Publications and press

Grouped in accordance with the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture publication classification.

Refereed scientific articles

A1 Journal article
  1. Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Kuure, L., Iivari, Netta, Molin-Juustila, T., Sharma S., Hartikainen H., Holappa J., and Lehto E. (2025). Identities in Flux. ACM Transactions on Computer Human Interaction (TOCHI), 32, 5, Article 42 (October 2025), 36 pages.  (April 2025). https://doi.org/10.1145/3729425
  2. Ardila Echeverry, M. P., Gauthier, A., Hartikainen, H., & Vasalou, A. (2025). Designing for Digital Education Futures: Design Thinking for Fostering Higher Education Students’ Sustainability Competencies. Sustainability, 17(10), 4289. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17104289
  3. Iivari, N., Sharma, S., Hartikainen, H., and Ventä-Olkkonen, L. (2024) “From Understanding AI Literacy to Fostering Children’s Growth. Towards powerful change makers regarding intelligent, data-driven technologies,” Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems: Vol. 36: Iss. 2, Article 17. Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/sjis/vol36/iss2/17
  4. Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Iivari, N., Hartikainen, H., Sharma, S., Lehto, E., Holappa, J., Molin-Juustila, T. (2024). “I could become a white hat hacker” or “At least I am creative”: Children’s technology protagonist identities and their evolution during a critical design and making project. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, Volume 41, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2024.100667.
  5. Gazulla, E. D., Hirvonen, N., Sharma, S., Hartikainen, H., Jylhä, V., Iivari, N., Kinnula, M. & Baizhanova, A. (2024). Youth perspectives on technology ethics: analysis of teens’ ethical reflections on AI in learning activities. Behaviour & Information Technology, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2024.2350666
  6. Iivari, N., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Hartikainen, H., Sharma, S., Lehto, E., Holappa, J., &Molin-Juustila, T. (2023). Computational empowerment of children: Design research on empowering and impactful designs by children. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, Volume 37, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2023.100600
  7. Hartikainen, H., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Iivari, N., Sharma, S., Lehto, E., Molin-Juustila, T., Holappa, J. (2023). We learned we can do something to reduce bullying: Children designing anti-bullying mobile apps to empower their peers. Front. Educ. 8, (March 2023), 1112835. DOI:https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1112835
  8. Hartikainen, H., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Kinnula, M., Iivari, N. (2023). “We were proud of our idea”: How teens and teachers gained value in an entrepreneurship and making project, International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction. Volume 35, 2023, 100552, ISSN 2212-8689, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2022.100552.
  9. Sharma, S., Hartikainen, H., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Iivari, N., Eden,G., Kinnunen, E., Holappa, J., Kinnula, M., Molin-Juustila, T., Okkonen, J., Kotilainen, S., Iversen, O.S, Fatás, R.A. (2022). In Pursuit of Inclusive and Diverse Digital Futures: Exploring the Potential of Design Fiction in Education of Children. Interaction Design and Architecure(s), N. 51, Winter 2021-22. pp. 219 – 248. https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-051-010
  10. Hartikainen, H., Iivari, N., Kinnula, M. (2019). Children’s design recommendations for online safety education. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction. Volume 22, 2019, 100146, ISSN 2212-8689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2019.100146
  11. Harnesk, D., & Hartikainen, H. (2011). Multi-Layers of Information Security in Emergency Response. International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM), 3(2), 1-17. http://doi.org/10.4018/jiscrm.2011040101
A3 book section, chapter in research books
  1. Iivari, N., Sharma, S., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Hartikainen, H., Lehto, E., & Holappa, J. (2025). “ Boundary Spanning in Children’s Design and Computing Education: Emphasis on Empathy, Ethics, and Impact”. In Boundary Spanning Design for Better Organisation. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved Oct 29, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035340088.00010
  2. Wisniewski, P., Park, J., Badillo-Urquiola, K., Gabrielli, J., Doty, J.L., Hartikainen, H. (2025). Moving Beyond Fear and Restriction to Promoting Adolescent Resilience and Intentional Technology Use. In: Christakis, D.A., Hale, L. (eds) Handbook of Children and Screens. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69362-5_55
  3. Iivari, N., Sharma, S., Durall Gazulla, E., Kinnula, M., Hartikainen, H., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Lehto, E. (2024). HCI design for Children. In Stephanides, C., & Salvendy, G. (Ed.), Designing for Usability, Inclusion and sustainability in Human-Computer Interaction (Chapter 11). Boca Raton: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003495147
  4. Wisniewski P.J., Vitak J., Hartikainen H. (2022) Privacy in Adolescence. In: Knijnenburg B.P., Page X., Wisniewski P., Lipford H.R., Proferes N., Romano J. (eds) Modern Socio-Technical Perspectives on Privacy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82786-1_14
  5. Harnesk, D. & Hartikainen, H. 2013. “Multi-Layers of Information Security in Emergency Response.” Using Social and Information Technologies for Disaster and Crisis Management, edited by Murray E. Jennex, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 67-83. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2788-8.ch005
A4 Conference proceedings
  1. Iivari, N., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Lehto, E., Holappa, J. and Hartikainen, H. (2024). How to combine criticality with reflection? Scaffolding children’s critical reflection in the case of anti-bullying interventions. In Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI 2024). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 21, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1145/3679318.3685354
  2. Sharma, S., Howell, N., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Iivari, N., Eden, G., Hartikainen, H., Kinnula, M., Durall, E., Nitsche, M., Okkonen,J., Pait, S., Rubegni, E., Sluis-Thiescheffer, W., van der Velden, L., and Varanasi, U. S. (2024). Promoting Criticality with Design Futuring with Young Children. In Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI 2024). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 2, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1145/3679318.3685335
  3. Iivari, N., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Hartikainen, H., and Sharma, S. (2024). Participatory design that matters – with activism education of children. In Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2024: Full Papers – Volume 1 (PDC ’24), Vol. 1. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 221–233. https://doi.org/10.1145/3666094.3666108
  4. Fitton, D., Read, J., Eriksson, E., Bonsignore, E., Iivari, N., Hartikainen, H., Dick, R.A., 2024. Transformative Technologies for Children: Going beyond ‘Good’. In Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 495, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3636317
  5. Iivari, N., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Sharma, S., Hartikainen, H., Holappa, J., Lehto, E. (2024). Fostering children’s critical literacy in computing education. In Proceedings of the 2024 Symposium on Learning, Design and Technology (LDT ’24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 57–65. https://doi.org/10.1145/3663433.3663462
  6. Iivari, N., Iversen, O.S., Smith, R.S., Schaper, M.-M., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Hartikainen, H., Sharma, S., Kinnula, M., Lehto, E., Holappa, J., Molin-Juustila, T. (2024). Transformative agency – the next step towards children’s computational empowerment. In Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC ’24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 322–337. https://doi.org/10.1145/3628516.3655806
  7. Hartikainen, H. Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Cortés Orduña, M., Sanchez Milara, I., Käsmä, M. and Kuure, L. (2024). Making The Future School: An Analysis of Teens’ Collaborative Digital Fabrication Project. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 8, CSCW1, Article 91 (April 2024), 37 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3637368
  8. Iivari, N., Hartikainen, H., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Sharma, S., Lehto, E., and Holappa, J. (2024). Exploring digital futures with children – Implications for a future-oriented IS research. ECIS 2024 Proceedings. 5. https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2024/track25_futures/track25_futures/5
  9. Iivari, N., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Hartikainen, H., Sharma, S., Lehto, E., Holappa, J. (2023). Empowering Children for Social Justice–Design Research in the Context of Children’s Computing Education. In: Jones, M.R., Mukherjee, A.S., Thapa, D., Zheng, Y. (eds) After Latour: Globalisation, Inequity and Climate Change. IFIPJWC 2023. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 696. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50154-8_15
  10. Vainionpää, F., Iivari, N., Kinnula, M., Hartikainen, H., & Rajala, J. (2023). Increasing Secondary Education Students’ Understanding of the Information Systems Field. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 53, pp-pp. Retrieved from https://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol53/iss1/19
  11. Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Iivari, N., Sharma, S., Juustila-Cevirel, N., Molin-Juustila, T., Kinnunen, E., Holappa, J., Hartikainen, H. (2022). All the World is our Stage: Empowering Children to Tackle Bullying through Theatre of the Oppressed in Critical Design and Making. In Nordic Human-Computer Interaction Conference (NordiCHI ’22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 25, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1145/3546155.3546705
  12. Hartikainen, H. Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Cortés, M., Sanchez Milara, I., Sharma, S., Norouzi, B., Kinnula, M. (2022). A Series of Fortunate Accidents: Lessons learned When Things Go Sideways In Making Projects with Children. In 6th Fablearn Europe / MakeEd Conference 2022 (FabLearn Europe / MakeEd 2022), May 30-31, 2022. Copenhagen, Denmark. ACM, New York, NY. 6 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3535227.3535247
  13. Sharma, S., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Iivari, N., Molin-Juustila, T., Hartikainen, H., Holappa, J., Kinnunen, E. (2022). Madness to the methods: Speculating approaches to study and nurture children’s designer and Maker identities. In 6th FabLearn Europe / MakeEd Conference 2022 (FabLearn Europe / MakeEd 2022), May 30-31, 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 13 Pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3535227.3535233
  14. Sharma, S., Kinnula, M., Iivari, N. Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Hartikainen, H., Durall, E., Molin-Juustila, T., Okkonen, J., Kotilainen, S., Sawhney, N., Eden, G. & Monga, C. (2022). Age Against the Machine: A Call for Designing Ethical AI for and with Children. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2022 Nordic Human-Computer Interaction Conference (NordiCHI Adjunct ’22), October 8–12, 2022, Aarhus, Denmark. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 9 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3547522.354770
  15. Rutkowski, T., Hartikainen, H., Richards, K.E., Wisniewski, P. (2021). Family Communication: Examining the Differing Perceptions of Parents and Teens Regarding Online Safety Communication. In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 5, CSCW2, Article 373 (October 2021), 25 pages, https://doi.org/10.1145/3479517
  16. Hartikainen, H., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Kinnula, M., Iivari, N. (2021). Entrepreneurship Education Meets FabLab: Lessons Learned with Teenagers. InFabLearn Europe / MakeEd 2021 – An International Conference on Computing, Design and Making in Education (FabLearn Europe /MakeEd 2021), June 02, 03, 2021, St. Gallen, Switzerland. ACM, New York,NY, USA, 9 pages. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3466725.3466727
  17. Hartikainen, H., Cortés, M., Sanchez Milara, I., Käsmä, M., Ventä-Olkkonen, L.(2021). Make4Change: Empowering Unemployed Youth Through Digital Fabrication. In FabLearn Europe / MakeEd 2021 – An International Conference on Computing, Design and Making in Education (FabLearn Europe /MakeEd 2021), June 02, 03, 2021, St. Gallen, Switzerland. ACM, New York,NY, USA, 5 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3466725.3466763
  18. Hartikainen, H., Razi, A., Wisniewski, P. (2021). Safe Sexting: The Advice and Support Adolescents Receive from Peers Regarding Online Sexual Risks. Proc. ACM Hum. -Comput. Interact. 5, CSCW1, Article 42 (April 2021), 31 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3449116
  19. Hartikainen, H. Razi, A., Wisniewski, P. (2021). If You Care About Me, You’ll Send Me a Pic’ – Examining the Role of Peer Pressure in Adolescent Sexting. In Companion Publication of the 2021 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW ’21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 67–71. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3462204.3481739
  20. Vainionpää, F., Iivari, N., Kinnula, M. and Hartikainen, H. (2020). Aiming for Resemiotisation – Meanings Making and Co-Creation of Value Around an IT Course. In proceedings of International Conference of the Association for Information Systems (ICIS). Dec 12, 2020 – Dec 17,2020. (Best paper award)
  21. Ventä-Olkkonen, L. Kinnula, M, Hartikainen, H. and Iivari, N. (2020). Embedded assumptions in design and Making projects with children. In proceedings of 32nd Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Dec 2, 2020 – Dec 4,2020. https://doi.org/10.1145/3441000.3441077 (Best paper award)
  22. Ventä-Olkkonen L., Hartikainen H., Norouzi B., Iivari N., Kinnula M. (2019) A Literature Review of the Practice of Educating Children About Technology Making. In: Lamas D., Loizides F., Nacke L., Petrie H., Winckler M., Zaphiris P. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019. INTERACT 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11746. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29381-9_27
  23. Hartikainen H., Iivari N., Kinnula M. (2017) “Maybe Some Learn It the Hard Way”: A Nexus Analysis of Teachers Mediating Children’s Online Safety. In: Stigberg S., Karlsen J., Holone H., Linnes C. (eds) Nordic Contributions in IS Research. SCIS 2017. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 294. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64695-4_9
  24. Hartikainen, H., Kinnula, M., Iivari, N., & Rajanen, D. (2017) Finding common ground: comparing children’s and parents’ views on children’s online safety. In Proceedings of the 31st British Computer Society Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI ’17). BCS Learning & Development Ltd., Swindon, GBR, Article 43, 1–12. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.14236/ewic/HCI2017.43
  25. Hartikainen, H., Iivari, N. & Kinnula, M, (2016). Should We Design for Control, Trust or Involvement? A Discourses Survey about Children’s Online Safety. In Proceedings of the The 15th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’16). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 367–378. https://doi.org/10.1145/2930674.2930680
  26. Hartikainen, H., Iivari, N., Kinnula, M. (2015). Children and Web 2.0: What They Do, What We Fear, and What Is Done to Make Them Safe. In: Oinas-Kukkonen H., Iivari N., Kuutti K., Öörni A., Rajanen M. (eds) Nordic Contributions in IS Research. SCIS 2015. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 223. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21783-3_3
  27. Hartikainen, H. (2012). Information security in hierarchical and ad-hoc emergency organizations : differences in communication challenges and training needs. Norsk Konferanse for Organisasjoners Bruk Av Informasjonsteknologi : NOKOBIT 2012, 105–118. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-40643
  28. Hartikainen, H., & Harnesk, D. (2009). A review of secure emergency communications : technical and organisational aspects. Proceedings of the 32nd Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia, IRIS 32, Inclusive Design. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-27190

Non-refereed scientific articles

B1 Non-refereed journal articles
  1. Durall Gazulla, E., Kinnula, M., Hartikainen, H., White, C., Malinverni, L., Riera Ratamero, M., 2025. Critical Change Labs as spaces for reimagining society. European Alternatives journal.
B2 Non-refereed book sections
  1. Hartikainen, H., Razi, A. & Wisniewski, P. (2022): Qualitative analysis of social media trace data concerning online peer support for adolescent sexting. In S. Kotilainen (Ed.), Methods in practice: Studying children and youth online (chapter 6). Hamburg: Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI); CO:RE – Children Online: Research and Evidence. https://doi.org/10.21241/ssoar.83031
  2. Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Hartikainen, H., Kinnula, M. & Iivari, N. (2022): Creating a shared understanding with children of the process in long-term digital technology design projects. In S. Kotilainen (Ed.), Methods in practice: Studying children and youth online (chapter 9). Hamburg: Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI); CO:RE – Children Online: Research and Evidence. https://doi.org/10.21241/ssoar.83031
B3 Non-refereed conference proceedings
  1. Hartikainen, H., Niaz, Y., Durall, Gazulla, E. & Kinnula, M. (2024). Critical Change Laboratories towards justice oriented transformations. In ACM SIGCHI Conference 2024 Workshop. Transformative Technologies for Children: Going beyond ‘Good’. May 11-16, 2024. Hawaii, USA.
  2. Iivari, N. Hartikainen, H., Sharma, S. & Ventä-Olkkonen, Leena. (2024). Exploring children’s transformative technology designs. In ACM SIGCHI Conference 2024 Workshop. Transformative Technologies for Children: Going beyond ‘Good’. May 11-16, 2024. Hawaii, USA.
  3. Sharma, S., Iivari, N., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Hartikainen, H., and Kinnula, M. 2023. Inclusive Child-centered AI: Employing design futuring for Inclusive design of inclusive AI by and with children in Finland and India. In CHI 2023 Workshop on Child-centred AI Design: Definition, Operation and Considerations, April 23, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5pages. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2304.08041
  4. Rutkowski, T., Hartikainen, H., Richards, K.E., Wisniewski, P. (2021). Family Communication: Examining the Differing Perceptions of Parents and Teens Regarding Online Safety Communication. UCF Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence (SURE).
  5. Hartikainen, H. & Wisniewski, P. (2020). Online Peer Support for Adolescent Online Sexual Risk. In Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Sep 29, 2020 – Oct 2, 2020. 3 pages

Scientific books

C1: Book
  1. Edzen, S., Furberg, L., Hartikainen, H., Collin, K., Steen, A., Khaymin, E., Mohammed, M., Orjasniemi, T., & Pankkonen, K. (2013). BCBU + Handbook. A guide to establish virtual cross-border campus for BCBU network. Faculty of social sciences. Rovaniemi: University of Lapland. ISBN:978-952-484-650-9. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-484-650-9
C2 Edited book, conference proceedings or special issue of a journal
  1. Ejsing-Duun, S., Hjorth, M., Hartikainen, H. & Baykal, G.E., (eds.). (2023). makerSPACE\\SPACEmaking: Making space for bridging computing, design, and making with classrooms and common core subjects. International Journal of Child Computer Interaction. https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10VX3FTH3NN

Theses

G5 Article based doctoral theses
  1. Hartikainen, H. 2017. Malice in Wonderland: Children, Online Safety, and the Wonderful World of Web 2.0. Doctoral thesis, Oulu University. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526217314
G3 Licentiate theses
  1. Hartikainen, H. (2013). Secure emergency communications of emergency responders: a case study of Kemi municipality in Finland. Licentiate thesis, Luleå University of Technology. urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-18279
G2 Master’s thesis, diploma thesis, master’s thesis from a university of applied sciences

Hartikainen, H. (2005). Further development of a www-based statistics and follow-up system. Bachelor thesis, Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences.

Hartikainen, H. (2007). Stopping digital pirates : a study about the perceived efficiency of approaches employed by music and movie industries to stop file sharing in P2P networks. Master thesis, Luleå University of Technology.  urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-53606

Press about my research

  1. Munoulu. 6.3.2025. Oululaiset koululaiset ja tutkijat ideoivat digitaalisia työkaluja rasismia vastaan
  2. University of Oulu 6.3.2025. Students and researchers brainstorm digital tools against racism
  3. Critical Changelab. 2024. Reimagining civic education at NECE campus
  4. Kaleva 26.02.2018. Lap­sil­la hyvät net­ti­tur­val­li­suus­tai­dot – Tut­ki­ja: Myös lap­sel­la on tarve ja oikeus yk­si­tyi­syy­teen
  5. Oulun ylioppilaslehti 21.02.2018. Lapsilla hyvät nettiturvallisuustaidot – Myös lapsella on tarve ja oikeus yksityisyyteen, muistuttaa tutkija
  6. Iltalehti 28.11.2017. Suomalaistutkimus: Lapset kokevat jäävänsä vaille aikuisten turvaa nettimaailmassa
  7. STT 15.6.2017. Nuoria osallistetaan tietotekniikan suunnitteluun tutkimuksella