Tommi Inkinen

 

Tommi Inkinen, PhD
Professor of Economic Geography
Principal Investigator at the University of Helsinki

Department of Geosciences and Geography
University of Helsinki
00014 Finland

email: tommi.inkinen(at)helsinki.fi
Mobile: +358 400 882 818

 

Education and docentships:

MSc, Geography, University of Turku, 1998
MSocSc, Economics, University of Turku, 1999
Phil.Lic, Geography, University of Turku, 2000
PhD, Geography, University of Turku, 2001
Docent, Economic Geography, University of Turku, 2003
Docent, Regional Studies, University of Helsinki, 2006

Editor in-chief:

Terra. Finnish Geographical Journal.

Journal editorial review boards:

NETCOM. Networks and Communications Studies.

International Journal of Electronic Government Research.

International Journal of Knowledge Based Development.

Current board memberships in scientific communities:

IGU Comm. on Geography of the Global Information Society. (Com 08.14)

Recent 20 international publications

Inkinen, T. (2005). European coherence and regional policy? A Finnish perspective on the observed and reported territorial impacts of EU research and development policies. European Planning Studies, 13:7, 1113–1122. (ISI, Routledge) [DOI].

Inkinen, T. (2006). The social construction of the urban use of information technology: the case of Tampere, Finland. Journal of Urban Technology, 13:3, 49–75. (ISI, Routledge) [DOI].

Inkinen, T. & J.S. Jauhiainen (2006). Public authorities and the local information society. In Anttiroiko, A-V. & M. Mälkiä (eds.): Encyclopedia of Digital Government, 1370–1376. Idea Group Reference, Hershey. [DOI].

Ahlqvist, T. & T. Inkinen (2007). Technology foresight in multiscalar innovation systems. A spatiotemporal process perspective. Fennia. International Journal of Geography 185:1, 3–14. (EBSCO) [PDF].

Inkinen, T. & M. Vaattovaara (2007). Technology and knowledge-based development. Helsinki metropolitan area as a creative region. 77 p. ACRE report 2.5. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam. [PDF].

Ala-Rämi, K. & T. Inkinen (2008). Information technology, communication and networking in small and medium size software companies. The case of northern Finland. International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies 2:3, 320–334. (Inderscience) [DOI].

Inkinen, T. (2008). Challenges to digital governance in a city. Perspectives on e-inclusion and informational citizenship. In Yigitcanlar, T., K. Velibeyoglu & S. Baum (eds.): Creative Urban Regions. Harnessing Urban Technologies to Support Knowledge City Initiatives, 148–164. Information Science Reference, Hershey. (ISI) [DOI].

Inkinen, T. (2008). Gender and the social use of mobile technologies. From information society policies to everyday practices. In Uteng, P.T. & T. Cresswell (eds.): Gendered Mobilities, 213–228. Ashgate, Aldershot. [Book website]

Inkinen, T. & J.S. Jauhiainen (2008). Solutions for wireless city networks in Finland. Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology. Second edition, 3542–3547. Information Science Reference, Hershey. [DOI]

Jauhiainen, J.S. & T. Inkinen (2009). E-governance and the information society in periphery. Case study from Northern Finland. In Reddick, C. (ed.): Handbook of Research on Strategies for Local E-Government Adoption and Implementation: Comparative Studies, 496–513. IGI Global, Hershey. [DOI].

Inkinen, T. & U. Tapaninen (2009). Finnish-Russian transport and business expectations. World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research 2:4, 279–295. (Inderscience) [DOI].

Inkinen, T., U. Tapaninen & H. Pulli (2009). Electronic information transfer in a transport chain. Industrial Management & Data Systems 109:6, 809–824. (ISI, Emerald) [DOI].

Inkinen, T. & K. Suorsa (2010). Intermediaries in Regional Innovation Systems: High-Technology Enterprise Survey from Northern Finland. European Planning Studies 18:2, 169–187. (ISI, Routledge) [DOI].

Inkinen, T. (2010). Urban travel information and wireless technologies in Helsinki, Finland. Journal of Urban Technology 17:2, 57–75. (ISI, Routledge) [DOI].

Inkinen, T. (2010) Does size or geography matter? Empirical analysis of Finnish local government services on the Internet . In Reddick, C. (ed.): Comparative E-Government: An Examination of E-Government Adoption Across Countries. Integrated Series in Information Systems 25, 615–637. Springer, New York. (ISI) [DOI].

Inkinen, T. (2011). The Internet in three Finnish cities: Accessing global networks. In Brunn, S. (ed.): Engineering Earth. The Impacts of Megaengineering Projects, 131–143. Springer, New York. [DOI].

Inkinen, T. (2012). Best practices of Finnish Government Information Society Policy Programme: Technology, provision and impact scale. Transforming Government. People, Process and Policy 6:2, forthcoming. (Emerald) [Journal website].

Makkonen, T. & T. Inkinen (2012) Innovative capacity, workforce education and economic development in countries and regions of the European Union. European Planning Studies 21 (ISI, Routledge). Accepted, forthcoming. [Journal website].

Inkinen, T. (2012). Examining public sector electronic services in Finland. In Weerakkody, V. & C.G. Reddick (eds.): Public Sector Transformation through E-Government: Experiences from Europe and North America. Routledge, London. Forthcoming. [Book website].

Inkinen, T. (eds. 2012). Knowledge-based development and spatial development. Special issue of the International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development 3:3. Forthcoming autumn 2012. [Journal website].

Selected 10 national publications

Inkinen, T. (2000). Kotona, työssä vai julkisesti - paikkojen ja tilojen merkitys Internetin käytössä. Alue ja ympäristö 29:1, 66–81. [Journal website].

Inkinen, T. (2000). Sähköinen tila - substituutti todellisuudelle? Esimerkkinä Olkiluodon virtuaaliydinvoimala. Sosiologia 37:1, 18–29. [Journal website].

Inkinen, T. (2001). Informaatioteknologian tutkimus kulttuurimaantieteen osana: kolme tulkintaa sovellusesimerkein. Terra 113:2, 77–88. [Journal website].

Inkinen, T. (2001). Tieto, kone, alue ja ihminen. Kulttuurimaantieteellinen näkökulma tietoverkkojen yhteiskuntaan. Finnish Information Studies 18. 266 p. Åbo akademi, Turku. (PhD thesis) [Book website].

Inkinen, T. (2003). Vertailun vuoksi? Boolen algebra alueellisen vertailun välineenä. Terra 115:1, 19–29. [Journal website].

Inkinen, T. (2004). Innovaatio, alueellisuus ja talousmaantiede. Esimerkkinä Turun teknologiapuisto. Alue ja ympäristö 33:2, 41–54. [Journal website].

Kasvio, A., T. Inkinen & H. Liikala (eds. 2005). Tietoyhteiskunta. Myytit ja todellisuus. 390 p. Tampere University Press, Tampere. [Book website].

Lahikainen, A-R., P. Hietala, T. Inkinen, M. Kangassalo, R. Kivimäki, & F. Mäyrä (eds. 2005). Lapsuus mediamaailmassa. Näkökulmia lasten tietoyhteiskuntaan. 222 p. Gaudeamus, Helsinki. [Book website].

Inkinen, T. & J.S. Jauhiainen (eds. 2006). Tietoyhteiskunnan maantiede. 272 p. Gaudeamus, Helsinki. [Book website].

Inkinen, T. (2011). Karttatuotantoa ja sirkushuveja? Näkökulma eurooppalaiseen paikkatietokantaan ja kartografiseen työkaluun. In Hirvonen, T. & H. Eskelinen (eds.): ESPON Suomessa 2011, 84–100. Ministry of Employment and the Economy. Edita, Helsinki. [PDF].