CURRICULUM VITAE
Date: 1.10.2013Personal details
Full name: Rosenqvist, Olli Tapio Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 30.6.1961, Pori, Finland
Citizenship: Finnish
Current residence and contact details:
Address: University of Jyväskylä
Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius
P. O. Box 567
FIN-67701 Kokkola
Tel. +358 40 805 4429 (work)
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: http://www.chydenius.fi/en/social-sciences/crr/introduction
Education and degrees awarded
Title of Docent: Social Geography, especially Theoretical Rural Research
(yhteiskuntamaantieteen, erityisesti teoreettisen maaseutututkimuksen dosentti), Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, University of Eastern Finland (Finland), 19.11.2007–. Doctor of Philosophy (filosofian tohtori), University of Vaasa (Finland), Regional Studies, Doctoral Thesis “Positioning of the rural in the late modern society”, 24.9.2004.
Licentiate of Science (Economics and Business Administration) (kauppatieteiden lisensiaatti), University of Vaasa (Finland), Economic Geography, Licentiate Thesis “Regional
specialisation of agriculture in Finland”, 12.12.1997.
Master of Arts (filosofian kandidaatti), University of Turku (Finland), Degree Programme in Human Geography, 11.6.1987.
Matriculation Examination (ylioppilas), Upper secondary school of Ulvila (Finland), 31.5.1980.
Other education and training, qualifications and skills
Other studies: Basic studies in university pedagogy, 10 ECTS, Faculty of Education, University of Jyväskylä (Finland), 16.1.–27.4.2012.
Other skills: Qualitative and quantitative research. Long experience in the use of office software. Basic knowledge in the use of the MapInfo desk-top mapping software.
Linguistic skills
Mother tongue: Finnish
Swedish: Master of Arts degree certificate 11.6.1987: level of understanding, speaking and writing: good
English: Self-evaluation: level of understanding, speaking and writing: very good German: Self-evaluation: level of understanding, speaking and writing: basic
Current position
Senior Researcher (yliopistotutkija), University of Jyväskylä, Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius (Kokkola, Finland): 11 months altogether, 1.11.2012–.
Previous work experience
Research Fellow (tutkija), University of Jyväskylä, Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius (Kokkola, Finland): 17 years and 2 ½ months altogether, 1.11.1992–30.4.1993, 1.3.1994–31.10.1994, 1.5.1995–14.9.2011, 1.8.2012–31.10.2012.
Professor of Rural Studies, especially Cultural Research (maaseutututkimuksen professori, erityisalana kulttuuritutkimus), University of Jyväskylä, Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius, Kokkola, Finland, 10 ½ months, temporary post 15.9.2011–31.7.2012.
Director of the Unit for Social Sciences (yhteiskuntatieteiden yksikön johtaja), University of Jyväskylä, Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius, Kokkola, Finland, 10 ½ months, temporary post 15.9.2011–31.7.2012.
Director of the Cultural, Rural and Regional Research (CRR) team (kulttuuri-, maaseutu- ja aluetutkimuksen (KMA) tiimin johtaja), University of Jyväskylä, Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius, Kokkola, Finland, 10 ½ months, temporary post 15.9.2011– 31.7.2012.
Grant researcher (apurahatutkija), grant awarded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s Central Ostrobothnian Fund (Toholampi and Kokkola, Finland): 2 months altogether, 1995–1996 and 2004.
Grant researcher (apurahatutkija), grant awarded by the Chydenius Institute Foundation (Kokkola, Finland): 6 months altogether, 1994, 1997 and 2000.
Researcher (tutkija), Academy of Finland (University of Jyväskylä, Chydenius Institute, Kok-kola, Finland): 1 year and 8 months, 1.3.1991–31.10.1992.
Researcher (tutkija), Pyhäjärvi Institute (Eura, Finland): 7 months, 1.8.1990–28.2.1991. Researcher (tutkija), Chydenius Institute, the Chydenius Institute Foundation (Kokkola,
Research merits - Research funding, leadership and supervision experience
Recent major research funding and leadership in research work:
Rosenqvist, Olli (2012). Partial finance for the Professorship of Rural Studies at the Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius, 33.700 € (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland) Rosenqvist, Olli (2012–2013). Internationalization of rural actors, 49.000 (Ministry of
Agriculture and Forestry, Finland)
Rosenqvist, Olli (2012–2013). Analyzing and explaining social impact and efficiency of new rural services, 49.000 (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland)
Rosenqvist, Olli (2011–2012). Consultation for development of a product of welfare tourism, 5.000 € (Ekointernet Ltd, Finland).
Rosenqvist, Olli (2010). Turning profound places into objects of alternative tourism – an analysis of the mapping process, 20.000 € (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland).
Supervision of researchers:
Supervisor (ohjaaja, unofficial) of about 5 doctoral students of Social Sciences at the Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius, University of Jyväskylä, 15.9.2011–31.7.2012.
Supervisor (ohjaaja, unofficial) of Pirkko Järvelä’s master's degree thesis “Oman aikansa oltermannit. Etnologinen tutkimus ikääntyvien aktiivisuudesta maaseudun voimavarana” (”Aldermen of their times. Ethnological study of the activeness of the aged as a resource of the countryside”). Department of History and Ethnology, University of Jyväskylä, 2008.
Planned or initiated research projects
Rosenqvist, Olli, Håkan Appelblad & Brigt Dale (2013–2014). THROUGH-JOY 1 - Mapping phase: Enhancement of regional attractiveness of northern localities through development of joyful and distinctive sporty hobbies for inhabitants and visitors. Interreg IV A North.
Most important foreign visits
Erasmus staff training visit to Norway (Bodø and Svolvær), 20.–28.9.2013.
Research and conference trip to Scotland (Edinburgh, Ceres), 28.6.2012–6.7.2012. Research, visit and conference trip to England (Huddersfield, Bedford, London), 19.8.– 3.9.2011.
Merits in teaching and pedagogical competence
Basic studies in university pedagogy, 10 ECTS, Faculty of Education, University of Jyväskylä (Finland), 16.1.–27.4.2012.
Also see ‘Service as an official pre-examiner or as an opponent’ below.
Awards, prizes and honours
Nothing to report yet.
Other academic merits
Service as an official pre-examiner or as an opponent
Pre-examiner (esitarkastaja) of Andra Aldea-Partanen's doctoral dissertation “Regional development in Romania and Finland: examples from remote and sparsely populated areas”. University of Oulu Graduate School (Faculty of Education, Department of Sociology, Women Studies and Environmental Education), University of Oulu, 2013.
Pre-examiner (esitarkastaja) of Kaisu Kumpulainen's doctoral dissertation “Kylätoiminta ja aktiivisen kylän tuottaminen” (“Village action and the production of active village”). Faculty of Social Sciences (Social Policy/Cultural Policy), University of Jyväskylä, 2012.
Pre-examiner (esitarkastaja) of Kaj Zimmerbauer's doctoral dissertation “Alueellinen imago ja identiteetti liikkeessä” (“Regional image and identity on the move”). Department of
Geography, University of Helsinki, 2008.
Pre-examiner (esitarkastaja) of Kaj Zimmerbauer's doctoral dissertation “Alueellisen imagon ja identiteetin muotoutuminen aluejärjestelmän muutoksessa” (“Shaping of regional image and identity in the change of regional system”). Department of Geography, University of Helsinki, 2007.
Editorial board memberships
Member of the editorial board of Terra, 25.2.2008–.
Member of the editorial advisory board of Maaseudun uusi aika, 17.1.2006–.
Referee activities
Referee of the Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2011–. Referee of the journal Alue ja Ympäristö, 2009–. Referee of the journal Terra, 2009–.
Administrative responsibilities
Chairman of the electoral committee of the Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius, 4.3.2005–.
Member of the publication committee of Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius (University of Jyväskylä), 22.1.1999–8.2.2011, 15.9.2011–31.7.2012.
Member of the management group of the Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius, 15.9.2011–31.7.2012.
Invited keynote lectures
Rosenqvist, Olli (2012). Rural at the edge of modernity. Keynote speech as invited in the Rural at the Edge - The Nordic Conference for Rural Research , 21.5.2012, organized by the Finnish Society for Rural Research and Development, in co-operation with the Finnish Rural Network, University of Joensuu, Joensuu. (In English)
Other expert duties
Co-ordinator of a workshop on "Rural in the urban and urban in the rural" in the Conference of Urban Research 2011, with the theme of “On the boundaries of the urban”, in Tampere, Finland, 5.–6.5.2011, together with Juha Peltomaa (University of Tampere).
Panellist in the national “Network and Project Meeting” of rural actors, on the theme of “How can research be developed to serve rural policy?”, in Hämeenlinna, Finland, 14.–15.4.2011. Chair of the pre-conference symposium Rurality as a Cultural Product, in Kokkola, Finland, 16.–17.8.2009, together with Ilkka Luoto and Pauli Tapani Karjalainen.
Member of the symposium committee of the pre-conference symposium Rurality as a Cultural Product in Kokkola, Finland, 16.–17.8.2009.
Co-ordinator of a workshop on "Possible countrysides and cultural research on rurality" in the Rural researcher meeting in Vantaa, Finland, 16.–17.8.2007, together with Ilkka Luoto. Visiting co-editor of a special issue of Terra 118: 3–4 (2006) on the theme of countryside, together with Toivo Muilu.
Co-ordinator of a workshop on "On the margins of the countryside" in the Rural researcher meeting in Kokkola, Finland, 24.–25.8.2006.
Scientific and societal impact of research
Member of the Central Ostrobothnian policy committee for the development of culture and creative industries, 1.1.2012–.
Member of a working group of the Central Ostrobothnian regional strategic programme implementation plan on the development of countryside and rural industries, 2006–2009, 15.3.–15.6.2012.
Workshop co-ordinator and commentator in the Ostrobothnian regional seminar on the rural policy report and the fifth Finnish rural policy programme, in Mustasaari, Finland, 24.9.2008, together with Hannu Kärjä.
Total number of publications: 56.
Other merits
Recent speeches and performances
Rosenqvist, Olli (2013). Development of sporty hobbies for inhabitants and visitors in Central Ostrobothnia, Vindel river area and Lofoten archipelago. Working group presentation in The 22nd Nordic Symposium in Tourism and Hospitality Research: Innovation and value creation in experience-based tourism, 24.-27.9.2013, Bodø and Svolvær, Norway. (In English)
Rosenqvist, Olli (2012). Security, ethics and cultural rural geography. Working group presentation in the Annual International Conference 2012 of the RGB-IBG (Royal
Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)), 3.–5.7.2012, Edinburgh, UK. (In English)
Rosenqvist, Olli (2012). Rural at the edge of modernity. Keynote speech as invited in the Rural at the Edge - The Nordic Conference for Rural Research , 21.5.2012, organized by the Finnish Society for Rural Research and Development, in co-operation with the Finnish Rural Network, University of Joensuu, Joensuu. (In English)
Rosenqvist, Olli (2012). Maaseututoimijoiden kansainvälistyminen – projektiesittely. (Internationalization of rural actors – project presentation.) A presentation in the national “Network and Project Meeting” of rural actors, in Tampere, Finland, 19.–20.4.2012. (In Finnish)
Rosenqvist, Olli (2011). Rural cultural event as a vehicle for empowerment – the case of Gumboot Day in Taihape, New Zealand. A presentation in the Annual International
Conference 2011 of the RGB-IBG (Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)), 1.9.2011, London, UK. (In English)
Rosenqvist, Olli (2011). Mitä jää jäljelle maaseudun ja kaupungin dekonstruktiosta: johdatus työryhmätyöhön. (What will remain after the deconstruction of the rural and the urban.) A presentation in the Conference of Urban Research 2011, with the theme of On the boundaries of the urban, 5.5.2011, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland. (In Finnish)
Rosenqvist, Olli (2010). Vakavaa ja leikkimielistä vapaa-aikaa kulttuurisen maaseudun rajapinnoilla. (Serious and playful leisure at the interfaces of the cultural rural.) A
presentation in the conference “Dialoques in Geography – Vuoropuhelu maantieteessä. XLIII Annual Meeting of Finnish Geographers – Maantieteen päivät”, 29.10.2010, University of
