People

About me

Dr. Aki Jääskeläinen works as an Associate Professor (tenure track) at the unit of Industrial Engineering and Management and manages Operations and Supply Chain Group. His is also an Adjunct Professor at LUT University. He has over 50 peer-reviewed publications. He has also written books for practitioners and participated in several development projects of Finnish organizations. 

Responsibilities

Leader of the Finnish master's programme on Industrial Engineering and Management

Responsible teacher at the courses: 

TUTA.252 Toiminnanohjaus   

TUTA.352 Tuotannon suunnittelu ja kehittäminen  

Field of expertise

Performance measurement and management

Purchasing and supply management

Operations management and operations strategy

Quality management

Information management

Research unit

Operations and Supply Chain Group

About me

I have a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and a master’s degree in Business Administration both from Sharif University of Technology in Iran. After studying in academia, I decided to move to management consulting. For nearly four years, I worked for several commercial and non-profit organizations. Then, I returned to academia to pursue a research career. I completed my PhD program at the Università della Svizzera italiana (University of Lugano) in Switzerland. Then, I visited Hanken School of Economics (HUMLOG institute) by a postdoc.moblity fellowship granted by Swiss National Science Foundation. In 2017, I joined Tampere University of Technology, and currently, I am an Academy of Finland Research Fellow, and Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at Tampere University.

Research fields

My teaching and research interests relate to supply chain management and public policy, sustainable supply chain, and higher education.I have a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and a master’s degree in Business Administration both from Sharif University of Technology in Iran. After studying in academia, I decided to move to management consulting. For nearly four years, I worked for several commercial and non-profit organizations. Then, I returned to academia to pursue a research career. I completed my PhD program at the Università della Svizzera italiana (University of Lugano; Humanitarian Operations Research Center) in Switzerland. Then, I visited Hanken School of Economics (HUMLOG institute) by a postdoc.moblity fellowship granted by Swiss National Science Foundation. In 2017, I joined Tampere University as a faculty member. 

My teaching and research interests relate to supply chain management and public policy, sustainable supply chain, and higher education supply chain. 

Research topics

Social Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Buyer-supplier relationship, Supplier relationship management

Research unit

Operations and Supply Chain Group

About me

I had my bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and my master’s degree in business administration (MBA) at the Sharif University of Technology in Iran. And I am now a student in Doctoral Programme in Business and Technology Management. 

Research fields

My research interest relates to purchasing knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) and innovation-oriented procurement practices (like public procurement for innovation (PPI) and pre-commercial procurement (PCP)).