Petri Juhani Raivo

Karelia University of Applied Sciences
President and CEO

President and CEO of Karelia University of Applied Science.
Adjunct professor of the University of Oulu, University of Turku, and the University of Eastern Finland.


Honors & Awards:
-    Honorable Professor of Kokand University, Uzbekistan (2022).
-    First Class Knight of the White Rose of Finland (2014).

Current Positions of Trust
-    Member of the board of Joensuu Science Park (2022).
-    Vice President of the Association of Finnish Education Employers (FEE) (2021).
-    Member of the Board of the North Karelia Chamber of Commerce (2015).


More than 120 scientific publications, various keynote presentations, and memberships in international steering committees.


My main academic fields of interest are in historical and cultural tourism, especially sites and landscapes of collective memory and cultural heritage.  As the president of Karelia University of Applied Science, I am interested in research and innovation activities as part of regional development and the development and future of applied higher education.


Even though I have a season ticket for classical concerts and jazz or Bossa nova is heard at my dinner parties, in my own private time I prefer to listen to the best music of my youth (Ramones, Clash, and Dead Kennedys). Gabba, Gabba Hey!
 

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