Research group of local and regional governance

The group conducts and coordinates research focused on the governance of municipalities, cities, and regions as part of the multidisciplinary research conducted within the Faculty of Management and Business at Tampere University.
The group’s research takes both theoretical and empirical perspectives on local and regional governance and its transformation. The core of the group’s research is the transformation of local governance.

In recent years, key themes have included municipal leadership and management, digital platforms as tools for cities, urban development, public sector reform, city branding, metropolitan governance, and circular economy in cities.

Research focus and goals

In local government studies, there is an increasing need for multidisciplinary approaches that do not fit neatly within traditional silos or classifications. The group aims to work in close collaboration with diverse partners to respond to this need.

Important future research themes include:

• Municipal leadership, collaboration between political and administrative leaders, and increasingly interactive and integrative leadership
• Multi-level governance, governance and democracy
• Digitalisation in municipalities and wellbeing services counties
• Circular economy and other sustainable development themes in municipalities and cities

Arto Haveri

Professor

arto.haveri [at] staff.uta.fi

+358 40 190 4020

Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko

Docent

ari-veikko.anttiroiko [at] staff.uta.fi

+358 40 190 4017