Participations, Memberships, Awards

Awards

• Best conference paper - Entrepreneurship Education Conference 2024, Jyväskylä, Finland

Scientific Committee Memberships

• 17th International Tourism Congress, 26 - 28/11/2025, P.PORTO, Portugal - Reviewer

Assessment work

• 05/2025 External referee review for personnel promotion, School of Health and Human Sciences, Indiana University - Indianapolis

• 02/2022 Assessment of the training programme contents of the AccelEd Project - Accelerating Master and PhD level nursing education development in the higher education system in Kazakhstan

Participations

09-12/12/2025 Delegate

Grand Black Sea Forum, Transnational Technology Transfer Network for Black Sea Basin

Trabzon, Türkiye 

21/11/2025 Speaker

AGORA International Project - Final Virtual Event

10 - 13/11/2025 Presenter / Author

6th Marrakesh International Conference on Tourism Research

Marrakesh, Morocco

24 - 25/09/2025 Presenter / Author / Session Chair

Entrepreneurship Education Conference 2025 conference

Tampere, Finland

24-25/09/2025 Speaker

Network Days for Tourism Education

Kotka, Finland

04 - 06/09/2025 Keynote speaker

Topic: "Regenerative Tourism as a Source of Rural Vitality"

Village Arena, Kannonkoski, Finland

29/08/2025 Presenter

"20 years international master's programmes at the Sports Faculty" - Anniversary Celebration and Networking Event

University of Jyväskylä, Finland

20/06/2025 Presenter / Author

International Scientific Conference "Transformations in the Global World"

Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria

23 - 25/04/2025 Presenter / Author / Session Chair / Programme Chair

8th International Conference on Tourism Research, Jyväskylä, Finland

20/03/2025 Presenter / Author

Theory in Practice Conference

XAMK University of Applied Sciences, Mikkeli, Finland

30/01/2025 Presenter / Panelist

Finnish Fair Tourism Association's evening seminar

Helsinki, Finland

24-25/09/2024 Presenter / Author / Session Chair

Entrepreneurship Education Conference 2024 conference

Jyväskylä, Finland

28 - 29/08/2024 Presenter

Rural researchers' conference, Runni, Finland

The Finnish Society for Rural Research and Development

10 /08/2024 Presenter / Author

11th International Hybrid Conference on Management Studies, Istanbul, Türkiye 

European Knowledge Development Institute

20 - 23/06/2024 Presenter / Author

Xth International Conference of Young Scientists - Plovdiv 2024

Union of Scientists in Bulgaria - Young Scientists' Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

07/06/2024 Presenter / Author

International Scientific Conference "Transformations in the Global World"

Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria

18-22/03/2024 Presenter

Intensive online seminar week on responsible tourism

Jamk University of Applied Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland

18 - 19/03/2024 Presenter / Author

7th International Conference on Tourism Research, Cape Town, South Africa

01/09/2023 Panelist

Fashion Days 2023

Jamk University of Applied Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland

08 - 09 /06/2023 Author

6th International Conference on Tourism Research, Pafos, Cyprus

05/06/2023 Presenter

Moodle meeting (national e-learning online seminar)

20/01/2023 Panelist

"The different forms of tourism" panel organized by the International Centre for Responsible Tourism - Finland at Matka Fair 2023

Helsinki, Finland

28-29/09/2022 Presenter / Author

Entrepreneurship Education Conference 2022 conference

Ylivieska, Finland

9-10/06/2022 Presenter / Author & Panelist

International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations

Helsinki, Finland

19-21/05/2022 Presenter / Author

5th International Conference on Tourism Research

Porto, Portugal

21/05/2021 Presenter / Author

4th International Conference on Tourism Research

Porto, Portugal 

08/10/2020 Presenter / Panelist

Current Issues of Nature Tourism with the Example of Central Finland's National Parks and Nature Sites - webinar

Jamk University of Applied Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland

12/9/2020 Panelist

Responsibility Panel Discussion, Fashion Days 2020

Jamk University of Applied Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland

20-21/06/2016 Participant

12th International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations 

Jamk University of Applied Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland

05/12/2015 Presenter

"10 years International Master's Programmes at Liikunta" - Anniversary Celebration and Networking Event

University of Jyväskylä, Finland

12/06/2014-15/06/2014 Delegate

awarded the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation scholarship

6th IWG World Conference on Women and Sport

Helsinki, Finland

15/02/2010-28/02/2010 Participating student

“Sport in European Union Member States” intensive programme

University of Jyväskylä, Finland

26/05/2008 Presenter

“Health Care Between Social Equity and Economic Effectiveness” conference

Medical University, Varna, Bulgaria

13/11/2007 Participant

awarded Planex's scholarship

Phillip Kotler’s Marketing Seminar

Sofia, Bulgaria

Memberships

01/11/2020-31/10/2021 Board Member

JJK football club, Jyväskylä, Finland

01/01/2016-31/12/2020 Board Member

Konneveden Urheilijat sports club, Konnevesi, Finland

08/06/2015-present  Member

Access to Education Association, Helsinki, Finland

01/12/2014-31/12/2020  Member

Centre Party of Finland, Konnevesi department

01/01/2013-31/12/2022  Member

 Konnevesi Motorsport Club

06/2011-present  Member

Jyväskylä University alumni organization JYKYS 

20/06/2004-present  Member

International Kyokushinkai Karate Organisation