Publications

Books and Special Issues

Grossi, G., & Vakkuri, J. (Eds.). (2024). Accounting and Public Governance – Exploring Hybridisations. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Johanson, J-E., Vakkuri, J., Mills, D. and Dudau, A. (2025). Hybridised public management, Special Issue in Australian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 84, Issue 1.

Vakkuri, J., Johanson, J-E., Pinheiro, R. & Erkkilä, T. (eds.) (2025). Public Policies for Hybrid Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Väyrynen, H., Helander, N., & Jalonen, H. (2023). Public innovation and digital transformation. Taylor & Francis.

Publications in 2026

Aula, V., Hillo, J. & Erkkilä, T. (2026). AI in Taxation — Experimental evidence on citizen design preferences and perceptions of legitimacy, Government Information Quarterly, Volume 43, Issue 2, 2026, 102147, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2026.102147

Erkkilä, T., Chou, M. H., & Mölsä, J. (2026). Global models and post-Brexit discourses:‘Singapore on Thames’ or ‘Nordic Scotland’? The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 28(2), 560-585. https://doi.org/10.1177/13691481251400091

Konstantinos. K. (2026). Human-centricity as a Policy Concept: Paradigmatic Modifications of an Institutional Norm from Automation to AI. Dissertationes Universitatis Helsingiensis ; 141/2026. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-84-2152-8 

Publications in 2025

Erkkilä, T. & Konstantinos, K. (2025). Hybridity and non-human agency in digital governance: a case of human-centricity. In: Vakkuri, J., Johanson, J-E., Pinheiro, R. & Erkkilä, T. (eds). Public Policies for Hybrid Governance, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 209–229. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035311637.00024

Helander, N., Venkitachalam, K., & Väyrynen, H. (2025). Public-private co-creation of knowledge-based open innovations: Challenges and opportunities. International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics, 351–357. https://www.ifkad.org/ebook/proceedings-ifkad-2025/

Helander, N., Venkitachalam, K., & Väyrynen, H. (2025). Open knowledge fuelling open innovations in public-private collaboration. Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2025) Proceedings Copyright, 529–533. 10.5220/0013823800004000

Hillo, J., I.Vento, and T.Erkkilä. 2025. “Algorithmic Governance: Experimental Evidence on Citizens’ and Public Administrators’ Legitimacy Perceptions of Automated Decision-Making.” Public Administration1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.70028.

Johanson, J-E., Vakkuri, J., Mills, D. and Dudau, A. (2025). Hybridised public management: Introduction to the special issue, Australian Journal of Public Administration, 84(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.70000

Johanson, J-E., Vakkuri, J., Pinheiro, R. & Erkkilä, T. (2025). Theory Section I: systems and principles, in: Vakkuri, J., Johanson, J-E., Pinheiro, R. & Erkkilä, T. (eds). Public Policies for Hybrid Governance, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 19-38.

Johanson, J-E., Vakkuri, J., Pinheiro, R. & Erkkilä, T. (2025). Theory Section II: organisations and values, in: Vakkuri, J., Johanson, J-E., Pinheiro, R. & Erkkilä, T. (eds). Public Policies for Hybrid Governance, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 39-56.

Kari, S., Helander, N., & Myllärniemi, J. (2025). Competence management in remote healthcare. International Conference on Education and New Developments, 293–297. https://doi.org/10.36315/2025v2end061

Karppi, I., & Sankala, I. (2025). People, city, and security: Urban interfaces in the age of events. In A. Autero, M. de Moraes Batista Simao, & I. Karppi (Eds.), Smart urban safety and security: Interdisciplinary perspectives (pp. 45-67). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2196-2_4

Karppi, I., Sankala, I., Joutsijoki, H., & Mäenpää, S. (2025). Simulated trust: Creating situational awareness in a multi-actor security exercise. In A. Autero, M. de Moraes Batista Simao, & I. Karppi (Eds.), Smart urban safety and security: Interdisciplinary perspectives (pp. 123-145). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-97-2196-2_10

Pinheiro, R., Erkkilä, T., Johanson, J-E. & Vakkuri, J. (2025). Governance modes of hybridity – reflections on an evolving field, in: Vakkuri, J., Johanson, J-E., Pinheiro, R. & Erkkilä, T. (eds). Public Policies for Hybrid Governance, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 313-327.

Vainio, T. (2025). Envisioning the New Urban Informatics. In: Autero, A., de Moraes Batista Simao, M., Karppi, I. (eds) Smart Urban Safety and Security. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2196-2_2

Vakkuri, J., Johanson, J-E., Pinheiro, R. & Erkkilä, T. (2025). Public Policies for Hybrid Governance – Introduction, in: Vakkuri, J., Johanson, J-E., Pinheiro, R. & Erkkilä, T. (eds). Public Policies for Hybrid Governance, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 2-18.

Vikstedt, E., & Vakkuri, J. (2025). Multiple Logics in Performance Management of Collaborations for Sustainability: An Integrative Review. Public Administration Review. Available in Early View: https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13959

Erkkilä, T. (2024). Hybridity in digital and algorithmic public governance. In G. Grossi & J. Vakkuri (Eds.), Handbook of Accounting and Public Governance – Exploring Hybridisations (pp. 32-46). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800888456.00011

Grossi, G., & Vakkuri, J. (2024). Introduction to the handbook of Accounting and Public Governance. In G. Grossi & J. Vakkuri (Eds.), Accounting and Public Governance – Exploring Hybridisations (pp. 1-9). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800888456.00008

Helander, N., Bal, A., & Venkitachalam, K. (2024). Collaborative strategies for sustainable smart city development. 2024 4th International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications …  (ICECCME) 10.1109/ICECCME62383.2024.10796863

Helander, N., Paunu, A., Hellsten, P., Väyrynen, H., & Sillanpää, V. (2024). Development areas in knowledge management processes in social and health care services: A pilot study. International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Systems … https://cris.tuni.fi/ws/portalfiles/portal/133350343/Development_Areas_in_Knowledge.pdf

Helander, N., Venkitachalam, K., & Bal, A. (2024). Collaborative knowledge sharing strategies for value co-creation in hybrid settings. International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics. https://www.ifkad.org/asp-products/ebook-proceedings-2024/

Johanson, J. E., & Vakkuri, J. (2024). Governance of hybrid networks in organisations and society. In G. Grossi & J. Vakkuri (Eds.), Accounting and Public Governance – Exploring Hybridisations (pp. 11-31). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800888456.00010

Roth, M., Vakkuri, J., & Johanson, J-E. (2024). Value creation mechanisms in a social and health care innovation ecosystem – an institutional perspective. Journal of Management and Governance. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-024-09696-x

Sermontyte-Baniule, R., Helander, N., & Nieminen, H. (2024). A Literature Perspective of Stakeholder’s Perceptions of Value and Risks for the Secondary Use of Health Data. SN Computer Science, 5(3), 295. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-024-02633-7

Vainio, T., Karppi, I., & Sankala, I. (2024). From urban design to service design in urban informatics: Spectators’ attitudes, expectations, and privacy concerns in mass urban events. Urban Informatics, 3, Article 34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44212-024-00062-8

Vainio, T., Karppi, I., & Sankala, I. (2024). Perceptions and preferences of experienced security in mass urban events: What’s technology got to do with it? Cities, 144, 104626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104626

Vainio, T. (2024). Designing technology for smart and sustainable cities of tomorrow: What can we learn from IPCC’s sixth assessment report? The Design Journal, 27(1), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2024.2334560

Vakkuri, J., & Grossi, G. (2024). Conclusions – Accounting and Hybridised Public Governance. In G. Grossi & J. Vakkuri (Eds.), Accounting and Public Governance – Exploring Hybridisations (pp. 303-323). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800888456.00029

Vikstedt, E., Luhtala, M., Welinder, O., Sinervo, L. M., & Laihonen, H. (2024). Different sustainability endgames: Institutional logics in the performance management of local governments. Public Money & Management, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2024.2421503

Publications in 2023

Bal, A. S., Käpylä, J., Li, H., & Helander, N. (2023). Collaborative value co-creation from a stakeholder perspective: A literature review. Journal of Creating Value, 9(2), 259–274. https://doi.org/10.1177/23949643231151831

Helander, N., Pundziene, A., Sermontyte-Baniule, R., Carrabina, J., Mathieu, C., … (2023). Digital healthcare platforms enabling remote care value creation: The patient perspective. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Technology and Entrepreneurship (ICTE). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTE58739.2023.10488518

Hurmelinna-Laukkanen, P., Niemimaa, E., Rantakari, A., & Helander, N. (2023). In the riptide of control and trust: Emergence of control practices, suspicion, and distrust in new technology deployment. Journal of Management Studies, 60(8), 1986–2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12893

Nylén, E-J., Johanson, J-E., & Vakkuri, J. (2023). Mission-oriented innovation policy as a hybridisation process: the case of transforming a national fertilising system. Science and Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scad004

Nylén, E-J., Johanson, J-E., & Vakkuri, J. (2023). The loop from idealised to messy − Untangling ideational features of the circular economy and hybridity in its making. Environmental Science & Policy, 140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.11.023

Paunu, A. & Helander, N. (2023). Remote monitoring of heart failure patients treatment programme: Customer experience, expectations, barriers and conditions. Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2023) 213–218. SCITEPRESS Science and Technology Publications. https://doi.org/10.5220/0012195800003598

Santarsiero, F., Schiuma, G., Carlucci, D., & Helander, N. (2023). Digital transformation in healthcare organisations: The role of innovation labs. Technovation, 122, 102640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102640

Vakkuri, J., Vinnari, E., & Vikstedt, E. (2023). Performance Management in the Finnish Government: Reflections and Future Directions from the Perspectives of Hybridity and Sustainability. In E. Pekkola, J-E. Johanson, & M. Mykkänen (Eds.), Finnish Public Administration: Nordic Public Space and Agency (pp. 127–141). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34862-4_8

Vikstedt, E., & Rajala, T. (2023). Alignment Through Value Consolidation Mechanisms—Focusing on Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration for Circular Economy. In Stakeholder Engagement in a Sustainable Circular Economy: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives (pp. 273-310). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-31937-2_9

Väyrynen, H., Vainikainen, J., Paunu, A., Helander, N., & Tenhovuori, S. (2023). Technology and information management supporting resilience in healthcare and rescue systems. In H. J. Scholl, E. E. Holdeman, & F. K. Boersma (Eds.), Disaster Management and Information Technology: Professional Response and Recovery Management in the Age of Disasters (pp. 35-49). Article 3 (Public Administration and Information Technology; Vol. 40). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20939-0_3