OBS Research seminars

Oulu Business School regularly arranges academic seminars. They are open to all researchers who have an interest in high-quality research in business studies and economics. A list of upcoming seminars is as follows.

Seminar schedules

Department of Economics, Accounting and Finance

Wednesday at 11-13

Department of Marketing, Management and International Business

Thursday at 9-11

Martti Ahtisaari Institute

Thursday at 9-11

Autumn 2026

September 18 at 12.00 in room TA115
Professor Franz Fuerst, University of Cambridge: "Spatial Usage Costs and Health Service Supply: Evidence from Medical Office Rents"

Past seminars

Spring 2026

Spring & autumn 2025

March 14 at 9:00
Doctoral Researcher Satu Kauhanen: "AI-Human Synergy in Action: Building Systemic Capability for Adaptive Public Administration"

May 8 at 10:00
Guest speaker Professor Johan Sandström, Luleå University of Technology: "The power of ‘promissory organizations’ in ‘green’ energy transitions in the Arctic"

May 15
Doctoral researcher Merja Kivirinta: "Achieving resilience through value co-creation in knowledge-intensive services"

May 21
Doctoral researcher Saqib Amin: "Childhood Poverty Risk and Long-Term Health Outcomes: A Regional Analysis of Finnish Data"

May 22
Doctoral researcher Saba Orfi: "Shaping Human-Bot Companionship Through Emotional Engagement: A Multimodal Approach"

May 28
Doctoral researcher Tuukka Huhtala, University of Turku: "Detecting regional housing market bubbles in the U.S."

June 5
Doctoral researcher Mohsin Abdur Rehman: "Mapping the evolution of the customer experience journey: A longitudinal exploration in an extended service context"

June 11
Doctoral researcher Joona Lohtander: "Personality, behavioural biases, and collective decision-making"

June 18
Doctoral researcher Emmi Wilén: "Temperament traits and earnings"

September 4
Doctoral Researcher Marjan Kiani: “The influence of customer perceived value on adoption of collaborative fashion consumption”

September 11
Doctoral Researcher Satu Laiho: “Co-creating a socially sustainable destination brand: case Salla in the middle of nowhere”

September 18
Doctoral Researcher Anup Acharya: “Social impact through Nongovernmental Organizations’ (NGO) relations with business, society, and state in non-Western contexts”

October 2
Professor Magnus Söderlund, Stockholm School of Economics: "Interactions with Artifical Humans", Science Garden

October 10
Postdoctoral Researcher Tero Huhtala: "Practical tips and experiences for AI using in teaching"

October 30
Doctoral Reseracher Julia Autio and Senior Reserach Fellow Tuula Lehtimäki: "Humans in organizations: conceptualizing sustained sustainable employee behaviour"

Spring & autumn 2024

Autumn 2023

Spring 2023

19 Jan at 8:30-9:30, TA115
Doctoral Researcher Kati Koivunen: "Becoming a professional brand – identity work approach on human brand identity co-creation"

March 2 at 9:00-10:00, TA115
Doctoral Researcher Milka Väinämö, Oulu Business School: “It makes things so much easier” – Exploring brand experience in a digital health context

March 15 at 10:15-12:00, TA335
Postdoctoral Researcher Matti Koivuranta, Oulu Business School: "Preferences for temporal resolution of uncertainty - evidence from multiple betting markets"

March 30 at 9:00-10:00, TA115
Doctoral Researcher Riitta Forsten-Astikainen: 'Self-reflection in work competencies evaluation'

April 12 at 12-14, TA335
Doctoral Researcher Joona Lohtander, Oulu Business School

April 13 at 9:00-10:00, TA115
Nina Rapo, Interdisciplinary Doctoral School Academia Copernicana, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland

May 2 at 10:15-12:00, TA335
Doctoral Researcher Blessing Oyinlola, Oulu Business School

May 10 at 10:00-12:00, TA335
Professor Juha-Pekka Kallunki, Oulu Business School

May 16 at 10:15-12:00, TA335
Doctoral Researcher Meerab Sohail, Oulu Business School: 'Impact of discretionary accruals and audit fees on value relevance of earnings'

May 17 at 10:00-12:00, TA335
Doctoral Researcher Sherif Elashmawy, Oulu Business School

May 22 at 10:00-12:00, TA335
Professor Breda Sweeney, University of Galway: 'When and why do middle managers combine formal and informal controls?'

May 25 at 10:15-12:00, TA335
Doctoral Researcher Emmi Wilén, Oulu Business School

June 2 at 12:00, TA115
Professor Franz Fuerst, University of Cambridge: 'Health & well-being certifications in the US office market'

June 14 at 10:15-12:00, TA335
Doctoral Researcher Islam Abdalhafez, Oulu Business School

June 15 at 10-12, TA335
Doctoral Researcher Sherif Elashmawy, Oulu Business School

June 21 at 10-12, TA335
Postdoctoral Researcher Asif Ruman, Oulu Business School

Autumn 2022

15.12. at 9:00-10:00, Foodoo Kumina

Doctoral Researcher Kaisu Jansson: 'Organizational hybridity in a university hospital – Social systems theoretical perspective'

7.12. at 11:00-13:00, (Seminar room to be announced)

Doctoral researcher Jenni Jääskö

1.12. at 9:00-10:00, TA115

Doctoral Researcher Seppo Yrjölä: 'Emerging ecosystemic platform-based business model approaches for the future mobile communication systems context'

30.11. at 10:15, TA335

Assistant professor Jesper Haga, Hanken School of Economics

16.11. at 10:00-12:00, TA335

Professor Juha-Pekka Kallunki

4.11. at 9:00, TA115

Dr. Jeannie Holstein, University of Nottingham and Dr. Anniina Rantakari, Oulu Business School: "Space and the dynamic between openness and closure – Open strategizing in the TV series Borgen"

2.11. at 11:00-13:00, (Seminar room to be announced)

Doctoral researcher Islam Abdalhafez

20.10. at 9:00-10:00, TA115

Associate professor Agata Sudolska, Nicolaus Copernicus University

19.10. at 11:00-13:00, (Seminar room to be announced)

Doctoral researcher Saqib Amin

13.10. at 9:00-11:00, TA115

Doctoral researcher Pushpa Rani: "Dynamics of reversal of strategic change in emerging markets: multiple case study in India"

5.10. at 11:00-13:00, (Seminar room to be announced)

Doctoral researcher Meerab Sohail

29.9. klo 9:00-11:00, TA115

Professor Aldona (Ajka) Glińska-Neweś, Nicolaus Copernicus University: "Employee green behaviors and circular business models. In search of new research avenues"

22.9. at 9:00-11:00, TA115

Postdoctoral researcher Hannu Torvinen: "User and citizen in the hub of public procurement: Service co-production in the procurement of assistive devices and medical supplies in public health care"

Professor Magnus Söderlund, Stockholm School of Economics: "Human customers and their reactions to service robots"

21.9. at 11:00-13:00, (Seminar room to be announced)

Doctoral researcher Blessing Oyinlola

8.9. at 9:00-11:00, TA116

Doctoral researcher Samppa Kamara: "Diaspora and networking capabilities driving internationalization: a retrospective study of Finnish micro-enterprises across Africa”

7.9. at 11:00-13:00, (Seminar room to be announced)

Doctoral researcher Sherif Elashmawy

31.8. at 11:00-13:00, (Seminar room to be announced)

Doctoral researcher Hannu Huuki

25.8. at 9:00-11:00, TA115

Associate professor Ilkka Ojansivu: "The importance of ontological foresight in business research"

17.8. at 11:00-13:00, (Seminar room to be announced)

Doctoral researcher Mikko Vaaramo