Curriculum Vitae

Pekka Sakari Aula

Professor

Doctor in Social Sciences

Docent, Department of Communication, Helsinki University.

Docent, Department of Communication, University of Jyväskylä.

Personal information

first names: Pekka Sakari

last name: Aula

sex: male

birth date: 23.5.1967

address: Mustikkasuontie 13 b, Helsinki, Finland

phone: 358-9-342 1591 (home)

358-9-191 24918 (work)

358-40-70 30 952 (cell)

e-mail: pekka.aula@helsinki.fi

aula@valt.helsinki.fi

nationality: Finn

Higher education

degree: Doctor in Social Sciences 

institution: University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences

subject: Communication

grade: Dissertation: Eximia Cum Laude Approbatur

date: 1.6.1999

degree: Licentiate in Social Sciences 

institution: University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences

subject: Communication

grade: Licentiate thesis: Eximia Cum Laude Approbatur

date: 19.5.1995

degree: Master of Social Sciences

institution: University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences

subject: Communication

date: 23.5.1993

grade: Master's thesis: Laudatur

Posts and Positions Held

University of Helsinki, Department of Communication, acting professor, 1.8. –

University of Helsinki, Department of Communication, university lecturer 1.8.2002 – (leave of absence)

University of Helsinki, Department of Communication, researcher, 1.1.2003 -

The Amsterdam School of Communication Research ASCoR, visiting scholar, The Netherlands, 1.10.2002–15.1.2003.

Academy of Finland, Post-doctoral Research Fellow (tutkijatohtori), 1.7.2001–31.12.2002.

University of Helsinki, Department of Communication, professor, 1.1.2001-30.6.2001.

University of Helsinki, Department of Communication, researcher, 1.1.1997 -31.12.2000.

University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication, visiting scholar, 1.9.-31.12.1996.

University of Helsinki, Department of Communication, assistant, 1.3.1996-31.8.1996.

University of Helsinki, Department of Communication, researcher, 1.1-28.2.1996.

University of Helsinki, Department of Communication, assistant, 1.8.1995-31.12.1995.

Academy of Finland, project-researcher, 1.6.1994-31.6.1995.

Academy of Finland, researcher, 1.6.1993-31.5.1994.

Technical Research Centre of Finland (research-assistant) summer 1992.

Editor-in-chief, Maine Magazine (”Reputation Magazine”), 2001–

Member of editorial board, European PR News, 2002–

Main Grants

WSOY Kirjallisuussäätiö 2002

WSOY Kirjallisuussäätiö 2001

The Academy of Finland  2000

Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation 2000

University of Helsinki 1999

Finnish Cultural Foundation 1997

University of Helsinki 1996

Väinö Tanner Foundation 1995

Finnish Cultural Foundation 1994

The Academy of Finland 1994

Awards and Honors

The Best Dissertation Award of the Year,

Finnish Academy of Science and Letters 2000

Pro Oeconomia -literary contest finalist 2000

The Best Master's Thesis of the Year -award, 

Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki.  1993

Books and Monographs

Reputation (Maine: menestystekijä, together with Jouni Heinonen, in Finnish) Helsinki: WSOY, 2002.

eEpos: The Finnish Internet-dream (eEpos: Suomalainen internet-unelma; Together with Antti Oksanen, in Finnish). Helsinki: WSOY, 2000.

The Chaos of Management of the Management of Chaos? (Johtamisen kaaos vai kaaoksen johtaminen? in Finnish) Helsinki: WSOY, 2000.

Three Faces: Perspectives to Organizational Communication (Kolmet kasvot: Näkökulmia organisaatioviestintään; Ed. together with Salli Hakala, in Finnish) Helsinki: Loki-kirjat, 2000.

The Chaos of Organization or the Organization of Chaos? The Theory of Dynamical Organizational Communication (Organisaatio kaaos vai kaaoksen organisaatio? Dynaamisen organisaatioviestinnän teoria. in Finnish). Helsinki: Loki-Kirjat 1999.

Articles in Books and Journals

The @-conditions for Organizational Communication and PR. European PR News. Vol. 2. 01/2003.

Good Guys – Views on Corporate Social Responsibility. European PR News. Vol. 1. 01/2002.

The Dynamic Duo (Dynaaminen duo: Organisaation kulttuurit ja viestintä, in Finnish) In P. Aula & S. Hakala (eds.) Kolmet kasvot: Näkökulmia organisaatioviestintään. Helsinki: Loki-kirjat, 2000.

Face Portrait (Kasvokuva. Together with Salli Hakala, in Finnish.) In P. Aula & S. Hakala (eds.) Kolmet kasvot: Näkökulmia organisaatioviestintään. Helsinki: Loki-kirjat, 2000.

Osmo A. Wiio: A Biography (Osmo A. Wiio: Elämänkerta-artikkeli, in Finnish). National Biography of Finland. In press.

Quo vadis, the Time of Information? Chaotic Communication and the Human Being. (Quo vadis informaation aika? Ihminen ja vientintäkaaos, in Finnish). In Salin, V. (ed.) Hiiriä ja ihmisiä: kolmetoista kirjoitusta satunnaisesta maailmasta. Helsinki: WSOY, 2000.

Chaos, Communication and Cultural Change: Beyond the Management of Organization. In Lissack, M. & Gunz, H. (eds.) Managing Complexity in Organizations. Westport, CT.: Quorum Books, 1999.

Chaos and the Double Function of Communication. In Sulis, W. and Combs, A. (eds.) Nonlinear Dynamics in Human Behaviour. London: World Scientific Publishing, 1996. 

From the Media to the Networks, From the Details to the Metathemes. (Mediasta verkkoihin, detaljeista metateemoihin; Kansalaisten mediakäsitykset ja viestintäverkot, in Finnish). In Kivikuru, U. M. (Ed.) Kansa euromyllyssä; Journalismi, kampanjat ja kansalaisten mediamaisema Suomen EU-jäsenyysprosessissa. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press 1996.

Chaos - The New Paradigm or Just an Illusion? (Illuusio paradigmasta? Kaaosteoria - uusi näkökulma viestintätutkimuksen ongelmiin, in Finnish). Tiedotustutkimus, 1/1994.

The Voters and the European Union Publicity (Äänestäjät ja EU-julkisuus, in Finnish with English summary). Together with Rosenblad. In P. Pesonen (ed.): The 1994 EU Referendum in Finland; A Report on Voter Opinions and Behavior. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Information on European Integration Unit, 1994.

Media or Social Interaction or Both? The Integrative Model of the Public Issue Priority (in English). Interim report 2: the EU question, the citizen and publicity. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto, 1994.

Popular Articles

Suomen katumaine (Pääkirjoitus). Maine. Helsinki : Edita Press. (2002): 4.

Aineeton mahdollisuus (Pääkirjoitus). Maine. Helsinki : Edita Press. (2002): 3.

Satuja vai tarinoita: totta vai tarua (Pääkirjoitus). Maine. Helsinki : Edita Press. (2002): 2.

Kytevä raivo (Pääkirjoitus). Maine. Helsinki : Edita Press. (2002): 1.

Generating fresh insights for corporate brand management. Together with Paul Miller. Insights Quarterly, issue 3, July 2002.

Hyvä tyyppi. Maine. Helsinki : Edita Press. (2001): 1.

The Fantom Viewers (Haamukatsojat, in Finnish). Image-magazine. Together with Tuomo Mörä. Helsinki: Image Publishing 1999.

Is Chaos What the Nationstate Needs (Kansakunta kaipaa kaaosta, in Finnish). Busines.fi -Magazine for the New Economy. Helsinki: Talentum, no. 1. 1999.

Quo vadis, the Time of Information? (Quo vadis, informaation aika? in Finnish) Markkinointi & Mainonta -magazine. Helsinki: Talentum, no. 22, 1998.

The Net: A Good Hired Man But A Bad Master (Internet: hyvä renki ja huono isäntä, in Finnish). Yliopistolainen: Helsingin yliopiston henkilöstölehti. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto 1998.

Communication Specialist and The Net (Verkottuneet tiedottajat: Suomen Tiedottajien Liiton 50-vuotisjuhlatutkimus, in Finnish). Tiedottaja-magazine. Helsinki: Suomen tiedottajien liitto 1997.

The Babe of the Month: A Column. (Kuukauden aasialainen namu: kolumni, in Finnish). Tietoviikko: a Newspaper Focusing on IT. Helsinki: Talentum 1996.

Will the Internet Displace Traditional Shopping. (Syrjäyttääkö Internet käynnin kaupassa? in Finnish) Tietoviikko: a Newspaper Focusing on IT. Helsinki: Talentum 1997. 

One Murder, 12 Images: A Column. (Yksi murha: 12 valokuvaa, in Finnish). Tietoviikko: a Newspaper Focusing on IT. Helsinki: Talentum 1996.

Papers Presented (national and international)

Benchmarking Corporate Reputation Performance: The Latest Profiling and Mapping Techniques. Corporate Reputation Management -conference. European Networking Group, 20. – 21.9.2001, Amsterdam.

Organizational @-conditions: The New Playing Field for Corporate Communications (Organisaation @-olosuhteet? in Finnish). A Colloquium on Organizational Communication. Jyväskylä, Finland 2001.

Negotiating Reputations: Organizational Communication And The Arenas Of Reputation Representations. (Together with KTM Hanna-Mari Rapon kanssa). 5th Global Conference on Corporate Reputation, Paris, France, May 19th 2001.

Beyond Management - Chaos, Communication, and Change in Organizational Culture Structure. International Communication Association convention. San Francisco, USA 1999.

The Theory of Dynamical Organizational Communication (Dynaamisen organisaatioviestinnän teoria, in Finnish). A Colloquium on Organizational Communication. Helsinki, Finland 1999. http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/staff/aula/ytesitys/index.html 

Chaos Theory, Communicationand the Management of Organizational Change. An annual Colloquium on Complex Systems and the Management of Organizations. Toronto, Kanada 1998.

Chaos Theory and Organizational Management (Kaaosteoria ja organisaatioviestinnän management, in Finnish). A Colloquium on Media Research. Tampere, Finland 1998.

Modern Cult(ure) of Media Power? (Media vallan moderni kulttuuri, in Finnish) Understanding Modern Times -seminar. Helsinki, Finland 1996.

Arguments and Agenda-setting in Finland's EU-campaign autumn 1994 (Argument och dagordningar under den finländska EU-kampanjen hösten 1994, in Swedish). Together with Lars Rosenblad. XII Nordic conference of the International Association for Mass Communication Research. Helsingör, Denmark, August 1995.

The Role of the Mass Media in the Finnish EU Referendum. Together with Tuomo Mörä. The conference of the International Association for Mass Communication Research IAMCR. Portoroz, Slovenia, June 1995. 

Chaos - The New Paradigm of Communication Research? The Annual Conference of the Society for Chaos theory in Psychology and Life Sciences. Baltimore, USA, 1994.

Chaos - New Paradigm for the Study of Organizational Communication? (Kaaos - uusi paradigma organisaatioviestinnän tutkimuksessa? in Finnish). The Conference for Communication Studies, Helsinki, Finland, 1994.

Media or Social Interaction or Both? The Integrative Model of the Public Issue Priority. The Second seminar of Nordic EU-researchers, Tampere, Finland, 1994.

In addition: Frequent presentations in various business- and training seminars.

Additional Research Activity

Internet and Universities in Finland 1998: The Study of Internet Usage in Nine Finnish Universities. (in Finnish with English summary) http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/staff/aula/internetstudy.htm

New Media and The Communication Professionals in Finland 1997 (in Finnish). The Finnish Association of Communicators. 

Chaos - Communication's New Paradigm or Ineffective Metaphor? The Chaos Theory as a Part of Communication Research's Framework (Kaaos - viestinnän uusi paradigma vai tehoton metafora? Kaaosteoria osana viestintätutkimuksen viitekehystä). Licentiate Thesis. Department of Communication, University of Helsinki, (in Finnish, unpublished), 1994.

Consumer’s Office in the Press (Kuluttajavirasto lehdistössä, in Finnish). Painatuskeskus Oy, Helsinki 1993.

Communication and Chaos (Viestintä ja Kaaos). Master's Thesis. Department of Communication, University of Helsinki, (in Finnish, unpublished), 1993.

Helsinki, 14.8.2003

Pekka Aula