Reija Anckar works as a senior lecturer in business administration and education manager. She heads the MBA program in Service Design in Turku, where she teaches and supervises theses. She also serves as team leader for the RDI team in entrepreneurship and innovation. 
 
Reija Anckar is a Doctor of Science in Economics and Business Administration). She majored in entrepreneurship. She also has an eMBA in service management and a Master's degree in languages. She completed the vocational teacher's pedagogical studies and an educational administration degree. She is a Certified Business Coach and Advanced Solution-Focused Practitioner. Reija Anckar works in Swedish, Finnish, English and Russian. 
  
Reija Anckar has a long background in higher education. She has taught, led educational programs and been responsible for a university campus and its development. She has been the manager of large teams, renewed organizations, created modern educational concepts and exported education abroad. She has also worked as a researcher at a Finnish vocational college. Since 2019, she also runs her own company in Naantali.  She is also an expert evaluator for the European Commission. 

Areas of Expertise and interest 

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation 
• Service Design, Service Excellence 
• Green and Digital Transition 
• Leadership 
• Pedagogics 
• Coaching 
• Tourism 

Teaching

• Service design and future challenges
• Service design methods and tools
• Strategic service design approach
• Business design
• Master thesis supervision and seminars