Updated 08.11.2024
Katri Halonen

Staff

Katri Halonen

Principal Lecturer

PhD (sociology, cultural policy), Phil.Lic. (musicology)

School of Cultural Services and Music

Cultural management, participative leadership and agile devopment

Responsibilities and tasks

Project Manager for the national ESR+ funded LUME project – Creative in the Web3 Era, which focuses on new earning models in the creative sector arising from Web3. As a senior lecturer in cultural production, I am responsible for our master’s programme and I teach and supervise our students.

Projects

Recently, I have been leading projects related to new technologies (Creative in the Metaverse 2022-2023) and the ongoing LUME – Creative in the Web3 Era project (2024-2026), which seeks to explore new earning models in the creative sector.

I have been a project manager for EU projects since 1996. My experience includes foresight activities (e.g., Producer 2020, Toive, Klerot), the construction of various innovation systems (CoINNO), and facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration networks for…

Degrees, certifications and courses

  • Diploma in Vocational Teacher's Educaction, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences 
  • European Diploma in Cultural Project Management.  Unesco, Marchell Hichter foundation 
  • Vocational Qualification in Business, Business college Helsinki
  • Specialist Qualification in Management, Digital Design diploma, Arcada

Publications

My list of publications can be found OrcID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1529-9995

Mandates

  • Reserach Council of Finland, Scientific Council for Social Sciences and Humanities 2025-2027
  • Reserach Council of Finland, Horizon Europe, National Expert Group 2021-
  • Ministry of Education and Culture, Advisory Committee for Research on Private Copying 2024-2028
  • Center for Cultural Policy Researcg Cupore, Board member 2018- 

Interests

I get my energy from surprising encounters, wicked challenges, and co-working. Key characteristics in my actions are a strong future orientation and agile development. I am interested in cultural intermediaries, attitude and network leadership, co-development processes, inclusion, social innovations, and the valorization mechanisms of project results. As part of my work, the LUME project encompasses the new technologies of the Web3 era and their role in the future of creative industry earn…