About Päivi Kannisto

Päivi Elina Kannisto (formerly Rantanen)

PhD, PhD

Born in Virrat, Finland in 1970

Information about Päivi Kanniston in English: CV, bibliography, research papers and contact information.

Päivi Kannisto and Santeri Kannisto got married in 2004 and embarked on their endless journey in Brazil. Prior to her career as a global nomad, researcher and writer, she worked in a variety of jobs including management consultancy. The couple have written altogether twelve published books in Finnish and English, both fiction and non-fiction.

Santeri Kannisto worked with Open Source and founded the leading Finnish Open Source software house SOT Finnish Software Engineering Ltd in 1991. The company was known of Best Linux, SOT Linux ja SOT Office products. Santeri ran the company until October 2004.

 

Curriculum Vitae

Experience
Professional tourist 10/2004–
Author E.g. Ashgate/Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, Atena 11/2004–8/2023
Researcher Tilburg University, The Netherlands 4/2012–6/2014
Producer Nelonen Maailma, Finland 2011
Management Consultant CLC Center For Leading Competence 2/2004–10/2004
Content Manager Oy Radiolinja Ab/Elisa Oyj (TelCo) 2/2001–4/2004
Communications Manager DMI Digital Media Institute/Tampere University of Technology 7/1999–1/2001
Press Officer The City of Pori 5/1998–6/1999
Journalist Finnish News Agency 11/1997–4/1998
Researcher Academy of Finland 8/1994–7/1997
Research Assistant Academy of Finland 9/1993–7/1994

Education
PhD (Tourism/Leisure studies) Tilburg University, Netherlands 2014
PhD (Comparative Literature) University of Tampere, Finland 1998
M.Sc. (Journalism and Mass Communications, Economics) University of Tampere 1997
M.A. (Comparative Literature) University of Tampere 1993
Baccalaureate Tampereen yhteiskoulu 1989

Other Education
Elisa Management Masterclass CLC 2003
Foreign Trade in French-speaking Countries Tampere University/Institute for Extension Studies 1997
Travel Guide Tjäreborg, Spain 1992

Commissions of Trust
Tourism Geographies, Taylor & Francis, UK Reviewer 2018
Applied Mobilities, Routledge, UK Reviewer 2017
International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management,
Emerald Publishing, UK
Reviewer 2016–2020
Journal of Tourism Management, Elsevier Publications, The Netherlands Reviewer 2015–2020
Routledge, UK Editorial Reviewer 2014
Espoo Junior Chamber Board Member 2003–2004
Media & Viestintä [Media & Communications, journal] Reviewer 2001
Mindtrek Media Week Vice President 2000–2001
Mindtrek Multimedia Competition Member of The Jury 2000

Awards
Paavo Koli scholarship of Tampere University 1993
Unto Kupiainen scholarship of Tampere University 1993

Languages
English, French, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish.

 

Bibliography

Book cover image of The Intuitionist - An Adventure in Selfhood

The Intuitionist - An Adventure in Selfhood (Intuitionisti - Seikkailu minuuden syövereihin)
NomadTravelBooks.com, 2021

I can't take this anymore! Five inspiring stories outside of the Rat Race.

En kestä tätä enää! Viisi innoittavaa tarinaa oravanpyörän ulkopuolelta. (I can't take this anymore! Five inspiring stories outside of the Rat Race.)
Into, August 2020

The Guide to The Good Life

Hyvän elämän opas (The Guide to The Good Life)
Tammi, 2020

Kuuma loma

Kuuma loma — Kuinka seksiturismi liikuttaa ihmisiä, rahaa ja tunteita (Hot Holidays: How sex tourism moves people, feelings and money around)
Atena Kustannus, 2018

Superrikkaat ja rutiköyhät

Superrikkaat ja rutiköyhät — Reppureissulla eriarvoistuvassa maailmassa (The Super-Rich and The Poor – Backpacking in an unequal world)
Atena Kustannus, 2016

Global Nomads and Extreme Mobilities

Global Nomads and Extreme Mobilities
Ashgate/Routledge (UK), 2016

Global Nomads: Challenges of Mobility in the Sedentary World

Global Nomads: Challenges of Mobility in the Sedentary World (PhD thesis)
Tilburg University, 2014

Vapaana elämisen taito (The Art of Freedom)
Atena Kustannus, 2014.

Free as a Global Nomad
Drifting Sands Press, 2012
Elämäni nomadina
Elämäni nomadina (My Life as a Nomad)
Atena Kustannus, 2012
Tietoverkkotrilleri Takaportti Tietoverkkotrilleri Takaportti (Backdoor, IT thriller, fiction)
Kustannus HD, 2009
Asiakaspalvelu kirja
Asiakaspalvelu—tiedettä, taikuutta vai talonpoikaisjärkeä? (Customer Service—Science, Magic or Common Sense?, a studybook)
Amk-Kustannus, 2008
Kullattu kakkalapio
Kullattu kakkalapio (Gilded Pooper Scooper, satirical short stories, fiction)
Siniplaneetta, 2007

Also available as audio book (mp3) and e-book (pdf)
Platinainen pilvenreuna Platinainen pilvenreuna
Santeri Kanniston erokirja tietoyhteiskunnasta, yrittäjyydestä ja GNU/Linuxista. (Platinum Extreme, Santeri Kannisto's autobiography)

Amk-Kustannus, 2007
Johtamisen pakolliset kuviot Johtamisen pakolliset kuviot (Compulsory Figures In Business Management, a guidebook)
Talentum, 2005
Kirjan Suolatut säkeet kansi
Suolatut säkeet (Vitriolic Verses, PhD Thesis)
SKS, 1997

Free e-books, click to download

Book cover
Parisuhdekirja Onnelliset yhdessä (Happy Together, a book on couple relationships)
Päivi & Santeri, 2009
La Habanera cover
La Habanera
The Escape From The Rat Race

Also available in Finnish and Hebrew.
Päivi & Santeri, 2005
Tourism Guide For Brazilians cover
Tourism Guide for Brazilians
Finnish translation Turistiopas brasilialaisille was published in Gilded Pooper Scooper
Also available in Spanish.
Päivi & Santeri, 2005
Suolatut säkeet cover
Suolatut säkeet (Vitriolic Verses, PhD Thesis)
The discursive formation undergone by Finland and the Finns from the seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth century.
Päivi Kannisto, 2008

Book Chapters

  • Kotiseutu maailmalla. In M. Vanhatalo (2017) (Ed.), Kotiseutu 2017. Helsinki: Kotiseutuliitto.
  • Adventuring and vagrancy: Justifying location-independence. In S. Benjamin & F. Dervin (2015) (Eds.), Migration, Diversity, and Education: Beyond Third Culture Kids. London: Palgrave MacMillan.
  • Köyhä mutta paras. Zacharias Topeliuksen Suomi-kuva. In P. Molarius (1998) (Ed.): Konteksti—tutkimuksen avainsana? Kirjallisuudentutkijain seuran vuosikirja 51/I. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.
  • Suomen laitimmaisin kirjallisuushistoria. Kirjallisuushistorian kirjoittaminen. In J. Niemi (1996) (Ed.): Rakkaudesta lukemiseen. Helsinki: Yliopistopaino.
  • Hevosenkaltainen kansa. Suomalaisuuden topeliaaninen kuvasto. In M. Kylmänen (1994) (Ed.): Me ja muut. Tampere: Vastapaino.

Journal Articles

  • Kannisto, P. (2018). Travelling like locals: Market resistance in long-term travel. Journal of Tourism Management, 67, 297-306.
  • Kannisto, P. (2017). Sharing for profit: A new business model? Annals of Tourism Research, 66C, 206–208.
  • Kannisto, P. (2016). "I'm not a target market": Power asymmetries in market segmentation. Tourism Management Perspectives, 20, 174–180.
  • Kannisto, P. (2016). Extreme mobilities: Challenging the concept of 'travel'. Annals of Tourism Research, 57, 220–233.
  • Rantanen, P. (1995). Ett hästlikt folk: Det Topelianska finskhetsbegreppet (M. Sandin, Trans.). Horisont, 42(1), 63–68.
  • Rantanen, P. (1994). Topeliaaniset selviytymisstrategiat. Topeliaaninen retoriikka ja renessanssi 1990-luvun Suomessa. Tiede & Edistys, 1/1994.

 

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