DTech, PhD Heli Talja acts as Research Team Leader in VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. She earned her master’s and DTech degrees in mechanical engineering, majoring in mechanics of materials. She has worked in VTT since 1980, first as researcher and group manager on issues related to structural integrity in nuclear power plants, and spent two years as visiting scholar in Germany. In 2006 she got a PhD degree from Tampere University of Technology majoring organizational studies. She is author or coauthor in over 150 scientific publications. Since 2007 she has been leading multidisciplinary and international research groups on business and innovation issues.Currently she is leaderof the research team Business Renewal in Organizations and Networksand participating actively in research work related to societal, organizationaland human views on technology, exploiting her multifaceted educational and working experience background.
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