Anne Kovalainen

Anne Kovalainen is professor of entrepreneurship at the School of Economics, University of Turku. She held the Minna Canth Academy Professorship of the Academy of Finland in 2010-2014 as well as positions as a visiting faculty fellow at Stanford University, School of Humanities and Sciences, Michelle R. Clayman Gender Institute, LSE, University of Massachusetts and at Roskilde University. Anne Kovalainen’s scholarly work and research interests fall into four interrelated areas: economy and society, especially relations between entrepreneurship, self-employment and paid work as integral part of the economy; social research methodology and methods; modes of knowledge production and STS research and research on gender. Currently Anne Kovalainen is interested in the relationship of state, academia and business, best captured through the interdisciplinary project Knowledge Governance.