Rate My Professor Sampsa Hyysalo

Hyysalo's interdisciplinary research examines designer-user relations in sociotechnical change, drawing on design participation, science and technology studies, and innovation studies. He has pioneered the 'biographies of artifacts and practices' approach over two decades, integrating longitudinal ethnographic studies with historical analyses. His interests encompass participatory design, co-design, open and user innovation, living labs, maker spaces, user communities, and citizen science, with recent focus on renewable energy technologies, energy transitions, and sustainability transformations. Previously, he studied health care information technologies, organizational software, social media, and mobility innovations. He has produced over 120 academic works, including more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and chapters, and seven books such as 'Citizen Activities in Energy Transition: User Innovation, new communities and the Shaping of Sustainable Future' (Routledge, 2021), 'The New Production of Users: Changing innovation collectives and involvement strategies' (edited with Elgaard Jensen and Oudshoorn, Routledge, 2016), and 'Health Technology Development and Use: From practice-bound imagination to evolving impacts' (Routledge, 2010). Awards include the Academy of Finland Award for Social Impact of Research (2010), EASST Freeman Prize (2016) for 'The New Production of Users,' and Aalto University excellence and social impact prizes (2017, 2018). He was Chief Editor of Science & Technology Studies journal from 2007 to 2016 and leads the Inuse research group.