Finnish (native language), Swedish (C2), English (C1), French (A2), German (A1)

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1 Tuija Nikko Aalto University School of Business Date of birth Language skills Finnish (native language), Swedish (C2), English (C1), French (A2), German (A1) Current position Director of Quality and Accreditation, Aalto University School of Business (previous name Helsinki School of Economics) (since 1 January 2010) Previous positions Management positions: Director, HSE, Department of Languages and Communication Fixed-term director, University of Jyväskylä, Center for Applied language Studies Other positions: Fixed-term researcher, Academy of Finland, HSE Research Project on in-house communication in merged Finnish-Swedish companies Researcher, University of Jyväskylä, Centre for Applied Language Studies Researcher, University of Jyväskylä, Centre for Applied Language Studies Education and degrees 2009 Doctor of Philosophy (Helsinki School of Economics) (International Business Communication) 1993 Executive Master of Business Administration (Helsinki School of Economics) 1991 Licentiate of Philosophy (University of Jyväskylä) (Applied linguistics) 1979 Master of Arts (University of Helsinki) (Swedish, French, Finnish, Pedagogy) Academic commitments (official) at HSE Member of the HSE Board ( ) Member of the HSE Research and Teaching Council ( ) 1

2 External Academic commitments Vice-chairman of the Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics ( ) Member of the Advisory Council of the Centre for Applied language Studies at the University of Jyväskylä (since 1999) PUBLICATIONS (1990-) Articles in refereed journals Kangasharju, Helena and Nikko, Tuija Emotions in Organization: Joint Laughter in Workplace Meetings. Journal of Business Communication. Kangasharju, Helena, Nikko, Tuija and Säntti, Risto Organisaation sisäinen kokous tiedon johtamisen välineenä. [In Finnish; Organizational meetings as means of in-house knowledge management ] Aikuiskasvatus 4 [Journal of Adult Education], pp Nikko, Tuija Conversational behaviour in a native and non-native setting. In: Minna-Riitta Luukka and Arja Piirainen-Marsh, Finlance XI. A Finnish Journal of Applied Linguistics. Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, pp Refereed book chapters Nikko, Tuija Skapandet av betydelser på sammanträden vid finsk-svenska fusionerade företag. [In Swedish; Joint meaning creation in company-internal face-to-face meetings of Finnish-Swedish companies ]. In: Kangas, Olli & Helena Kangasharju. Ordens makt och maktens ord [ Power of words and words of power ]. Publications of the Research Programme Interaction across the Gulf of Bothnia, volume 4. Helsinki: Svenska Litteratursällskapet, pp Nikko, Tuija and Kankaanranta, Anne, Tavoitteena professionaalinen kielitaito [In Finnish; Aiming at professional language proficiency ]. In: Paula Kalaja & Lea Nieminen (eds.), Kielikoulussa kieli koulussa. AFinLA yearbook 58. Publications de l association Finlandaise de linguistique appliquée, Jyväskylä : University of Jyväskylä, pp Nikko, Tuija, Hörförståelsens roll vid språkinlärning [in Swedish; The role of listening comprehension in language learning ]. In : Jette Eriksen-Benrós (ed), Rapport från seminariet Att undervisa nordiskt i Finland. Vaasa: Publications of the University of Vaasa, pp Nikko, Tuija, Förståelseproblem mellan första- och andraspråkstalare [in Swedish; Comprehension problems between first and second language speakers ]. In: Axelsson, Monika and Åke Viberg (eds.), Första forskarsymposiet om Nordens språk som andraspråk i Stockholm Uppsala: University of Stockholm, pp Luukka, Minna-Riitta and Nikko, Tuija, Kielestäkö kiinni? Äidinkielisen ja vieraskielisen keskustelun eroja [In Finnish; The role of language in native and non-native conversation ] In: Heikki Nyyssönen and Leena Kuure (eds.), Acquisition of Language Acquisition of Culture. AFinLA Yearbook 50. Publications de l association Finlandaise de linguistique appliquée, Jyväskylä : University of Jyväskylä, pp Monographs Nikko, Tuija Dialogic Construction of Understanding in Cross-border Corporate Meetings. Acta Universitatis Oeconomicae. Dissertation. HSE Publications. 2

3 Nikko, Tuija Interkulturell förståelse i Mittnorden [In Swedish; Intercultural understanding in the central areas of Finland, Norway and Sweden, in Swedish ]. Publications of the Language Centre for Finnish Universities, n:o 2. Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä. Nikko, Tuija, Kognitiivinen lähestymistapa vieraan kielen ymmärtämiseen. Ymmärtäminen natiivin ja vieraan kielen puhujan puhelinkeskustelussa. [In Finnish; Cognitive approach to foreign language understanding: Understanding in telephone conversations between native speakers and non-native speakers. Licentiate thesis.] University of Jyväskylä. Edited books Kalliokoski, J., Nikko, T., Pyhäniemi, S. and Shore, S. (Eds.) Puheen ja kirjoituksen moninaisuus/variationsrikedom i tal och skrift/the diversity of speech and writing. The Yearbook of the Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics, 67. Nikko, Tuija and Pälli, Pekka (Eds.), Kieli ja teknologia ( Language and technology ). Talous ja kieli IV [multilingual; Economy and language ]. HSE Publications. Helsinki: Helsinki School of Economics. Nikko, Tuija and Nuolijärvi, Pirkko (Eds.), Talous ja kieli III [multilingual; Economy and language ]. HSEBA Research Reports B-17. Helsinki: Helsinki School of Economics. Majapuro, Marketta and Nikko, Tuija (Eds.), Talous ja kieli II [multilingual; Economy and language ]. HSEBA Research Reports D-211. Helsinki: Helsinki School of Economics. Other articles Claes, Marie-Thérèse and Nikko, Tuija, Accrediting excellence in Business Communication and Language Skills. CercleS Bulletin 21. Nikko, Tuija, CEF as a Tool for Evaluating Foreign Language Communication Skills at Finnish Universities. In: Forsman-Svensson, Pirkko, Topfer, Tom & Virkkunen- Fullenwider, Anu, Proceedings of the CercleS Workshop on CEF 31 August 3 September and Selected Papers from the Bi- and Multilingual Universities Conference1-3 September 2005 at Helsinki University, Helsinki: University of Helsinki Language Centre, 16 p. ( Elsinen, Raija, Forsman Svensson, Pirkko and Nikko, Tuija, FINELC - Our past is our prologue. CercleS Bulletin 19, pp Nikko, Tuija and Forsman Svensson, Pirkko, Kieli- ja viestintäopinnot uusissa tutkinnoissa [In Finnish; Language and communication studies in the new university curricula ]. Korkeakoulutieto 3/1. Vammala: Opetusministeriö [Ministry of Education], pp Conference presentations Nikko, Tuija and Rontu, Heidi, Putting Multiculturalism in Practice the Case of Aalto University. Paper presented at NIC (Nordic Intercultural Communication) Conference, University of Helsinki, Finland, December 1-3, Nikko, Tuija, Multilingual code-switching in cross-border meeting talk. Paper presented at the international conference mediating multilingualism, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, June 2-5, Nikko, Tuija, Managers Promoting Dialogue in In-company Meeting Interaction. Paper presented at the 9th ABC European Convention, Istanbul, Turkey, May 23 26, Nikko, Tuija, Accross the Shiny Table: Dynamic dialogue in International management 3

4 Meetings. Paper presented at the 8 th ABC European Convention, Norwegian School of Management (BI), Oslo, June 8-10, Nikko, Tuija, Collaborative Completions in First and Second Language Interaction. Paper presented at the International Conference on Conversation Analysis (ICCA06), University of Helsinki, Finland, May 10-14, Nikko, Tuija 2006 Kodväxling mellan finska, svenska och engelska i finsk-svenska mötesdiskussioner. Svenskt i Finland finskt i Sverige. Kahden puolen Pohjanlahtea seminaari, Svenska Litteratursällskapet, Helsinki Elsinen, Raija and Nikko, Tuija Encouraging mobility Finnish language centres and the Bologna process. Paper presented at the 8 th CercleS (Conféderation Européenne des Centres de Langues de l Enseignement Supérieur) International Conference. Bratislava, Slovakia, September 9-11, Claes, M.-T. & Nikko, T Accrediting excellence in Business Communication and Language Skills. 8 th CercleS (Conféderation Européenne des Centres de Langues de l Enseignement Supérieur) International Conference. Bratislava, Slovakia Nikko, Tuija, Förstår vi varandra? Möten mellan finländare och svenskar i samband med gränsöverskridande fusioner. Presentation of the main results of the HSE research project on in-house communication of merged Finnish-Swedish corporations Uppsala, Sweden, for a wide public audience in an event organized by Finnish and Swedish research organizations, University of Uppsala, Sweden, November 28-29, Nikko, Tuija, The Discourse of Informal Meetings in the Finnish-Swedish Business Context. Paper presented in the world congress of the Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Singapore, December 16-21, Nikko, Tuija, Nurminen, Aija-Leena and Tammelin Maija, Increasing organizational expertise through ICT training. Case HSEBA. Paper presented at the conference Innovations in higher education, University of Helsinki, Finland, August 30 September 2, Nikko, Tuija and Kankaanranta, Anne, Language and Communication Skills as Part of Business Students Professional Competence. Paper presented at the ABC (Association for Business Communication) European Convention, Antwerp, Belgium, May 25-27, Tammelin, Maija, Nikko, Tuija, Steuer, Outi, Peltonen, Berit and Müntzel, Uta, Developing On-line Environments for Studying Languages and Business. Paper presented at the EUROCALL 99 conference, Besançon, France, September16-18, Charles, Mirjaliisa and Nikko, Tuija, Intercultural Business Communication through Experiential learning. Paper presented at the 6 th International Conference on Experiential Learning, University of Tampere, Finland, July 2-4, Nikko, Tuija, Comprehension in Mittnorden cooperation. Paper presented at the ASLA International Conference Discourse and the Professions, University of Uppsala, Sweden, August 26-29, PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENTS Memberships, commitments Member of the Finnish University Language Centres board of directors ( ; chair ) Member of the CEMS languages for Communication in Management Sub-Committee (since 1999) 4

5 Coordinator of a national project on language and communication studies in the new university curricula, funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education ( ) Evaluation tasks External evaluator (with Maija Tammelin) of the unit Lärostudion (a support centre for language institutions) at the University of Stockholm, Sweden (2005) Member of an External audit team (with 6 other persons) evaluating the language education in two Finnish polytechnics (2002) Member of a task force set by the Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council (evaluation criteria for centres of excellence in education) (2002) Member of a field-specific evaluation team (humanities) of the Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council (2002) Professional presentations: Nikko, T. Kielikoulutus ja työelämä. Valmisteltu puheenvuoro kielikoulutuksen valtakunnallisessa pyöreän pöydän tapahtumassa Säätytalossa [Language education and professional life. An invited presentation in a national round-table event on language education.] Nikko, T. Ydinainesanalyysi kieli- ja viestintäopintojen näkökulmasta. Alustus valtakunnallisessa Kievi-seminaarissa [Analysing core skills of university level language and communication studies] 5