Pekka Pättiniemi - Brief Bio

Ph.D. Pekka Pättiniemi has been teacher and rector in many adult education institutes in Finland, a director in refugee reception centre of Finnish Red-Cross, managing director of holiday association for blinds and of a rehabilitation centre and of a construction planning company. In University of Helsinki he worked in several positions as development as manager for Institute for Co-operative Studies and as senior researcher for Institute for Rural Research and Training.He also worked as National Detached Expert on Co-operative Enterprises in DG Entr of the European Commission and Research Director of Social Economics in University of Kuopio. Currently he is the Principal in KSL Association fo Adult Education

He is a Member of board in Föreningen Kooperativa Studier (Nordic association for co-operative studies and research) and a nominated expert in Working Group on Co-operative Legislation in DG Entr of European Commission

Selected Publications:

· Social Enterprises as Labour Market Measure, Publications E University of Kuopio 2006
· Verkostoituvat pienosuuskunnat (Nertworking small co-operative enterprises) (ed.) CoopNets-projekti. University of Helsinki Institute for Rural research and Training, Mikkeli, 2003
· Employee Buy Out with Erkki Kangas. Adapt/employment publications 20. Työministeriö (Ministry of Labour). Helsinki 2000
- Osuustoiminnan periaatteet kilpailueduksi – työosuuskuntien kehittäminen demokraattisina ja osallistuvina (Co-opertive principles to business advantages)  with Jukka Tainio. Publications of Institute for Co-operative Studies 26. University of Helsinki. Vantaa 2000
· Pättiniemi, Pekka (ed.), Sosiaalitalous ja paikallinen kehitys (Social Economy and Local Development), Publications of Institute for Co-operative Studies 11, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 1995

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