Petri Uusikylä
Biographic Data
| ID | 2771593 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Petri Uusikylä |
| GIVEN NAMES | Petri |
| FAMILY NAME | Uusikylä |
| SIGNATURE | UUSIKYLÄ P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vaasa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6120-7553 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Harnessing legal system complexity for radical shifts to sustainability
Sustainability transformation calls for complexity-informed systemic policy design
This paper develops a conceptual framework for integrating complexity theory into systemic policy design for sustainability transformations (ST). We conceptualize ST as a dynamic design challenge requiring enabling conditions—relational, cognitive, and institutional—rather than predetermined solutions. The framework operates across three levels: at the macro-level, sustainability trajectories are framed as attractor landscapes; at the meso-level,…
A systems thinking approach for examining the turning points in the Finnish public sport policy
Background and study aim This study proposes a longitudinal analysis of the Finnish public sports policy and explores the dynamics between turning points from a systems thinking perspective. We argue that a better understanding of the dynamics and relationships between turning points, interruptions, and new paths in the policy process can guide future options for public sports policies. Material and methods Documentary and interview-based materia…
Expert knowledge and institutional interplay
This article investigates the potential of knowledge interplay between epistemically driven organizations representing diverse institutional epistemologies. The concept of epistemic linkage is proposed to describe the connections that facilitate knowledge-related ties between these kinds of organizations. Epistemic linkages were mapped through experts (n = 2093) appointed to two organizations coordinating global environmental assessment processes…
How Do Networks Reflect Collaborative Governance? The Case of a Sport Policy Program
This study examines the extent to which collaborative governance thinking is realized in a government-funded sport policy program. Our main argument is that this conversion requires the analysis and interpretation of meso-governance and related networks. In the analysis of meso-level sports policy governance networks, we apply social network analysis and theme interviews. The empirical analysis conducted in this study involves the network-based s…
Three Spheres of Performance Governance
This article argues that one of the reasons for unsatisfactory performance is the single-sighted and narrow scope of performance management models applied in most of the OECD countries. Performance targets are normally set from a single organization's perspective, which is not sufficient given the complex nature of societal problems that public agencies deal with. In the worst case, single-unit performance targeting and maximization of an organiz…
Exploring the Missing Links between Cause and Effect
Programme evaluation has become a widely applied mode of systematic inquiry for making judgements about public policies. Although evaluation, as a form of systematic inquiry, has provided feedback information for policy makers, it still too often produces banal answers to complex and multi-dimensional societal problems. In this article, we take a close look at the ontological premises, conceptions of causality, and relationships to rational theor…
Meta-Evaluation as a Tool for Learning
Meta-evaluation has many definitions. Some use it to describe aggregating information from several individual evaluations, others define it as a systematic tool for the quality control of evaluation studies. This article aims at elaborating the latter approach by introducing a more learning-oriented interpretation of the concept of meta-evaluation. In this sense, meta-evaluation should be part of an open dialogue between various parties in the ev…
Implementation Deficit — Why Member States do not Comply with EU directives
This article discusses factors effecting the implementation of European policies at the national level. Four main independent variables are distinguished: political institutions, the degree of corporatism, citizens' support for the EU, and political culture in the member states. The impacts of these variables on the success of implementing EU directives in ten policy areas are then tested with the multiple regression model. The results suggest th…
The politics of scarcity
This article analyses cutbacks in Finnish social and health care programmes. Eight hypotheses were formulated and then tested with empirical cutback data from 1991–95. The analysis showed that strictly administrative programmes and those focused on marginal groups were more likely to be cut more than other programs. These results partially endorse to the ‘vote‐maximising politician’ and the ‘blame‐avoidance’ hypotheses. Political decision‐makers …
Implementation Deficit — Why Member States do not Comply with EU directives
This article discusses factors effecting the implementation of European policies at the national level. Four main independent variables are distinguished: political institutions, the degree of corporatism, citizens' support for the EU, and political culture in the member states. The impacts of these variables on the success of implementing EU directives in ten policy areas are then tested with the multiple regression model. The results suggest th…
Three Spheres of Performance Governance
This article argues that one of the reasons for unsatisfactory performance is the single-sighted and narrow scope of performance management models applied in most of the OECD countries. Performance targets are normally set from a single organization's perspective, which is not sufficient given the complex nature of societal problems that public agencies deal with. In the worst case, single-unit performance targeting and maximization of an organiz…
Exploring the Missing Links between Cause and Effect
Programme evaluation has become a widely applied mode of systematic inquiry for making judgements about public policies. Although evaluation, as a form of systematic inquiry, has provided feedback information for policy makers, it still too often produces banal answers to complex and multi-dimensional societal problems. In this article, we take a close look at the ontological premises, conceptions of causality, and relationships to rational theor…
Meta-Evaluation as a Tool for Learning
Meta-evaluation has many definitions. Some use it to describe aggregating information from several individual evaluations, others define it as a systematic tool for the quality control of evaluation studies. This article aims at elaborating the latter approach by introducing a more learning-oriented interpretation of the concept of meta-evaluation. In this sense, meta-evaluation should be part of an open dialogue between various parties in the ev…
Expert knowledge and institutional interplay
This article investigates the potential of knowledge interplay between epistemically driven organizations representing diverse institutional epistemologies. The concept of epistemic linkage is proposed to describe the connections that facilitate knowledge-related ties between these kinds of organizations. Epistemic linkages were mapped through experts (n = 2093) appointed to two organizations coordinating global environmental assessment processes…
The politics of scarcity
This article analyses cutbacks in Finnish social and health care programmes. Eight hypotheses were formulated and then tested with empirical cutback data from 1991–95. The analysis showed that strictly administrative programmes and those focused on marginal groups were more likely to be cut more than other programs. These results partially endorse to the ‘vote‐maximising politician’ and the ‘blame‐avoidance’ hypotheses. Political decision‐makers …
The politics of scarcity
This article analyses cutbacks in Finnish social and health care programmes. Eight hypotheses were formulated and then tested with empirical cutback data from 1991–95. The analysis showed that strictly administrative programmes and those focused on marginal groups were more likely to be cut more than other programs. These results partially endorse to the ‘vote‐maximising politician’ and the ‘blame‐avoidance’ hypotheses. Political decision‐makers …
Implementation Deficit — Why Member States do not Comply with EU directives
This article discusses factors effecting the implementation of European policies at the national level. Four main independent variables are distinguished: political institutions, the degree of corporatism, citizens' support for the EU, and political culture in the member states. The impacts of these variables on the success of implementing EU directives in ten policy areas are then tested with the multiple regression model. The results suggest th…
Meta-Evaluation as a Tool for Learning
Meta-evaluation has many definitions. Some use it to describe aggregating information from several individual evaluations, others define it as a systematic tool for the quality control of evaluation studies. This article aims at elaborating the latter approach by introducing a more learning-oriented interpretation of the concept of meta-evaluation. In this sense, meta-evaluation should be part of an open dialogue between various parties in the ev…
Exploring the Missing Links between Cause and Effect
Programme evaluation has become a widely applied mode of systematic inquiry for making judgements about public policies. Although evaluation, as a form of systematic inquiry, has provided feedback information for policy makers, it still too often produces banal answers to complex and multi-dimensional societal problems. In this article, we take a close look at the ontological premises, conceptions of causality, and relationships to rational theor…
Three Spheres of Performance Governance
This article argues that one of the reasons for unsatisfactory performance is the single-sighted and narrow scope of performance management models applied in most of the OECD countries. Performance targets are normally set from a single organization's perspective, which is not sufficient given the complex nature of societal problems that public agencies deal with. In the worst case, single-unit performance targeting and maximization of an organiz…
How Do Networks Reflect Collaborative Governance? The Case of a Sport Policy Program
This study examines the extent to which collaborative governance thinking is realized in a government-funded sport policy program. Our main argument is that this conversion requires the analysis and interpretation of meso-governance and related networks. In the analysis of meso-level sports policy governance networks, we apply social network analysis and theme interviews. The empirical analysis conducted in this study involves the network-based s…
Sustainability transformation calls for complexity-informed systemic policy design
This paper develops a conceptual framework for integrating complexity theory into systemic policy design for sustainability transformations (ST). We conceptualize ST as a dynamic design challenge requiring enabling conditions—relational, cognitive, and institutional—rather than predetermined solutions. The framework operates across three levels: at the macro-level, sustainability trajectories are framed as attractor landscapes; at the meso-level,…
A systems thinking approach for examining the turning points in the Finnish public sport policy
Background and study aim This study proposes a longitudinal analysis of the Finnish public sports policy and explores the dynamics between turning points from a systems thinking perspective. We argue that a better understanding of the dynamics and relationships between turning points, interruptions, and new paths in the policy process can guide future options for public sports policies. Material and methods Documentary and interview-based materia…
Expert knowledge and institutional interplay
This article investigates the potential of knowledge interplay between epistemically driven organizations representing diverse institutional epistemologies. The concept of epistemic linkage is proposed to describe the connections that facilitate knowledge-related ties between these kinds of organizations. Epistemic linkages were mapped through experts (n = 2093) appointed to two organizations coordinating global environmental assessment processes…
Harnessing legal system complexity for radical shifts to sustainability
Economics (6 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Evaluation and Performance Assessment (3 works) · Knowledge management (3 works) · Management science (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works)