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Ruoranen Kaisa HSLU W

Dr. Kaisa Ruoranen Kaisa Ruoranen

Senior Research Associate

Ruoranen Kaisa HSLU W

Lucerne School of Business

Room Frankenstrasse 9, Büro 3.5
Zentralstrasse 9
6002 Luzern


Institute of Business and Regional Economics IBR

CC Public and Nonprofit Management

Senior Research Associate

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Biography

Education

  • 2014 – 2018   PhD in Sport Sociology and Sport Management, Institute of Sport Science, University of Bern
  • 2008 – 2010   MA in Organization and Knowledge in Social and Communication Sciences, University of Lucerne
  • 2004 – 2007   BA in Social and Communication Sciences, University of Lucerne

Professional experience

  • Since 2022      Senior Research Associate, HSLU – Business
  • 2018 – 2022   Assistant in Publishing and Communication, BA Media GmbH
  • 2014 – 2018   Research Assistant, Institute of Sport Science, University of Bern
  • 2011 – 2014   Project Researcher, Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil
  • 2010 – 2011   Research Assistant, Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil
  • 2009 – 2010   Scientific Intern, Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil
Teaching and research focus
  • Public and Nonprofit Management
  • Health Policy & Economics

Projects

Research projects

  • Gleichstellungsplan für den Kanton Basel-Stadt inkl. Massnahmen (2024-2027)
  • Artikel zur leitlinienorientierten Versorgung im Schweizer Gesundheitswesen
  • Entwicklung eines Zentralschweizer Modells für die Förderung der Ausbildung im Bereich der Pflege
  • Begleitung der Erarbeitung des «Gleichstellungsplans des Kantons Basel-Stadt: Strategie und Massnahmen»
  • Development of integrated, hybrid health regions in Switzerland
  • Social and Economic Value of Cancer Care in Switzerland
  • Cluster NPO-Management

Publications and presentations

Publications and presentations - Article, review; peer reviewed

  • Ruoranen, Kaisa; Nagel, Siegfried; Lang, Grazia; Klenk, Christoffer; Bayle, Emmanuel; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David & Schlesinger, Torsten (2023). The ‘dark side’ of professionalisation in national sport federations: A case study of the Swiss Floorball Federation. International Journal of Sports Management and Marketing, 23(5), 442-464. doi: 10.1504/IJSMM.2022.10052733
  • Lang, Grazia; Klenk, Christoffer; Schlesinger, Torsten; Ruoranen, Kaisa; Bayle, Emmanuel; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David & Nagel, Siegfried (2020). Challenges and opportunities arising from self-regulated professionalisation processes: An analysis of a Swiss national sport federation. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 12(3), 387-404. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2020.1775676
  • Lang, Grazia; Schlesinger, Torsten; Lamprecht, Markus; Ruoranen, Kaisa; Klenk, Christoffer; Bayle, Emmanuel; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David & Nagel, Siegfried (2018). Types of professionalization: Understanding contemporary organizational designs of Swiss national sport federations. Sport, Business and Management, 8, 298-316. doi: 10.1108/SBM-11-2017-0076
  • Clausen, Josephine; Bayle, Emmanuel; Giauque, David; Ruoranen, Kaisa; Lang, Grazia; Schlesinger, Torsten; Klenk, Christoffer & Nagel, Siegfried (2018). International sport federations’ commercialisation: A qualitative comparative analysis. European Sport Management Quarterly, 18, 373-392. doi: 10.1080/16184742.2017.1406970
  • Clausen, Josephine; Bayle, Emmanuel; Giauque, David; Ruoranen, Kaisa; Lang, Grazia; Nagel, Siegfried; Klenk, Christoffer & Schlesinger, Torsten (2018). Drivers of and barriers to professionalization in International Sport Federations. Journal of Global Sport Management, 3, 37-60. doi: 10.1080/24704067.2017.1411165
  • Ruoranen, Kaisa; Clausen, Josephine; Nagel, Siegfried; Lang, Grazia; Klenk, Christoffer; Giauque, David; Bayle, Emmanuel & Schlesinger, Torsten (2018). Causes for professionalization in national sport federations in Switzerland: A multiple-case study. Current Issues in Sport Science, 3(003), 1-1. doi: 10.15203/CISS_2018.003
  • Leiulfsrud Schedin, Annelie; Ruoranen, Kaisa; Ostermann, Anne & Reinhardt, Jan D. (2016). The meaning of employment from the perspective of persons with spinal cord injuries in six European countries. Work, 55, 133-144. doi: 10.3233/WOR-162381
  • Ruoranen, Kaisa; Klenk, Christoffer; Schlesinger, Torsten; Bayle, Emmanuel; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David & Nagel, Siegfried (2016). Developing a conceptual framework to analyse professionalization in sport federations. European Journal for Sport and Society (älter als die aktuellen 12 Monate), 13, 55-74. doi: 10.1080/16138171.2016.1153881
  • Leiulfsrud, Annelie; Reinhardt, Jan D.; Ostermann, Anne; Ruoranen, Kaisa & Post, Marcel W. (2014). The value of employment for people living with spinal cord injury in Norway. Disability and Society, 29, 1177-1191. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2014.916606
  • Ruoranen, Kaisa; Post, Marcel W.; Juvalta, Sibylle & Reinhardt, Jan D. (2014). Participation and integration from the perspective of persons with spinal cord injury from five European countries. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 47, 216-222. doi: 10.2340/16501977-1911
  • Reinhardt, Jan D.; Ruoranen, Kaisa; Graf, Sibylle; Horsewell, Jane; Leiulfsrud, Annelie & Post, Marcel W. (2013). 'It takes two to tango...' revisited: A qualitative study on integration and participation of people living with spinal cord injury in Switzerland. Disability and Society, 28, 893-907. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2012.732536

Publications and presentations - Presentation (conference/report/lectures)

  • Ruoranen, Kaisa; Klenk, Christoffer; Lang, Grazia; Schlesinger, Torsten; Bayle, Emmanuel; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David & Nagel, Siegfried (05.09.2017). Causes and consequences of professionalisation in Swiss national sport federations. The 25th Conference of the European Association for Sport Management, Bern und Magglingen.
  • Ruoranen, Kaisa; Klenk, Christoffer; Lang, Grazia; Schlesinger, Torsten; Clausen, Josephine; Bayle, Emmanuel; Giauque, David & Nagel, Siegfried (07.09.2016). Professionalisation in Swiss national sport federations: Causes and influencing factors. The 24th Conference of the European Association for Sport Management, Warsaw, Poland.
  • Klenk, Christoffer; Ruoranen, Kaisa; Schlesinger, Torsten; Bayle, Emmanuel; Clausen, Josephine; Giauque, David & Nagel, Siegfried (10.06.2015). What does professionalisation mean? Developing a conceptual framework for analysing professionalisation in sport federations. The 12th European Association for Sociology of Sport Conference, Dublin, Ireland.