
Economics Research Group
About the research group
The current research topics of the Economics Research Group are
- Competence: innovation and intangible capital in companies and the economy
- Financial literacy and financial education
- Firm-level energy and environmental economics issues
- Banking and macroeconomic stability
- Connections and interactions between financial markets and the real world
The research group emphasizes the importance of competence. The most important factors in productivity growth are investment in education, economic literacy, research, innovation and digitalisation, which can be influenced both directly and indirectly by economic and environmental policies.
The projects address issues such as the accumulation and dissemination of knowledge and the link to sustainable growth, the development of digital teaching methods in economics education and the assessment of their impact, environmental innovations by companies and the assessment of the Vaasa energy ecosystem as part of the global value chain.
The projects of the research program have been funded by the Academy of Finland, the European Commission's Horizon 2020 program, the European Regional Development Fund, the National Board of Education and Tekes (current Business Finland).
The research group's projects have a strong societal impact. Project leaders will take part in current discussions related to, among other things, innovation policy and the development of economics education.
The research group is coordinated by Professor Hannu Piekkola.
Publications
Research projects
Project | Duration | Actors |
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GLOBALINTO | - | Economics |
Research group members

School of Accounting and Finance, Economics
- firstname.lastname@univaasa.fi
- +358 29 449 8426
- Tervahovi D230

School of Accounting and Finance, Economics
- firstname.lastname@univaasa.fi
- +358 29 449 8528
- Tervahovi D228

School of Accounting and Finance, Economics
- firstname.lastname@univaasa.fi
- +358 29 449 8515
- Tervahovi D211

School of Accounting and Finance, Economics
- firstname.lastname@univaasa.fi
- +358 29 449 8493
- Tervahovi D212

School of Accounting and Finance, Economics
- firstname.lastname@univaasa.fi
- +358 29 449 8505
- Tervahovi D231

School of Accounting and Finance, Economics
- firstname.lastname@univaasa.fi
- Tervahovi D208

School of Accounting and Finance, Economics
- firstname.lastname@univaasa.fi (normalise scandinavian characters)
- +358 29 449 8536

School of Accounting and Finance, Economics
- firstname.lastname@univaasa.fi
- +358 29 449 8527
- Tervahovi D229

School of Accounting and Finance, Economics
- firstname.lastname@univaasa.fi (normalise scandinavian characters)
- Tervahovi D210

School of Accounting and Finance, Economics
- firstname.lastname@univaasa.fi

School of Accounting and Finance, Economics
- firstname.lastname@univaasa.fi
- +358 29 449 8599

School of Accounting and Finance, Economics
- firstname.lastname@univaasa.fi
- Tervahovi D232

School of Accounting and Finance, Economics
- firstname.lastname@univaasa.fi
- +358 29 449 8564
- Tervahovi D232