New Vice Deans of JSBE have been appointed
Vice Dean responsible for education Antti Rautiainen leads the faculty's Education Committee, is responsible for the development of education, and serves as a member of the University's Education Council.
“I am looking forward to new challenges and learning new things,” says Rautiainen. “I can see interesting and challenging times ahead regarding education, related for example to growing student numbers, JAMK cooperation, continuous learning and AI developments. Together we take care that education is relevant to working life, programs attract students and are of high quality, and of staff well-being.”
Increasing international research funding and strengthening the quality of research
Vice Dean responsible for research and innovation Mika Haapanen leads the faculty's doctoral program and Research Committee, is responsible for the development of research, development, and innovation activities, and serves as a member of the University's Science Council.
“During the current term, a key focus at the University of Jyväskylä has been the reform of doctoral education to improve its effectiveness and quality,” says Haapanen. “Although the reforms have now entered the implementation phase, doctoral education will continue to receive particular attention, as degree targets have increased and have not been met in recent years.”
“Looking ahead, central priorities include increasing external – particularly international and competitive – research funding, strengthening the quality and conditions for conducting research, including methodological training, and addressing the impact of rapid advances in artificial intelligence on research and learning practices,” he continues.
”With this highly competent team we are building the business school of 2030 that has both: a well-functioning education environment as well as a research environment providing valuable information,” says Vilma Luoma-aho. “Our increasingly international environment will require us to rethink some of our processes differently than before, while maintaining high quality.”
