Annina Sofia Lattu

Annina Lattu is a Visiting Predoctoral Fellow at the Lise Meitner Research Group "China in the Global System of Science," led by Dr. Anna L. Ahlers. She is also a Doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Management and Business at the Tampere University (Finland) and a Doctoral Candidate at the Graduate School of Education at Peking University (People’s Republic of China).

Annina researches open science practices in university-industry research collaboration in Finland and China. In addition, her research interests include universities’ role in sustainability transition and academic capitalism.

She is the winner of the Open Science Promoter Award 2022 from Tampere University and is actively involved in Finland’s “National Open Science and Research Coordination” expert panel, providing policy advice based on her research. Annina was granted the Hailiang Scholarship (海亮奖学⾦) and an outstanding student honor (学习优秀奖) for the academic year 2020-2021 in Peking University. In addition, she is a part of the steering group of Puistokatu 4 — a Space for Science and Hope, and coordinates the #ScienceForUkraine initiative in Finland.

Annina has a master’s degree in Economics and Business Administration from Aalto University’s Creative Sustainability Master’s Programme and bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Administration from Turku School of Economics. As an entrepreneur, she has consulted various projects related to sustainability, fashion, and culture since 2013. From 2016–2018 Annina worked as an analyst and business developer at the Helsinki-based science communications agency Kaskas Media.