Mika Pantzar

Tutkimusprofessori, KTT, dosentti
Virkavapaalla 1.1.2007 - 31.7.2011
Puh. 0400 490 791
Sähköposti: mika.pantzar@hse.fi

Asiantuntemus
Kulutus, teknologiatutkimus

Tutkimuskokonaisuudet
Käyttäjälähtöiset innovaatiot (entiset nimet: Uudet markkinat ja käyttäjätarpeet, Tietotekniikan tuottajat ja käyttäjät)

Projekteja

Suomalaisen kulutusyhteiskunnan uudenaikaistuminen
Uuden sukupolven matkaviestimen tarpeen keksiminen

Opetus
Helsingin yliopisto
Taideteollinen korkeakoulu
Vaasan yliopisto
Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu

Mika Pantzar, CV

Head of research, Ph.D.

Mika Pantzar is an economist (Ph.D. in 1991: Helsinki School of Economics). He is born 10.5.1956 at Helsinki. In the 90s' he has been working in National Consumer Research Centre (head of research, University of Art and Design Helsinki (professor) and Helsinki School of Economics (senior researcher at Academy of Finland). He acts currently as a head of research in National Consumer Research Centre. Mika Pantzar has published over 100 articles within consumer research, design and technology studies, rhetoric of economic policy, food studies, systems research, future studies etc. His book Kuinka teknologia kesytetään (Domestication of technology. From science of consumption to art of consumption, Tammi, 1996) was awarded both by the Finnish state (Valtion tiedonjulkistamisenpalkinto) and the Finnish Science Council (Tieteellisten seurojen neuvottelukunnan vuoden tiedekirja kunniamaininta). His latest book Tulevaisuuden koti. Arkisten tarpeiden keksiminen (The Invention of Needs for Future Home. Otava, 2000) is used as a textbook in many universities both in sociology and marketing departments.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Mika Pantzar
Birth date and place: 10 May 1956, Helsinki, Finland.
Marital status: Married to Heli Pantzar, two children.

ACADEMIC CAREER

Degrees

Doctor of Science (Management and Organisation) 1991, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration (HSBA)
Licentiate (Economics) 1986, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration
Master of Science (Economics) 1979, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration

Current Academic Rank

Docent, Management and Organisation, HSBA, 1993 -, (special area: organization science and future studies)
Docent, University of Helsinki, 1993, (special area: consumer research)
Docent, University of Vaasa, 2000 (special area: innovation studies)

Previous Appointments

Senior Research Fellow, Academy of Finland (1.8.1998- 31.7 2001)
Assistant professor and research chief, University of Art and Design Helsinki (UIAH) (1.8.1997-31.7.1998)
Head of Research in National Consumer Research Centre (1.1.1991-31.7.1997, 1.8.2001-)
Researcher in various research institutes (HSBA, Economic Planning Centre, Labour Institute for Economic Research) (1.8.1980-31.12.1991)

ACADEMIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES (mainly after 1998)

Supervisor for doctoral theses

Doctoral theses: Visa Heinonen, 1994-1998; Anu Raijas 1996-1999; Päivi Timonen, 1998-2002, Tanja Kotro 1999-2004.
Doctoral theses in progress: Minna Tarkka, 2000-; Jaakko Leskinen, 1999-; Minna Lammi, 1999; Katja Oksanen-Särelä, 2002-, Mika Saastamoinen, 2002-; Mikko Jalas, 2004-

Examiner and opponent for doctoral dissertations and licenciate theses

Ari-Pekka Hameri 1992, (examiner, Helsinki University of Technology)
Jyrki Luukkainen 1994, (examiner, University of Tampere)
Ilpo Koskinen (lic.) 1994, (University of Helsinki)
Sinikka Pesonen, (lic.) 1997, (HSBA)
Juha Nurmela 1997, (examiner, University of Helsinki, 1998)
Turo-Kimmo Lehtonen 1999 (examiner, University of Helsinki)
Jaakko Suominen, (lic.) 2000 (University of Turku)
Jarmo Markula, (lic.) 2001 (University of Helsinki)
Jukka Korttti (examiner, 2003, University of Helsinki)
Jaakko Suominen (examiner, 2003 University of Turku)
Oskar Korkman (examiner, Swedish School of Economics, Helsinki)
Inge Ropke (examiner, Roskilde University, Roskilde)

Statements about applicability

Statement about PhD Ilpo Koskinen's applicability to professorship (University of Art and Design Helsinki) 2001
Statement about PhD Marjukka Litmala's applicability to docent (University of Helsinki, 2002)
Statement about PhD Terhi-Anna Wilka's applicability to docent (Turku School of Economics, 2004)

Teaching related services:

Teacher-in-charge: Course: Domesticating Technology (Helsinki School of Economics, 1998)
Teacher-in-charge: Course: Domesticating Technology (University of Vaasa, 1999, 2001,2004)
Teacher-in-charge: Course: Inventing Needs (Helsinki School of Economics, 2001, 2004)
Teacher-in-charge: Course: Consumer Research (University of Helsinki, 2003, 2004)
Dozens of lectures yearly, given in different universities and academic seminars both in Finland and abroad
Dozens of interviews yearly, given in journals, radio and television
Dozens of articles and lectures yearly, in different non-academic forums and business organisations

Evaluator of research grants

The research council of Norway
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Sweden)
Academy of Finland
Finnish Cultural Foundation
Helsinki institute for technology and science studies

Referee in the following journals

Cambridge Journal of Economics
Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics
Journal of Consumer Policy
Economics and Philosophy
World Futures
Finnish Economic Paper

Steering groups and boards in the following research projects and institutions

World Futures, Journal for General Evolution, consulting editor, 1990-
Tiedepolitiikka, editorial board, 2000
Finnish Association of Consumer Research, board 2003-
Design Department, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, board, vice member, 2003-.
Helsinki Institute of Science and Technology Studies, 2004-
IDBM/Product concept- research institute (UIAH, HSBA, Helsinki University of Technology, financed by TEKES) (1999-2001)
Emotional Design (UIAH; financed by Academy of Finland and Nokia) (1999-2003)
"ICT from a consumer perspective" (University of Stockholm/ prof. Solveig Wickström) (1998-2001)
Future Home- graduate school (UIAH; financed by Academy of Finland) (1999-2003)
The future of visual information (UIAH, financed by the Ministry of Trade and Commerce) (1998-2000)
European Science Foundation Summer School on Sustainable Consumption (Lancaster University) (1998-2002)
The domestication of design, 2004- (UIAH, Industrial Design)

Academic awards:

Kuinka teknologia kesytetään (Domestication of technology. From science of consumption to art of consumption, Tammi, 1996) was awarded both by the Finnish State (Valtion tiedonjulkistamisenpalkinto) and the Finnish Science Council (Tieteellisten seurojen neuvottelukunnan vuoden tiedekirja kunniamaininta).

GRANTS AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING:

1998-2001 Social Construction of Needs (Academy of Finland) FIM 1.250.000
1993-1997 Domestication of Technology (Liikesivistysrahasto) FIM 66.000
1989-1991 Business Evolution (Liikesivistysrahasto/Jahnssonin säätiö) FIM 80.000
1980-2001 Several grants for translations and academic exchang

Helsinki 8.5.2006
Mika Pantzar

Mika Pantzar, List of articles in scientific journals and monographs 15.11.2005

Articles in refereed international scientific journals (Artikkelit kansainvälisissä aikakauslehdissä)

Determinants in the Modern Choice of Food. Journal of Consumer Studies and Home Economies 4/1986 (Ilmonen K., Pantzar M.)

Changing Traffic Signs of Modern Dining Table, Journal of Consumer Studies and Home Economics, Vol 12, 1988: 3, 225-236.

The Choreography of Everyday Life - A Missing Brick in the General Evolution Theory. World Futures, The Journal of General Evolution, Vol. 27, 1989: 207-226.(*)

Gender and Consumption in Finnish Society. Journal of Consumer Studies and Home Economic (Ilmonen K, Pantzar M.) Vol. 14, 1990, 215-228.

The Organizing Process of the American Railroad Business
from an Evolutionary Perspective. World Futures, The Journal
of General Evolution, Vol 32, 1991: No 1, 29-44.

The Replicative Model of the Evolution of the Business
Organization. (Pantzar M. ,Csanyi V.), Journal of Social and Biological
Structures, Vol 14, No. 2, 1991: 149-163.

Toward an Evolutionary View of Socio-Economic Systems.
World Futures, Journal of General Evolution , Vol.34 , 1992:83-103.

The growth of product variety - a myth?
Journal of Consumer Studies and Home Economics, Vol. 16, No. 4 , 1992, 345-362.

Editorial introduction to special issue on evolution of socio-economic systems
World Futures, Journal of General Evolution, Vol.36/ 1993.

Do commodities reproduce themselves through human beings, toward an ecology of goods. World Futures, Journal of General Evolution, Vol 38, 1993.

Progress and Pathology in Managerial Practice - An Evolutionary View.
World Futures, Journal of General Evolution, Vol.36/ 1993. (Mika Pantzar, Risto Tainio, Kari Lilja)

Public Dialogue Between Butter and Margarine 1923-1992, Journal of Consumer Studies and Home Economics, Vol. 19 No.1, 1995, 11-24.

Rational Choice of Food. On the Domain of the Premises of the Consumer Choice Theory. Journal of Consumer Studies and Home Economics (1996) Vol. 20, No. 1: 1-20.

Toward Sustainable Consumption: Two Perspectives. Journal of Consumer Policy 1997, 20:409-442. (Eva Heiskanen, Mika Pantzar).

Domestication of Everyday Life Technology: Dynamic Views on the Social Histories of Artifacts. Design Issues, Vol 13, No. 3, Autumn 1997, 52-65. (*)

Evolution Toward Multiple Economies - The Organizing Process of the US Economy. World Futures, Journal of General Evolution, 1997, Vol. 51, 111-137.

Consumption as Work, Play and Art - Representation of Consumer in Future Scenarios. Design Issues, Vol. 16:3, Fall, 2000.

Design for the information society. What can we learn from the Nokia experience? The Design Journal, 2000, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 15-26. (Antti Ainamo,Mika Pantzar)

Product development and changing cultural landscapes -Is our future in “snowboarding”? Design Issue. Vol 18, No. 2, 2001, 30-45. (Tanja Kotro, Mika Pantzar)

The Ethos of Thrift - The Legitimisation of Bank Saving in Finland During the 1950’s, Journal of Material Culture, 2002, Vol. 7(2): 211-232. (Turo-Kimmo Lehtonen, Mika Pantzar)

Tools or toys. Inventing the Need for Domestic Appliances in Postwar and Postmodern Finland. Journal of Advertising, vol. 32, no. 1 (Spring 2003), p. 81-91.
(*)

Nokia- the surprising success of textbook wisdom. Comportamento Orgnizational e Gestao, 2004. Vol. 19, no. 1, 71-86. (Mika Pantzar, Antti Ainamo)

Consumers, producers and practices: understanding the invention and reinvention of Nordic Walking. Journal of Consumer Culture, 1/2005, 43-64 (Elizabeth Shove, Mika Pantzar) (*)

Scientific monographs

Rakenteita muuttava ja rakenteissa muuttuva taloussubjekti. lisensiaattityö, Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulun julkaisuja B-86.

A Replicative Perspective on Evolutionary Dynamics. The Organizing Process of the US Economy Elaborated through Biological Metaphor. TTT:n tutkimuksia 37/1991 (väitöskirja)

Täyskäännös - taloutemme valintojen edessä (Tuovi Allen, Visa Heinonen, Mika Pantzar M., toim.), Helsinki, Gaudeamus, 1993.

Kuinka teknologia kesyyntyy. Kulutuksen tieteestä kulutuksen taiteeseen. Tammi, Helsinki, 1996. (Valtion tiedonjulkistamispalkinto, 1997; Tieteellisten seurain valtuuskunnan ja Suomen tiedekustantajien liiton vuoden 1996 tiedekirja, kunniamaininta)                             (*)

Suomalaisen talouspolitiikan ajatusmallit. Valtiovarainministerien budjettiesitelmissä 1974-1994. Kuluttajatutkimuskeskuksen tutkimuksia 1997 (Heinonen V., Mykkänen J., Pantzar M., Roponen S.).

Tulevaisuuden koti. Arkisia tarpeita keksimässä. Otava, Helsinki, 2000. (*)

Manufacturing leisure - Innovations in happiness, well-being and fun. NCRC publications, 1/2005 (Mika Pantzar, Elizabeth Shove, eds.)

Mika Pantzarin julkaisut ja artikkelit löytyvät Kuluttajatutkimuskeskuksen julkaisutietokannasta.