Biography

Petri Kola is a researcher, interaction designer and strategist working towards a collaborative citizen oriented society. He is based in Media Lab Helsinki of the upcoming Aalto University. Kola is involved in various network collaboration orientated projects including Tutkimusparvi, SOMUS, Apps for Democracy Finland, opengov.fi and Porkkanamafia. He is preparing a doctoral thesis on participation formats for cross-organizational collaboration and internet movements.