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Pirjo Ståhle is Professor (Emerita) of Intangible Capital and Innovation Management. She worked at Aalto University School of Engineering in 2014-2019; at the University of Turku in 2004-2013; and at Lappeenranta University of Technology School of Business in 2001-2005. Her main areas of expertise are knowledge and innovation management, the measurement of intellectual capital and self-organizing systems.

Pirjo Ståhle has occupied a bridge-building position between business, academia and public institutions for more than 30 years. The models and measures she has developed have had practical application in both business companies and public organizations. At the Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku, Professor Ståhle took charge of a major project which used long time series and extensive statistical datasets to develop methods for measuring the effects of intangible capital on GDP.

Pirjo Ståhle is widely recognized as a pioneer of Finnish knowledge management. She was the country's first-ever Chief Knowledge Officer (Sonera 1998-2001), first Professor of Knowledge Management (Lappeenranta University of Technology 2001-2005), and her book on Knowledge Management was the first Finnish title on this subject.

Professor Ståhle has published several books and more than 100 articles in popular and scientific publications and given numerous lectures and presentations on themes related to self-directive teams and organizations, innovation ecosystems and knowledge-intensive economy. She has also served as a reviewer on numerous national and international expert panels and as a board member of many organizations and companies such as Chear of the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s Board; Vice Chair of the Society of Scientists and Parliament Members Tutkas; a member of the board of World Vision International and chair of World Vision Finland.