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In this role you are accountable for leading societal transformations especially through leading sales: ensuring that Demos Helsinki has functioning consultative sales operations.
Read MoreImagining change through science at Demos Helsinki Research Encounters
In Imagining Change Through Science – Demos Helsinki Research Encounters, we explored how science and research have shaped societal change.
Read MoreFinland, what is our promise for future generations?
Foresight Friday 2025 brought together policymakers and global experts to discuss Finland’s long-term responsibilities to future generations and intergenerational fairness. The question remains open, and it belongs to all of us: what is our promise for future generations?
Read MoreJoin us as a City Innovation Coach
Join Demos Helsinki as a Senior City Innovation Coach supporting Nordic municipalities in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ i-team program.
Read MoreDoomed to grow or ready to transform?
Economic growth used to be a cause that had effects, and the desired and expected effects were a matter of political and public debate until the 1990s recession. The meanings and expectations towards growth changed over time, and the idea of economic growth evolved within the debates and the very varied perspectives to growth. Our report “Doomed to Grow” calls for acknowledging growth’s historical recent origins and past pluralism in how economic growth has been discussed.
Read MoreImaginaries on Sustainability Transformation – Report outlines three positive futures
Imagining futures where society has successfully undergone a sustainability transformation helps us envision a world in which today’s major negative trends have been brought under control. But what kind of positive futures have been proposed in recent years? At the request of the Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development, Demos Helsinki conducted a literature review and drafted three preliminary visions of such futures.
Read MoreThe anticipatory policy cycle: not just preparing for the future, but influencing it
Governments that invest in foresight-driven policymaking are better positioned to shape the conditions that they operate in. This is how to build policies that both anticipate and influence the future.
Read MoreInnovating urban development: Lessons from M4EG & moving beyond growth
Two key lessons from our work in the Mayors for Economic Growth project, in collaboration with UNDP Europe and Central Asia: 1) Innovation needs to occur at multiple levels and 2) If we’re to be effective, we must remain humble.
Read MoreEurope cannot simply build its way out of the housing crisis
There is an anticipated challenge in housing that few are talking about yet. The conventional tool that cities have always had to address housing crises — building more — will not be sufficient. How prepared are cities for this scenario? More importantly, how can cities address housing justice while also averting ecological and biodiversity crises from worsening?
Read MoreKestävyysmurroksen tulevaisuuskuvat -selvitys luonnosteli kolme positiivista tulevaisuuskuvaa
Tulevaisuuskuvat kestävyysmurroksen läpikäyneestä yhteiskunnasta auttavat meitä kuvittelemaan maailmaa, jossa aikamme suuret negatiiviset kehityskulutut on saatu hallintaan. Mutta millaisia positiivisia tulevaisuuskuvia aiheesta on viime vuosina julkaistu? Demos Helsinki kokosi Suomen kestävyyspaneelin pyynnöstä kirjallisuuskatsauksen ja luonnosteli kolme tulevaisuuskuvan aihiota.
Read MoreWhat’s going on with GDP? Rethinking economic success
For decades, GDP has stood unchallenged as the primary measure of economic success. As calls to move beyond GDP grow, two approaches have risen to prominence: supplementing it with broader measures, or abandoning it altogether to redefine economic success. What is the best path forward in the debate on GDP?
Read MoreForms Matter – Foreword
Foreword by Juha Leppänen The Tragedy of the Form Here is something we rarely talk about: the “form” in “transformation”. We pursue systemic change from forms designed for the industrial era. How can we transform societies if we don’t challenge our forms first? Demos Helsinki community, though with some notable…
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