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Kaie Koppel is a Researcher at the Estonian Business School, specializing in social innovation, co-creation, and community-based innovation. She is currently pursuing her PhD at the Estonian Business School, focusing on co-creation platforms for community-led innovation. Her career spans roles in service design, academia, and cultural projects, including documentary filmmaking and museum curation.
- PhD studies: Semiotics and theory of culture (Estonian Business School)
- MA in Semiotics and theory of culture (University of Tartu)
- BA in Semiotics and theory of culture (University of Tartu)
Her research interests integrate semiotics with social innovation, emphasizing human-centered approaches to service design and co-creation. Recent work explores frameworks for community-led innovation and pragmatic methodologies in public sector design. She collaborates with the Estonian Social Innovation Lab and contributes to transdisciplinary projects.
Key article themes include:
- Relational biosphere and ecological systems
- Community engagement in public services
- Co-creation platforms in social innovation
- Semiotic analysis of cultural and environmental topics
Awards include the Yuri Lotman Scholarship (2002) and a Second Prize in student research (1999). She supervises academic theses and has led projects in semiotics, biosemiotics, and social enterprise development.
Her teaching includes the "Innovation and Co-Creation" MBA course (2024), focusing on design thinking and stakeholder collaboration. She has also served as a research director and lecturer at cultural and academic institutions.