Supervisors
Degree Supervision
Within each subject there are Degree Supervisors for doctoral studies who will inform students how the studies are set up and organised. Students can contact a Degree Supervisor in the major of their choice and discuss their plans prior to application
Newly admitted students are to contact their Degree Supervisors in order to discuss their studies. The Degree Supervisor will help students to find the courses that should be included in their degree. The Degree Supervisor will also update students' study plans annually, and he/she will propose a Thesis Supervisor once the thesis theme has been established. Students who are going to take a course at an other university or within a graduate school should consult their Degree Supervisor in order to make sure that the course can be included in the degree. He/she has to approve of the course before it is registered. When the time comes, the Degree Supervisor will administer the student's public dissertation defence and will act as the Custos (chairman) of the defence.
Degree Supervisors in Finance
- Helsinki:
Professor Timo Korkeamäki - Vaasa:
Professor Johan Knif
Degree Supervisors in Entrepreneurship and Management
- Helsinki:
Professor Martin Lindell - Vaasa:
Professor Sören Kock
Degree Supervisors in Management and Organization
- Helsinki:
Professor Jeff Hearn
Professor Saku Mantere
Professor Karl-Erik Sveiby
Professor Eero Vaara
Degree Supervisors in Commercial Law
- Helsinki:
Professor Matti Kukkonen
Professor Marcus Norrgård - Vaasa:
Professor Petri Mäntysaari
Degree Supervisors in Information Systems Science
- Helsinki:
Professor Bo-Christer Björk
Degree Supervisors in Supply Chain Management and Corporate Geography
- Helsinki:
Professor Karen Spens
Degree Supervisors in Marketing
- Helsinki:
Professor Christian Grönroos
Professor Maria Holmlund-Rytkönen
Professor Veronica Liljander
Professor Tore Strandvik - Vaasa:
Professor Lars-Johan Lindqvist
Degree Supervisors in Economics
- Helsinki:
Professor Tom Berglund
Professor Rune Stenbacka
Degree Supervisors in Accounting
- Helsinki:
Professor Pontus Troberg
Professor Bo-Göran Ekholm - Vaasa:
Professor Jan Wallin
Degree Supervisors in Statistics
- Helsinki:
Professor Gunnar Rosenqvist
Thesis Supervisor
At the point where your thesis project is taking shape a thesis supervisor or a thesis supervision committee is to be appointed for you by the department council. The department council makes its decision based on a proposition from your degree supervisor. Therefore, it is important to start thinking about and discussing possible thesis supervisors with your degree supervisor well in advance.
The person/s who are appointed thesis supervisors needn't be professors at Hanken. The sole requirement is that he/she is an expert in your field and that he/she is willing to accept the task. The thesis supervisor is the one who will guide you through the thesis process. Consequently, it is very important the he/she has a genuine interest in your topic.
Change of Degree or Thesis Supervisor
The procedure below is to be followed when a doctoral student or supervisor whishes to terminate a supervision agreement.
The party whishing to terminate the agreement submits a freely formulated application to the Head of Department or the Deputy Head of Department when the Head of Department is directly concerned.
The application shall contain the following
- contact details for the applicant
- information on who the other party is
- the roles of both parties (doctoral student/degree supervisor/thesis supervisor)
- a motivation for the application
- possibly a suggestion for a new supervisor.
The Head of Department (or Deputy Head of Department) presents the matter before the Department Council. The Department Council takes the final decision on the matter and appoints a new supervisor. Both parties (the doctoral student and the suggested new supervisor) are to be heard before a new supervisor is appointed.
The Doctoral Studies Coordinator is informed of the decision made.