Marko Turpeinen

Professor Marko Turpeinen holds a chair in Media Technology at The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), where he also leads the Social Media research group and acts as the Senior Research Director of the Centre for Sustainable Communications. He is also the Principal Scientist of the Network Society research programme and the leader of the Digital Content Communities research group at Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT). He has a Ph.D. Degree in Computer Science from Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) and a M.Sc. Degree in Media Arts and Sciences from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His academic research addresses issues in customized media, computer-mediated communities, future of gaming, ageing society, and the role of media technology in promoting sustainable development. He has also extensive industrial experience from the media industry, as between 1996 and 2005 he worked in various executive positions at Alma Media Corporation, a Finnish media company.

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Last updated: 4 February 2009