Johannes Jauhiainen

At Demos Helsinki, Johannes Jauhiainen focuses on participation, interaction, impact, and science-society relations within the CoWup and CO3 research projects. He is passionate about public innovation, new forms of decision-making, democratic development, geopolitics, and the role of cities as pioneers of societal transformation.

Before joining Demos Helsinki, Johannes worked on initiatives promoting local democracy at the City of Helsinki and contributed to scientific communication at the international secretariat of the Anna Lindh Foundation. He also spent a decade as a part-time freelance analyst and journalist, writing for Finnish and international publications and think tanks.

Johannes has hands-on experience in democracy and human rights work in the field. He has served as a human rights observer in Palestine and as an election observer for the OSCE and the EU in Bosnia and Senegal.