Hanken's Tenure Track System

Hanken has two parallel tenure tracks, a research-oriented tenure track and a teaching-oriented tenure track. The qualification requirements are set in the Personnel Instruction. Rector has also established guidelines for the tenure track systems regarding recruitment and promotion to the next tenure level within the current system.

This page contains information about the recruitment and evaluation process for academic staff within the tenure track systems. For more information about the recruitment process for other academic positions, please see Our recruitment process.

Rector has appointed the following members (with substitutes) to the Faculty Recruitment and Promotion Committee 2024-2026:

  • The Chair of the Committee: Dean of Research, Professor Gyöngyi Kovács
  • Professor Nari Lee (Professor Matti Kukkonen), Department of Accounting and Commercial Law
  • Professor Kenneth Högholm (Professor Ari Hyytinen), Department of Finance and Economics
  • Professor Frank den Hond, (Professor Joakim Wincent), Department of Management and Organisation
  • Professor Kristina Heinonen (Professor Peter Björk), Department of Marketing
  • Secretary: HR Director Mikaela Stelwagen
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Opening hours of Hanken and different service units in Helsinki and Vaasa during summer 2026.
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Governments have promoted digitalisation of public services to improve efficiency, cut costs and meet modern demands for speedy responses. “This push for the digital has caught some people by surprise. Many older adults now feel they face another hurdle in living an independent life”, Hanken’s Professor Emeritus Jeff Hearn writes in The Conversation.
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How can we build working lives that people can actually sustain over increasingly long careers? Hertta Vuorenmaa, university lecturer at Hanken, researches on the future of work and how we can create more human-centred, inclusive and sustainable workplaces in an era shaped by digitalisation and AI.
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“I would like to extend my warmest thanks to the donors for your continuous support. We at Hanken would not be able to maintain our level of ambition without your support,” stated Rector Ingmar Björkman at Hanken’s Donor Evening and Scholarship Ceremony on 27 May.