(Estonia) is Associate Professor at Tallinn University. She is head of this Master’s programme and a mentor in the incubation programs. Having worked for public, private and non-profit sector, she possesses competences relevant for international collaboration and management consultancy. She is a board member of The Skill Mill Limited – an award-winning Social Enterprise dedicated to the employment of young ex-offenders by providing environmental maintenance services in the UK using Social Impact Bonds.
She manages many projects on social innovation and entrepreneurship topics funded by the EU e.g. "European Social Innovation Competence Centres", "Regional ecosystems for social innovation and social transformations", "Alliance Fostering Skills Development and Socal Economy", etc.
She is the author of several publications on social innovation and entrepreneurship, e.g. Social enterprises and their ecosystems in Europe Country report: Estonia and European Social Enterprise Monitor - Estonian Report. In 2019-2024 she was the Chair of the international COST network “Multi-disciplinary innovation for social change” covering 38 countries.
Her research interests focus on social entrepreneurship, public sector and social innovation as well as quadruple helix cooperation.
