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Ulla
Hytti
Professor, Entrepreneurship

Contact

+358 29 450 2237
+358 40 540 9112
Rehtorinpellonkatu 3
20500
Turku

Links

My ResearchGate profile
My profile at the University of Turku
ullahytticurriculum_uusiAKA.pdf
ORCID

Areas of expertise

Entrepreneurship
entrepreneurial identity
entrepreneurship education
narrative research
qualitative research

Biography

I am a Professor, and head of Entrepreneurship subject at the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Turku. Between 2009-2019 I was appointed as a Research Director at the unit, while during 2010-2011 and 2012-2016 I acted as a Professor of Entrepreneurship in our 2nd Campus at Pori. 
I have been working in the entrepreneurship research unit since 1996. I took my PhD in the Turku School of Economics in 2003 (thesis title: Stories of Entrepreneurs: Narrative Construction of Entrepreneurial Identities) and was awarded 'Doctor Primus' in the Conferment of Degrees in 2005. I was awarded the Title of Docent in the Turku School of Economics in 2007 (special area: Research on entrepreneurs). In 2019, I was given the European Entrepreneurship Education Award. 
I am a Research Editor at 'Entrepreneurship Education & Pedagogy' (EE&P) and an Associate Editor at 'Entrepreneurship & Regional Development' (ERD).  I'm also a President-Elect in the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB, www.ecsb.org). 

Teaching

I have taught entrepreneurship at B.Sc., M.Sc. and post-graduate levels. Since 2018 I am responsible for the entrepreneurship studies at the Turku School of Economics and during 2012-2016 I was responsible for the entrepreneurship studies at the Pori unit (25 cr, minor subject at the B.Sc. level). 
Currently I am responsible for one course (New venture creation) at the B.Sc. studies in Turku and for one post graduate level course (Qualitative data analysis), which is open for all students at TSE. 

Research

My research focuses on entrepreneurship and particularly on researching entrepreneurship at the individual level. I have studied entrepreneurial identity construction and identity work in new ventures and family businesses. I am also interested in understanding gender in entrepreneurship, innovation and family firms. My research has also investigated policies supporting entrepreneurship development, most notably entrepreneurship education and incubators. Currently, I'm a Work-package Leader in a European Horizon2020 -research project DISCE (Developing Inclusive and Sustainable Creative Economies), www.disce.eu 

I have over 20 years of experience from policy, practice-oriented and academic research projects that are conducted in continuous and active engagement with firms and other stakeholders, including European Commission and DGs, OECD, Ministries and regional authorities and decision-makers.



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Regional case study report: Lund, Sweden (2022)

Pukkinen T., Hytönen K., Burlina C., Comunian R., Crociata A., Dent T., Denti D., Faggian A., Gross J.,Heinonen J., Hytti U., Kim S., Kravcenko D., Lemmetyinen A., Nieminen L., Pica V., Popova D., Sauka A., Sihvonen L., Stenholm P., Wilson N.
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