Pekka Himanen

Pekka Himanen studied philosophy (and computer science as a minor) at the University of Helsinki, under professor Esa Saarinen.

Himanen had multiple appointments as a fixed-term part-time professor at Helsinki School of Art and Design (now part of Aalto University as Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture) from 2008 until 2014.

The structure of the information society is a web, which in contemporary business world manifests itself, for instance, in dynamic outsourcing and even cooperation with one's competitors.

In 2006, he established Global Dignity with Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway and John Hope Bryant.

Global Dignity is an independent, non-political organization that promotes the universal right of every human being to lead a dignified life.