Antti Knutas
Full Professor (tenured) at LUT University
Lappeenranta, South Karelia, Finland
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Top SchoolAntti Knutas is an Associate Professor and software engineering researcher with 15 years of experience investigating human factors, collaboration, and civic technology through a software engineering lens. Based at LUT University in Finland, he studies how grassroots civic tech groups design and create software and has a track record spanning doctoral research, postdoctoral roles, and international visiting appointments. His work blends design science, socio-technical systems, and practical prototyping—often addressing real-world collaboration and gamification challenges in educational and civic contexts. Beyond academia he has entrepreneurial experience running a remote aerial photography business and earlier hands-on consulting in automation and web technologies, giving him a rare mix of empirical research and applied engineering.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology and Business Administration, Information Technology and Business Administration at Michigan Technological UniversityDoctor of Science, D.Sc. (Tech), Doctor of Science, D.Sc. (Tech) at LUT University
Swedish, English
Github Skills (10)
network-analysis9
journal7
open-access7
creative-commons6
r-package5
academia5
backend4
nodejs3
laravel1
mobile1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
aknutas/nails-package
Apr 2017 - Nov 2023
Contributions:3 releases, 12 PRs, 45 pushes in 6 years 7 months
r-packagerstats
aknutas/aknutas.github.io
Mar 2016 - Dec 2025
Contributions:158 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years 11 months
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