New vice deans named for School of Arts, Design and Architecture
08.04.2014
Professor Teemu Leinonen, D.A., and Head of Research Ossi Naukkarinen, Ph.D., have been named as Vice Deans of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture.Their terms begin on 1 May 2014.
As Vice Dean Teemu Leinonen will be responsible for directing the school's research (both artistic and scientific research) as well as communications, and Ossi Naukkarinen will be in charge of teaching. The division of labour might be reassessed later in the period.
According to the regulations of the School of Arts, Design, and Architecture, vice deans assist in carrying out the tasks assigned to the dean. The regulations also stipulate that the term of the vice deans should coincide with that of the dean - concluding at the end of February 2019. The new dean of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, professor Anna Valtonen began her five-year term of office on 1 March 2014.
Professor Teemu Leinonen, D.A., works at the Department of Media as Professor of New Media Design and Learning. Leinonen has more than a decade of experience in research and development in web-based learning. From 1998 Leinonen has headed the Learning Environments research group at the Aalto University Media Lab. As the leader of the research team he has coordinated many international research projects.
Leinonen is especially familiar with questions related to new media design and learning, computer-supported collaborative learning, online collaboration, design of learning software, education planning and education policy. Teemu conducts research and design and publishes in different forums. He has published two books, over ten peer-reviewed or invited book chapters, over twenty peer-reviewed scientific articles in journals and conferences and more than ten software prototypes.
Ossi Naukkarinen, who has been reappointed as vice dean, has worked at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture in various full-time tasks from 1998, and as Head of Research from 2001. From 2011 he has headed the Centre for General Studies, and he continues in this task while serving as vice dean.
Naukkarinen has a Ph.D. from the University of Helsinki. He defended his dissertation in 1998 in the field of aesthetics. He also holds the title of docent of aesthetics at the University of Helsinki, specialising in the study of visual and environmental art and everyday aesthetics. Naukkarinen has written several books, including Kulkurin kaleidoskooppi – suomalaisen mobiilikulttuurin anatomiaa (2006), Art of the Environment (2007) and Arjen estetiikka (2011), as well as numerous articles both in Finland and in international publications. Among other activities, he has headed research projects of the Academy of Finland, and works in organisations in the field, such as the internationally active Finnish Society for Aesthetics.