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Areas of interest: Managers' and supervisors' OHS competence and training, economic perspective on safety, risk assessment, psycho-social risks. 

Areas of expertise: Safety management and systems, environmental management and  systems.

Most important publications: Tappura, S., Sievänen, M., Jussila, A., Heikkilä, J. & Nenonen, N. 2012. A management accounting perspective on safety. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference Towards Safety through Advanced Solutions WOS2012, September 11-14, Sopot, Poland.

Tappura, S. 2012. Occupational safety development in vocational education. Proceedings of the 44th Annual International Conference of the Nordic Ergonomics Society NES 2012.

Syvänen, S., Tappura, S., Loppela, K., Kasvio, A., Lundell, S. & Tikkamäki, K. 2012. Dialogic leadership promoting sustainable working life and innovativeness. Proceedings of the 44th Annual International Conference of the Nordic Ergonomics Society NES 2012.

Tappura, S. & Hämäläinen, P. 2012. The occupational health and safety training outline for the managers. In:  Vink, P. (ed.) 2012. Advances in Social and Organizational Factors. Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics Series, Vol. 9. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press.

Courses taught: Safety management, Safety and productivity, Reliability and risk analysis, Environmental management, Environmental risk assessment.

Honors, awards and affiliations: Board member of the Finnish ergonomics association.

Good teacher award of the Department 2010.