Ville Harkke

Ville Harkke is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Business and Economics, Åbo Akademi University. His work bridges computational linguistics and business informatics, with a focus on data ownership, sentiment analysis, and IoT applications in decision-making systems.

• Research Themes: Data Ownership, Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis, IoT Systems
• Institutional Affiliation: School of Business and Economics, Åbo Akademi University
• Contact: ville.harkke@abo.fi

Research Interests revolve around

• Technical and ethical aspects of IoT data management
• Natural Language Processing (NLP) for social media sentiment extraction
• Business informatics frameworks for digital transformation

His work integrates Machine Learning with domain-specific challenges in urban analysis and data governance.

Scientific Output shows a consistent focus on IoT ecosystems and sentiment analysis, with recent advancements in RoBERTa-based models for Finnish neighborhood studies. His 2024 publication on Suomi24 data demonstrates cutting-edge applications of NLP in sociocultural contexts.