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429266263
[A3] Brunila, O.-P., T. Inkinen, V. Kunnaala-Hyrkki, E. Hämäläinen & K. Ala-Rämi (2020). Black carbon, maritime traffic and the Arctic. In Pongrácz, E., Pavlov, V. & N. Hänninen (eds.): Marine Sustainability: Arctic Maritime Business and the Resilience of the Marine Environment, 165-177. Springer, New York. (Jufo: 2). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28404-6_8
[C2] Inkinen, T. (ed. 2020). Clusters, Geographies, Economies, Innovations. Journal of Open Innovation. (Jufo 1). https://www.mdpi.com/journal/JOItmC/special_issues/Clusters_Geographies
[C2] Inkinen, T, Yigitcanlar, T. & M. Wilson (eds. 2020). Suistainable Mobility and Transport. Sustainability. (Jufo: 1) https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Mobility
Current editor positions in international journals: 1) Journal of Open Innovation (Springer Open). Associate Editor since 2014. Editorial board memberships in national and international journals: 1) Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Emerald, WoS) 2) International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IGI, WoS) 3) International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development (Inderscience, WoS) 4) Journal of Urban Technology (Routledge, WoS) 5) Terra. Geographical Journal (TSV)
Publications
Start-ups, business investors and flow of music: contrasting two creative events in Helsinki, Finland (2020)
(A3 Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa)Reviewing Truck Logistics: Solutions for Achieving Low Emission Road Freight Transport (2020)
Sustainability
(A2 Katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikauslehdessä)
Black carbon, maritime traffic and the Arctic (2020)
(A3 Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa)Yrittäjyysperusteisen aluekehityksen rajapinnoilla (2020)
Terra: Maantieteellinen Aikakauskirja
(B1 Kirjoitus tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Strategizing Smart, Sustainable and Knowledge-Based Development of Cities: Insights from Florianópolis, Brazil (2020)
Sustainability
(B1 Kirjoitus tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)