Introduction
Pekka Himanen’s research work has been translated into 20 languages. His best-known work is The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the Information Age which has been compared to Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Manuel Castells and others. Castells also writes: “Pekka Himanen's theory of the hacker culture as the spirit of informationalism is a fundamental breakthrough in the discovery of the world unfolding in the uncertain dawn of the third millennium.”
Himanen’s research work has been published by the world’s leading academic publishers, such as Oxford University Press. He has authored or been a writer in:
Examples of comments by leading academics on the above works include:
Himanen is one of the internationally most cited researchers in his field: his international works have been cited more than 5000 times (cf. Google Scholar citation index where you can check any researcher’s number of international citations).
In line with the original form of philosophy, Himanen considers not only written but also spoken philosophy central. In his lecturing at Aalto University Studio Stage and Helsinki University Grand Auditorium, he systematically developed new formats for spoken philosophy while he was a professor at Aalto. He has given talks in 30 countries from Oxford to Berkeley. Examples from the range of talks include:
Himanen seeks to approach his topics in a more synthetic way, in a manner in which the research work on the philosophy of the information age can also be applied to the actual advancement of his philosophical goal: a dignified life. For this reason, in addition to his research work, he has also been broadly in direct dialog with different sectors of society: from policy-makers to the general public, some examples of such wider outreach being his articles for TIME Magazine and The Financial Times or public intellectual dialogs covered by The San Francisco Chronicle and Helsingin sanomat.
Curriculum Vitae and Bibliography
(selection since 2000)
Positions
Professor, Aalto University (2005-2014)
Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley (2013-2014)
Visiting Professor, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford (2005-2013)
Principal Scientist, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (joint institute of the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University of Technology, 2005-2010)
Visiting Professor, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (2010)
Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley & Director of the Berkeley Center for Information Society (between 2000-2003)
Education
PhD in Theoretical Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Helsinki, 1994
Main Awards and Recognitions
Global Leader for Tomorrow – by the World Economic Forum, 2003
Young Global Leader – by the World Economic Forum, 2005
Governmental Award for exceptional teaching achievements, giving a university course that gathered an audience of over 10.000, 1995 (Valtion tiedonjulkistamispalkinto)
Helsinki University Alumnus of the Year 2007, for achievements in advancing science
Membership of selected international research networks
World Economic Forum, Global Leaders for Tomorrow 2003-2004
World Economic Forum, Young Global Leaders 2005-2012
World Economic Forum, Global Agenda Councils 2008–2010
World Economic Forum, Expert Network 2016–
Policy Network, 2005–2010
The Club of Rome, 2012–2017
Selected key research projects (2000–)
Co-Director of the Sustainable development model in the information age research project with Manuel Castells. Members of the research group included AnnaLee Saxenian, You-tien Hsing, Fernando Calderon, Nico Cloete, and Isidora Chacon. Part of this time was at UC Berkeley as a Visiting Scholar. This research work produced the book Reconceptualizing Development in the Global Information Age (Oxford University Press, 2014).
Member of the Aftermath research network on the global economic crisis, with professors Manuel Castells, Craig Calhoun, John Thompson, Michel Wieviorka, Sarah Banet-Weiser, Terhi Rantanen, Rosalind Williams, João Caraça, and Gustavo Cardoso. This research group produced the book Aftermath: The Cultures of the Economic Crisis (Oxford University Press, 2012).
Member of the Zaragoza International Expert Committee on urban and regional development with professors Manuel Castells, Saskia Sassen, Peter Hall, Dennis Frenchman, François Bar, Michael L. Joroff, Véronique Kleck, Ángela López (and formerly William Mitchell and Guido Martinotti). The publications building on this work include the World Policy Journal article "The New Incubators" (2011).
Member of the Lisbon research network that produced the book The Network Society: From Knowledge to Policy (John Hopkins University, 2005). With Manuel Castells, Dale Jorgensen, Luc Soete, Geoff Mulgan and others.
Director of the Berkeley Center for Information Society, with Jerome Feldman, Steven Weber, Orpheus Crutchfield et al. as members and Linus Torvalds as a member of the research board, and Principal Scientist at the Helsinki Institute of Information Technology. During this time e.g. the book The Network Society: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (Edward Elgar, 2004) was produced.
Research project on the Information Society and the Welfare State as a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley, which resulted in the book The Information Society and the Welfare State: The Finnish Model with Manuel Castells (Oxford University Press, 2002).
Research on the Hacker Ethic as a Visiting Scholar of UC Berkeley, which led to the publication of the book The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the Information Age with Manuel Castells and Linus Torvalds in 2001.
Selected key academic publications (2000–)
The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the Information Age. New York: Random House, 2001.
translated into:
Chinese
Taiwanese
Japanese
Korean
Indonesian
Turkish
French
Italian
Spanish
Portuguese
German
Dutch
Catalan
Finnish
Estonian
Croatian
A ética dos hackers e o espírito da era da informação: a diferença entre o bom e o mau hacker. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Campus, 2001.
L'ètica del hacker l'esperit de l'era de la informació. Barcelona: Editorial UOC, 2003.
L'etica hacker e lo spirito dell'età dell'informazione. Milano: Feltrinelli Editore, 2001.
L'éthique hacker et l'esprit de l'ère de l'information. Paris: Exils, 2001.
Die Hacker-Ethik und der Geist des Informations-Zeitalters. München: Riemann, 2001.
The hacker ethic and the spirit of the information age. London: Secker & Warburg and Vintage, 2001.
Hakerska etika i duh informacijskog doba. Zagreb: Naklada Jesenski i Turk, 2002.
La ética del hacker y el espíritu de la era de la información. Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, 2002.
La ética del hacker y el espíritu de la sociedad de la información, 2002.
De hacker-ethiek en de geest van het informatietijdperk. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Nieuwezijds, 2001.
Hacker etigi: Is Hayatina Yikici Bir Yaklasim. Istanbul: Ayrinti Yayinlari, 2005. ISBN: 975-539-438-9
Hakkerietiikka ja informaatioajan henki. Helsinki: WSOY, 2001.
Häkkerieetika ja informatsiooniajastu vaim. Tallinn: Kunst, 2003.
黑客伦理与信息时代精神/(美)派卡·海曼 [Chinese]. Citic Publishing House, 2002.
駭客倫理與資訊時代精神. 大塊文化出版股份有限公司 [Taiwan Chinese]. Taipei: Dakuai wenhua chuban, 2002.
해커, 디지털 시대의 장인들 / 리누스 토발즈;페커 히매넌;마누엘 카스텔스 [공]지음;신현승 옮김 [Korean]. Seoul: Sejong Books Inc., 2002.
安原和見·山形浩生訳 「リナックスの革命 [Japanese]. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shiusha, 2001.
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The Information Society and the Welfare State: The Finnish Model (with Manuel Castells). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
translated into:
Japanese
Russian
Spanish
Catalan
Ukrainian
Polish
Finnish
Portuguese
Italian
El Estado de bienestar y la sociedad de la información: El modelo finlandés. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 2002.
La societat de la informació i l'estat del benestar: el model finlandès. Barcelona: Editorial UOC, 2003.
A Sociedade da Informação e o Estado-Providência. O modelo Finlandês. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2007.
Società dell'informazione e Welfare State: La lezione della competitività finlandese. Milano: Guerini e Associati, 2006.
Suomen tietoyhteiskuntamalli. Helsinki: WSOY, 2002.
Spoleczenstwo informacyjne i panstwo dobrobytu [Polish]. Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej, 2009.
Інформаційне суспільство та держава добробуту: Фінська модел [Ukrainian]. Vakler, 2006.
Информационное общество и государство благосостояния. Финская модель [Russian]. Moscow: Logos, 2002.
情報社会と福祉国家フィンランド·モデル [Japanese]. Minerva, 2005.
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Reconceptualizing Development in the Global Information Age (co-edited with Manuel Castells). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.
translated into:
Spanish
Finnish
Reconceptualización del Desarrollo en la Era Global de la Información. Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2016.
Kestävän kasvun malli: globaali näkökulma. Valtioneuvoston kanslian julkaisusarja. Edita: Helsinki, 2013.
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The hacker ethic as the culture of the information age. In The Network Society: A Cross-cultural Perspective. Edward Elgar, 2004.
Institutional models of the network society: Silicon Valley and Finland (with Manuel Castells). In The Network Society: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Edward Elgar, 2004.
“The Nordic Model of the Information Society: The Finnish Case” in Palme, Joakim and Kangas, Olli (eds.) Social Policy in Late Industrializers: The Nordic Countries. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2004.
The Nordic model of the information society: the Finnish case. Social policy and economic development in the Nordic countries, 2005.
Desafios Globais da Sociedade de Informação. In A Sociedade em Rede: Do Conhecimento à Acção Política, 2005.
Challenges of the Global Information Society. In The Network Society: From Knowledge to Policy. Johns Hopkins University, 2006.
Modelos institucionales de sociedad red: Silicon Valley y Finlandia (with Manuel Castells). In La sociedad red: una visión global. Alianza Editorial, 2007.
La ética hacker como cultura de la era de la información. In La sociedad red: una visión global. Alianza Editorial, 2007.
The New Incubators. World Policy Journal, 28(3), 2011.
Crisis, Identity, and the Welfare State. In Aftermath: The Cultures of the Economic Crisis, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Selected policy-related research publications in Finnish
Information society research work on the request of the Committee for the Future of the Parliament of Finland
Himanen, P. (2004). Välittävä, kannustava, luova Suomi. Katsaus tietoyhteiskuntamme syviin haasteisiin. Eduskunnan kanslian julkaisu nro, 4.
Himanen, P. (2004). Det intresserade, stimulerande och kreativa informationssamhället. Finland inför framtidens utmaningar. Framtidsutskottets teknikutvärdering, 21.
Himanen, P. (2004). Challenges of the Global Information Society. Parliament of Finland: Committee for the Future.
This publication built partly on the work done in:
Comparative research on information society models for Tekes
Himanen, P. (ed.) (2004). Globaali tietoyhteiskunta: Kehityssuuntia Piilaaksosta Singaporeen [Global information society: developments from the Silicon Valley to Singapore]. Helsinki: Tekes.
Himanen, P., & Castells, M. (2004). Piilaakson ja Suomen tietoyhteiskuntamallit. [Information society models of Silicon Valley and Finland] in Globaali tietoyhteiskunta: Kehityssuuntia Piilaaksosta Singaporeen.
This publication built partly on the work done in:
Innovation research work on the request of the Finnish technology industry
Himanen, P. (2007). Suomalainen unelma – Innovaatioraportti [Report on Innovation]. Helsinki: Teknologiateollisuus.
This publication built partly on the work done in:
Research work on the culture of creativity, based on the request of the Finnish government (Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen)
Himanen, P. (2010). Kukoistuksen käsikirjoitus [Culture of Flourishing]. Helsinki: WSOY.
This publication built partly on the work done in:
Research work on a sustainable development model in the information age, based on the request of the government of Finland (Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen)
Himanen, P. (2012). Sininen kirja. Helsinki: Valtioneuvoston kanslia. (Based on the international research project on the sustainable growth model with Manuel Castells, AnnaLee Saxenian, You-tien Hsing, Fernando Calderon, Nico Cloete, and Isidora Chacon.)
Castells, M., & Himanen, P. (eds.) (2013). Kestävän kasvun malli: globaali näkökulma. Valtioneuvoston kanslian julkaisusarja. Edita: Helsinki, 2013.
These publications were produced by:
University lecturing as Professor of Aalto University
The following lectures have typically been fully packed and ended with a standing ovation, such as for example the Helsinki University Grand Auditorium lectures that have had more than 1000 registered participants.
Helsinki University and Aalto University cooperation courses
(as the University of Helsinki Alumnus of the Year and as a Professor of Aalto University)
Helsinki University, Grand Auditorium, October, 2011 (in co-operation with Aalto University)
Helsinki University, Grand Auditorium, September, 2010 (in co-operation with Aalto University and the Helsinki Festival of Arts)
Helsinki University, Grand Auditorium, September-October, 2008
Helsinki University Alumnus of the Year lectures, February and November 2007
The final format in the above was a five-year development process. It integrated some elements from theater.
Examples of Individual lectures to advance the new learning culture
Helsinki University, Grand Auditorium, for developing the teaching and learning culture, March 2011 (for the professors, teachers, and administration of the university)
Helsinki University, Faculty of Humanities, August 2011
Helsinki University, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, August 2011
Helsinki University, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, August 2011
Helsinki University, Faculty of Medicine, August 2011
The above were developing a new learning culture for the new students.
Annual courses on the “Culture of Creativity” at the Aalto University
Aalto University, School of Arts, Studio Stage, January 2014
Aalto University, School of Arts, Film Studio, September 2012
Aalto University, School of Arts, Film Studio, September 2011 (in cooperation with the University of Helsinki)
Aalto University, School of Arts, Film Studio, September 2010 (for all schools of the Aalto University)
Aalto University, School of Arts, Studio Stage, September 2010 (in cooperation with the Theatre Academy)
Aalto University, School of Arts, Studio Stage, September 2009 (in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts and the Theatre Academy)
Aalto University, School of Arts, Studio Stage, September 2008
Aalto University, School of Arts, Sampo Auditorium, August 2007
Aalto University, School of Arts, Sampo Auditorium, October 2006
The final format above was a ten-year development process. It integrated some elements from theater.
Examples of Individual lectures at Aalto to advance the new learning culture
Aalto University, Design Factory, for developing the learning culture, March 2011 (for the professors, teachers, and administration of the university)
Aalto University, School of Arts, August 2011
Aalto University, School for Sciences, August 2011
Aalto University, School for Engineering, August 2011
Aalto University, School for Chemistry, August 2011
Aalto University, School of Business, August 2011
Aalto University, Master of Arts Festival, May 2011
The above were developing a new learning culture for the new students.
Selection of other talks in different countries
Argentina
Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Buenos Aires, November 2012
FLACSO talk, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Buenos Aires, November 2012
Austria
European Union Conference on Culture keynote, Vienna, Austria, March 2006
Belgium
European Union Conference, ICT 2010 Conference, September 2010
Bhutan
Strategic advise talk for the government of Bhutan, Thimphu, January, 2011 (invited by the government of Bhutan, hosted by the Prime Minister)
Chile
Universidad Diego Portales, November 2012
China
World Economic Forum keynote talk for the Young Global Leaders, September 2011
World Economic Forum, Young Global Leaders, Tianjin, China, September 2008
World Economic Forum, Young Global Leaders, Dalian, China, September 2007
Finland
Youth Chamber of Commerce, “The Outstanding Young Person” award recipient talk, Turku, April 2007
Helsinki University, talk at the reception of the Alumnus of the Year recognition as an academic ‘ambassador’ of the university, Helsinki 2006
The Presidential Forum keynote talk, Helsinki, March 2009 (with Presidents Tarja Halonen, Martti Ahtisaari, and Mauno Koivisto)
France
Université Paris Sorbonne, Paris-IV, CIGREF, September 2009
Centre Pompidou, Paris, October 2008
Germany
DLD talk, Digital-Life-Design, München, January 2009
Keynote on a sustainable development model to the ministers and CEOs from 50 countries, Leipzig, May 2008 (with Dr. Pachauri, hosted by Chancellor Angela Merkel)
Italy
University of Rome La Sapienza, April 2007
World Political Forum, Venice, June 2006 (invited and hosted by former President Mikhail Gorbachev)
Japan
Waseda University, Tokyo, October 2003
Netherlands
Policy Network talk, Amsterdam, November 2005 (with Anthony Giddens and others)
HAN Creative Masterclasses, Arnhem, November 2006
Creative Capital Conference keynote talk, Amsterdam, 2005
Norway
Nobel Peace Center, keynote on dignity, May 2016 (with Crown Prince Haakon and others)
Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training conference, keynote on the future of education, November 2015 (hosted by Queen Sonja)
Poland
European Culture Congress, Wroclaw, Poland, September, 2011 (as a member of the European Culture Congress Council)
Portugal
A special seminar of the President of Portugal on the Policies of Transformation to the Network Society, Lisbon, March 2005 (invited by President Sampaio)
Cultures of the Economic Crisis talks, Gulbenkian Foundation, 2009-2011
Qatar
World Economic Forum, Global Agenda Councils, Doha, Qatar, June 2010
Russia
The Center for Strategic Studies, talk on The Role of IT Policy in the Information Society, Moscow, November 2002
Vyshaja School of Economy, talk on The Interaction of Public Policy and Business in the Information Economy, Moscow, November 2002
Singapore
National University of Singapore, Department of Sociology, talk on The Information Society and the Welfare State, October 2002.
Spain
UOC lectures, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, May 2010 (several talks as a Visiting Professor)
UAB inaugural keynote lecture, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, October, 2010
Guggenheim, Bilbao, November 2006
The Club of Madrid, March 2005 (for the network of former heads of states)
Sweden
Konstfack, Stockholm, May 2011
Switzerland
World Economic Forum talk to the Technology Industry Leaders, a group of the CEOs of the world’s 60 biggest IT companies, from Bill Gates to the founders of Google, February 2004
World Economic Forum, Young Global Leaders, Zermatt, July 2005 (a starting-point for what became the Global Dignity initiative)
World Economic Forum, Davos, Closing Ceremony with Desmond Tutu, Chaired by Professor Klaus Schwab, February 2009
World Economic Forum, Davos, Closing Ceremony with Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, January 2008
World Economic Forum, Davos, Closing Ceremony introductory remarks to a Global Dignity film, 2010
World Economic Forum speaker in Davos, 2002–2010 (except in 2002 when it was held in New York City to show solidarity after 9/11)
Turkey
Middle East Technological University, Ankara, Turkey, November 2006
United Arab Emirates
World Economic Forum, Global Agenda Councils, Dubai, September 2008
United Kingdom
Oxford University, Oxford Internet Institute talk on The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the Information Age, November 2011
Oxford University, Oxford Internet Institute talk on Cultures of Creativity, August 2007
Oxford University, Oxford Internet Institute, talk on The Information Society and the Welfare State, November 2002
London School of Economics, Systems and Innovation Group, October 2011
London School of Economics, talk on The Information Society and the Hacker Ethic, 2001
Policy Network, talk on the Inequalities in the Information Society, Selsdon Park, May 2006
United States
University of California Berkeley, the Web Rush conference keynote talk on the Hacker Ethic with Linus Torvalds, April 1999 (and several talks since that as a Director of the Berkeley Center for Information Society and a visiting scholar of the UC Berkeley)
University of California Berkeley, International Computer Science Institute, March 2001 (and several other talks, as a visiting scholar of UC Berkeley and as the director of the Berkeley Center for Information Society)
Yale University, talk on The Hacker Ethic, March 2001
MIT Media Lab, talk on The Hacker Ethic, March 2001
University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication, The Hacker Ethic as the Culture of the Information Age, October 2003
New York University, Center for Advanced Technology, The Hacker Ethic, January 2001
International forum talks in Finland (for European or global forums)
World Bank, InfoDev Global Forum keynote talk, Helsinki, May 2011
Bright Conference keynote talk for students of the leading European universities, Helsinki University, Grand Auditorium, August 2008
World Social Forum in Helsinki, April 2005
European Centre for Parliamentary Research & Documentation, A Visionary’s Address, Parliaments on the Net, keynote, Helsinki, March 2002
Policy Network talk on the European Social Model with Anthony Giddens, 2006 [link]
Other research-related networks: Global Dignity
Professor Himanen is a Co-Founder of the Global Dignity initiative in 2005, with Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and John Hope Bryant, a member of President Obama’s advisory council on financial capability. It has operated in over 50 countries worldwide. Global Dignity initiative includes Nobel laureates Professor Amartya Sen, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, President Martti Ahtisaari as well as Sir Richard Branson and Ambassador Andrew Young as its Honorary Board members.
Selected talks on dignity that have been given on all continents include:
Global Forums
Global Dignity Forum, with Desmond Tutu, President Martti Ahtisaari, Crown Prince Haakon, John Hope Bryant, 2011 [link]
Global Dignity Forum, Atlanta, Ebenezer Baptist Church, with the living family of Martin Luther King Jr., chaired by Ambassador Andrew Young, November 2012
One Young World keynote on dignity, Zurich, September 2011 [link]
One Young World keynote on dignity, London, February 2010 [link]
World Economic Forum, Davos, Closing Ceremony with Desmond Tutu, Chaired by Professor Klaus Schwab, February 2009 [link]
Keynote talk on dignity & dialog with Al Gore, Nordic Business Forum, 2011 [link]
Dialog on the Culture of Dignity, with Crown Prince Haakon, Slush, November 2016 [link]
Austria
Dignity Day, Vienna, Austria, March 2008
Belgium
Dignity presentation, University of Leuven, CEGO, February 2008 (with Princess Mathilde)
Canada
Dignity Day school session, Young Global Leaders, Vancouver, June 2006 (the first Dignity Day session of Global Dignity)
China
Dignity Day school session, Tianjin, September 2008
Finland
Global Dignity Day, Alppilan yläaste [Alppila junior highschool], October, 2010 (with President Tarja Halonen)
Ihmisarvon foorumi, Diakonissalaitos [Forum for Dignity at the Helsinki Diaconia], for homeless, substance abusers, unemployed, and otherwise excluded, October 2010
VoxHelsinki talk on dignity, Helsinki University, Grand Auditorium, September 2010 (in cooperation with Helsingin Sanomat)
Dignity lecture, Helsinki University, Grand Auditorium, November 2009 (in cooperation with the National Broadcasting Company YLE) [link]
Global Dignity Day, Helsinki normal school, October 2008 (with President Tarja Halonen) [link]
Dignity session, Helsinki normal school, November 2007 (with Crown Prince Haakon and John Hope Bryant)
India
Dignity Day school session, Khushii Shikshaantra Devli school, New Delhi, India, November 2009 [link]
Jordan
Dignity Day school session, Jordan, May 2007 (with Queen Rania) [link]
Norway
Dignity Day, Asker highschool, April 2013 (with Country Chairs of Global Dignity) [link]
Dignity Day, Drammen highschool, April 2012 (with Country Chairs of Global Dignity)
Global Dignity Day, Stovner highschool, October 2011 (with the Co-Founders of the Global Dignity) [link]
Global Dignity Day, Bodo highschool, October 2010 (with Crown Prince Haakon) [link]
South Africa
Dignity Day school session, Cape Town, South Africa, May 2008 [link]
Switzerland
World Economic Forum Open Davos session with Desmond Tutu, Richard Branson, Peter Gabriel, Crown Prince Haakon, John Hope Bryant, January 2009 [link]
Dignity Day, Freies Gymnasium Zürich, March 2011 [link]
Dignity talk for the World Economic Forum management & staff, Geneva, October 2009 (with Paolo Coelho)
Tanzania
Dignity Day school session, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 2010 [link]
United Kingdom
Dignity Day, Dragon school, Oxford, 2009 [link]
United States
Dignity Day school session, Washington D.C., October 2009 [link]
Selected advisory roles (2000–)
United Nations:
European Union:
Other international organizations:
Finland:
To companies:
Selected cultural activities
General
Member of the European Culture Congress Council, European Union, 2011
Classical music, opera, ballet
Member of the Advisory Board for Savonlinna Opera Festival
Advising Judge for the Bagnolet Dance Competion, chaired by Jorma Uotinen
Advisory role for Helsinki Festival of Arts (with Erik Söderblom): dialogs with conductors and composers
Rock, pop and rap music
Lyrics with Dave Stewart and Nadirah-X for the song Dignity, Hollywood 2009 [link]
Session with Ville Valo at Helsinki University with piano, January 2009 [link]
Pirates of the Baltic Sea performance at Tavastia with piano, September 2008 (with The 69Eyes, for environment)
Events with Musex at Tavastia and Ruisrock to advance pop music (with Ville Valo and others), negotiating new funding for pop music with the Minister for Culture
Award Presenter for the Best Rock Band at the EMMA gala
Theatre and TV
Cooperation with the Theatre Academy and the Student Theatre
Digni.fi – a TV and Internet series with the national broadcasting company YLE, including dialogs with Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Anthony Giddens, Peter Gabriel, Paulo Coelho, Queen Rania et al. [link]
Host of the Global Dignity Forum, Barona Arena, broadcasted on TV by Nelonen, 2011, including Desmond Tutu, President Martti Ahtisaari, Crown Prince Haakon, John Hope Bryant, and Nadirah-X performing [link]
Other
Member of the Marimekko Design Competition jury, 2011 [link: Vogue]
Strategic work
Strategic recommendations regarding the Aalto University (in strategic research reports, including Suomalainen unelma)
Strategic recommendations for supporting the cultural fields (in strategic research reports, including Kukoistuksen käsikirjoitus). The conclusions were discussed e.g. at the Tuusula Rantatie symposium, with Antti Herlin, Risto Siilasmaa, Krister Ahlström, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Jorma Uotinen, Stefan Lindfors, and Minna Haapkylä
Strategic guidelines for what Finland needs for a sustainable basis for the culture of creativity
These strategies have been presented in The Information Society and the Welfare State: The Finnish Model (2002), Välittävä, kannustava ja luova Suomi (2004), Suomalainen unelma (2007), Kukoistuksen käsikirjoitus (2010), Sininen kirja (2012), and Kestävän kasvun malli (2013).
“Pekka Himanen” as a cultural figure
There have been several books, novels, poems, plays as well as TV shows written on or with the figure “Pekka Himanen”, including e.g. the theatre play Cherished Disappointments in Love by Jouko Turkka, performed in Finland and London (Soho Theatre).
