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Grants from Matti Lehti fund for the year 2026 awarded
The Matti Lehti fund has been donated to develop and encourage research, teaching and studies on digital information society in the School of Business
The Dean of the School of Business Timo KorkeamƤki has made a decision on Matti Lehti grants for the year 2026.
The Matti Lehti fund has been donated to develop and encourage research, teaching and studies on digital information society in the School of Business. The School of Business is co-funding part of the grants. These funds must be used by the end of year 2027.
Grants are given to:
- Professor Tomas Falk: research visit travel expenses related to a study titled āSmart wearing and hidden consumer labor ā consumer practices with digital health technologiesā, 2000ā¬
- Senior University Lecturer Sami Kajalo: conference travel expenses related to a study titled āPreparing Future Business Leaders for the Digital Information Society: Teaching AI-Related Skills and Responsible AI Useā, 2000ā¬
- Research Fellow Owais Khan: conference travel expenses related to a study titled āThe role of artificial intelligence (AI) in driving sustainability-related decision-making in organizationsā, 2000ā¬
- Senior University Lecturer Leena Lankoski: conference travel expenses related to a study titled āAI systems and the concept of āsufficient careā, 1800ā¬
- Assistant Professor Ilkka LeppƤnen: research expenses related to a study titled āMovement and Preference Formation in Digital Choice Setsā, 3000ā¬
- Professor Arto Lindblom: research visit travel expenses related to a study titled āA Study of Japanese Management Practices in the Age of Digitalization and AIā, 2000ā¬
- Associate Professor Yong Liu: research expenses related to a study titled āA Longitudinal Study on The impact of AI-Enabled Robots on Psychological Well-beingā, 1500ā¬
- Doctoral researcher Arash Naghdi: conference travel expenses related to a study titled āProblematizing Algorithmic Exhaustion in Hyper-Immersive Digital Marketsā, 1700ā¬
- Professor Matti Rossi: research expenses related to a study titled āUnderstanding How Students Use AI Coding Agents for Software Developmentā, 4000ā¬
- Doctoral researcher Mostafa Sadeghi: research expenses related to a study titled āSecurity Education, Training, and Awareness (SETA) at the Edge of the Metaverseā, 4000ā¬
- Postdoctoral researcher Heini-Emilia Saari: research expenses related to a study titled āPlanning Decarbonizationā, 2400ā¬
- Associate Professor Eeva Vilkkumaa: research expenses related to a study titled āComparing stated, elicited and incentivized risk preferencesā, 600ā¬
- Associate Professor Eeva Vilkkumaa: research expenses related to a study titled āFuture-ready blood services: Scenario-based decision support for renewing the Finnish blood supply chainā, 3000ā¬
The total amount of grants in 2026 is 30,000 euros.
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