Kaisu Koivumäki (Innanen)

Koivumäki’s doctoral thesis increases understanding of the ways different orientations to strategic thinking appear in the contemporary challenges of organizational science communication in general, and particularly in the researchers’ and communication professionals’ perspectives on digital science communication. Researchers’ and communications professionals’ perceptions of science communication and collaboration are also studied.

The study provides novel insight into the contemporary challenges of organizational science communication and new knowledge on how different strategic orientations appear unevenly in research organizations; the influences of the funding system on the practical execution of science communication; and the potential to develop organizational capacity for strategic science communication as community goals to enhance the collective impact.

The results of this study may be utilized when developing future research funding instruments, science communication management, and resource allocation through clarifying the roles and responsibilities of the actors.

Koivumäki’s dissertation work is a recipient of grants from The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Finnish Association of Science Editors and Journalists, and Scholarship Fund of the University of Oulu. The dissertation is conducted as a part of the BCDC Energy research project funded by the Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland.

Koivumäki is an experienced communications specialist with working career in the fields of culture, education, and science. At the University of Oulu she has been working as a planning officer in the Joy of Reading Program and BCDC Energy research project. Currently she works as a communication specialist at University of Oulu's Communications, Marketing and Public Affairs unit .

Kaisu Koivumäki holds two master's degrees, in speech communication and in literature, and she is a qualified teacher in Finnish language and literature. In addition to the Finnish Universities of Helsinki, Jyväskylä and Oulu, she has studied in Norway at the Universities of Tromsø and Trondheim.

• BCDC Energy research project
• Viestintä näkyy yhteistyöllä
• Tutkija kohtaa viestintäjohtajan - tiede viestinnän -haastattelu
• Joy of Reading Program
• ECREA member: Interview with Kaisu Koivumäki (Innanen), an arctic hiker
• PCST Network member

Selected publications

• Koivumäki, Kaisu; Karvonen, Erkki; Koivumäki, Timo (2021) Challenges in the collaboration between researchers and in-house communication professionals in the digital media landscape. - Journal of Science Communication 20 (3), A04 . [Original]
• Koivumäki, Kaisu (2021) Pirstaloitumisen sijasta yhteisöllisiä tavoitteita tiedeviestintään. - Media ja viestintä 44 (1), 215-219 . [Original] [Self-archived]
• Koivumäki, Kaisu (2021) Fragmented science communication : mapping the contemporary challenges of organizational science communication. - Acta Universitatis Ouluensis B : Humaniora 182. Oulu. Artikkeliväitöskirja. 116. [Original]
• Koivumäki, Kaisu; Wilkinson, Clare (2020) Exploring the intersections: researchers and communication professionals' perspectives on the organizational role of science communication. - Journal of Communication Management 24 (3), 207-226 . [Original] [Self-archived]
• Koivumäki, Kaisu; Koivumäki, Timo; Karvonen, Erkki (2020) “On social media science seems to be more human” : exploring researchers as digital science communicators. - Media and communication 8 (2), 425-439 . [Original] [Self-archived]
• Huotari, Maija-Leena; Suorsa, Anna; Ikonen, Kaisa; Innanen, Kaisu (2016) Knowledge creation in an R&D project : a multiple case study in the context of clean energy markets in Finland. - Information Research 21 (4), 1-7 . [Original] [Self-archived]
• Huotari, Maija-Leena; Ikonen, Kaisa; Innanen, Kaisu; Suorsa, Anna (2016) Tietojohtaminen, tiedon luominen ja vuorovaikutus : usean tapauksen tutkimus uusiutuvien energiamarkkinoiden T&K-hankkeessa. - Informaatiotutkimus 35 (3), 29-32 . [Original] [Self-archived]
• Ikonen, Kaisa; Innanen, Kaisu; Tikkinen, Siinamari (2015) Läslust-handboken : läsmotivation och multilitteracitet i samarbete mellan skola och bibliotek. - Ei sarjaa/No series. Oulu. [Original]
• Ikonen, Kaisa; Innanen, Kaisu; Tikkinen, Siinamari (2015) The Joy of reading handbook : improving reading motivation and multiliteracy through collaboration between schools and libraries. - Ei sarjaa/No series. Oulu. [Original]
• Innanen, Kaisu (2014) Kunnianosoitus nuoruudelle : Karl Ove Knausgård yllättää kypsymättömyyden komedialla. - Kaleva 18.08.2014
• Innanen, Kaisu (2014) Innostuminen on onnistuminen. - Etusivu - Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriön verkkolehti (18.12.2014), 1-3 . [Original]