Jukka Teräs

Jukka is no longer employed at Nordregio.

Specialised in regional development, innovation environments, innovation promotion, technology transfer, issues related to non-metropolitan regions.

Academic qualifications
Doctor of Technology, University of Oulu, Industrial Engineering and Management, 2008
MBA, Helsinki School of Economics, 1989

Languages
Finnish
Swedish
English
German
Italian

Prior positions
Project Manager, Regional Council of Lapland, 2012-13 (Arctic Smart Specialization Project)
Senior Researcher, University of Turku, 2011-2013
Project Manager, SkyPro Clean Air project by University of Oulu and Micropolis Technology Centre, 2008-2011
Managing Director, Norrum Oy, 1995-, with assignments ranging from EU related interregional co-operation programmes to region-specific and company-specific issues
Managing Director, Cerntech Oy, 1991-1995

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Publications by Jukka Teräs (2008-2013)
Teräs, Jukka – Ylinenpää, Håkan (2012): Regional Dynamics in Non-metropolitan Hi-tech Clusters: A longitudinal study of two Nordic regions. Book chapter. In: Innovation Governance in an Open Economy. Shaping Regional Nodes in a Globalized World. Edited by Annika Rickne, Staffan Laestadius, Henry Etzkowitz. Published 24th April 2012 by Routledge. 314 pages

Pasquinelli, Cecilia – Teräs, Jukka (2012): Branding knowledge-intensive Regions. A comparative Study of Pisa and Oulu High-Tech Brands. European Planning Studies. DOI:10.1080/09654313.2012.722962.

Teräs, Jukka – Alatossava, Ari (2012): Sub-regional development agencies: The Finnish Experience. Book Chapter. In: Regional Development Agencies: The next generation? Networking, Knowledge and Regional Policies. Edited by Nicola Bellini, Mike Danson, Henrik Halkier. Published 19th July 2012 by Routledge. 316 pages

Teräs, J (2010): The development path of the software industry in North Finland. TEKES Publication 273/2010.

Teräs, J (2009): Institutions and Governance. In: Entrepreneurship and the innovation system of the Agder region, Norway. A review by the Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Teräs, J (2008): Regional Science-based clusters. A case study of three European concentrations. Acta Universitatis Ouluensis Publication series C 302. Oulu 2008.

Presentations by Jukka Teräs (2008-2015)
“Nordic Study on Industrial Symbiosis” at COP21, Nordic Council of Ministers Pavilion, Le Bourget, Paris, France, 2015

“The potential of industrial symbiosis as a key driver for green growth“ at The Nordic Council of Ministers special session “Moving towards a zero-waste society- the Nordic solutions”. World Efficiency Conference, Paris, France 2015

“Circular economy and industrial symbiosis as drivers for regional development“ at the Rohevik Conference, Tartu, Estonia 2015

“Academic insights into cluster development – the Nordic perspective” at The European Network of Innovation Agencies TAFTIE Expert session on Cluster Policy & Management, Berlin, Germany 2015

“Bioeconomy, Smart Specialization and Development strategies for Rural regions“ (Teräs-Lindberg) at Presentation at theRSA annual conference, Piacenza, Italy 2015

“Bioeconomy in the Nordic Region – Regional case study by Nordregio“ at FORES Conference on How to reduce car emissions and grow the bioeconomy, Stockholm 2015.

“Bioeconomy from the viewpoint of regions – Forssa region as part of the Nordic Study“ at LUO Seminar, Hämeenlinna, Finland 2015

“Arctic Local Communities and the Competence Building in Relation to Large Mining Projects – the North European Experience” at ICASS International Arctic Conference on Social Sciences, Prince George, Canada, 2014

“Regional dynamics in non-metropolitan high-tech clusters – the examples of Oulu and Luleå” at Nordregio Forum. Keflavik, Iceland 2014.

“Bioeconomy – driver for rural development.” at the Rohevik conference, Tartu, Estonia 2014

Teräs, Jukka (2013): What is happening in Finland: The Finnish innovation system. Presentation at the “Tempen på länet”. Conference organized by Regional Council of Norrbotten. Haparanda, Sweden, May 28, 2013.

Teräs, Jukka (2013): Building up second generation mining clusters in North Finland. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers 2013, Los Angeles, April 2013AAG 2013 LA

Presentation in Stavanger, Norway 2012: Northern Periphery programme. RIBS project.

Presentation in Borgarnes, Iceland, 2011: Rural Innovation and Business Systems commentary. Northern Periphery programme.

Presentation in Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Finland (2011, 2013) : Clusters and regional development.

Presentation in Valencia, Spain (2010): An analysis of the Finnish system of technology centres. Key factors to consider in the development of technology centres of Comunitat Valenciana.

Keynote presentation, TCI Global Cluster conference, Academic Summit, Jyväskylä (2009): Regional science-based clusters: what can we learn from them?

Presentation at Fiera della Conoscienza conference, L´Aquila, Italy (2009): Clusters as an innovative model in the industrial policy in Europe.

Presentation at the University of La Rioja, Logrono, Spain (2008): Finland, a development model based on R&D.