Sampsa Hyysalo

Professori
Professori
A803 Dept. Design

Hyysalo's research and teaching focus on codesign, user involvement in innovation and the co-evolution of technologies, practices and organizations. He received his Ph.d in Behavioral Sciences in the University of Helsinki and holds a Docentship in information systems, specialising in user-centered design. Sampsa was awarded Academy of Finland 2010 price for Social Impact of Research, and EASST Freeman Award 2016.

Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...

Contact information

Phone number
+358505946137

Areas of expertise

Co-design, Innovation management, User innovation, Science and technology studies, Qualitative research and methods

Honors and awards

EASST Freeman price 2016

Price for outstanding collective contribution in the intersection between science & technology studies and innovation studies, book New Production of Users (editors: Hyysalo, Jensen, Oudshoorn)
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Design Jan 2016

Academy of Finland Award for Social Impact of Research

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Design Jan 2010

Aalto Excellence Recognition

Project: SET: Smart Energy Transition by Department of Management Studies
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Jan 2018

Research groups

  • Inuse

Publications

Design types in diversified city administration: The case City of Helsinki

Sampsa Hyysalo, Kaisa Savolainen, Antti Pirinen, Tuuli Mattelmäki, Päivi Hietanen, Meri Virta 2023 The Design Journal

Citizen energy lost in sustainability transitions : Knowledge co-production in a complex governance context

Jani P. Lukkarinen, Miikka Salo, Maija Faehnle, Heli Saarikoski, Sampsa Hyysalo, Karoliina Auvinen, Satu Lähteenoja, Tatu Marttila 2023 Energy Research and Social Science

Transition co-design dynamics in high level policy processes

Satu Lähteenoja, Tatu Marttila, İdil Gaziulusoy, Sampsa Hyysalo 2023 Design Studies

The interrupting capacities of knowledge co-production experiments: A sociology of testing approach

Helena Valve, David Lazarevic, Sampsa Hyysalo, Jani Lukkarinen, Tatu Marttila 2023 Environmental Science and Policy

Introduction to ‘Markets in sustainability transitions’

Wouter Boon, Thomas Magnusson, Sampsa Hyysalo 2022 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

An arena of transformation

Sampsa Hyysalo, Tatu Marttila 2022 Designing Change : New Opportunities for Organisations

Design types in diversified city administration

Sampsa Hyysalo, Kaisa Savolainen, Antti Pirinen, Tuuli Mattelmäki, Päivi Hietanen, Meri Virta 2022 The Design Research Society Conference (DRS2022)

Ekologinen siirtymä luonnon monimuotoisuuspolitiikassa : Biodiversiteettiareenan 2021 tulokset

Sampsa Hyysalo, Satu Lähteenoja, Tatu Marttila, Kaisa Savolainen, Ari-Pekka Auvinen, Jani Lukkarinen, Juuli Närhi, Joona Lehtomäki, Kirsi-Marja Lonkila, Kristiina Niikkonen, Olli Ojala, Marina von Weissenberg 2022

Market intermediation and its embeddeness – Lessons from the Finnish energy transition

Sampsa Hyysalo, Eva Heiskanen, Jani Lukkarinen, Kaisa Matschoss, Mikko Jalas, Paula Kivimaa, Jouni K. Juntunen, Fanni Moilanen, Pekka Murto, Eeva Primmer 2022 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions