Commentary
Retro started turning Smart in Stockholm
Smart Retro, a smart city project by Demos Helsinki and its distinguished partners, was kicked off in a spirit of enthusiastic co-operation. The high ambition of the Smart Retro is to turn the massive potential of the 60’s and 70’s buildings stock into a business model innovation that combines energy retrofitting…
Read MoreWhere lies the value in locality?
Last spring Demos Helsinki worked on a report concerning locality and local value. Our approach was to map out the theory and examples of the relationships between locality and the local media, and by organising a workshop in Tampere. A group of influential regional actors from businesses, municipalities, universities and…
Read MoreFunding, work, and participation are changing. No biggie.
The yearly Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Conference organised in Baltimore in mid-February was a goldmine of state-of-the-art research that crosses the boundaries of the social sciences and information technology. I spoke about a current project that examines the networked hospitality exchange fostered by the Airbnb concept: Account sharing in the context…
Read MoreGatekeepers: Unsung Heroes Of A Smart Economy?
New York City based The Sallan Foundation commissioned an op-ed from Tuuli Kaskinen and Aleksi Neuvonen. The Snapshop article ‘Gatekeepers: Unsung Heroes Of A Smart Economy?‘ describes how so called gatekeeper businesses can accelerate emergence of a smart economy. As many of you know, this is something Demos Helsinki has been working since 2008 in…
Read MoreSmart Retro – Ratkaisuja rakennetun ympäristön ja älykkään palveluntuotannon yhdistämiseen
Keväällä 2014 moninainen ryhmä julkisen ja yksityisen sektorin toimijoita käynnisti kunnianhimoisen kolmen kaupungin projektin Lahdessa, Tukholmassa ja Oslossa. Hankkeen tavoitteena on rakentaa puuttuva kytkös kestävän rakennetun ympäristön ja kestävien palveluiden välille. Smart Retro tekee tämän muuttamalla 60- ja 70-lukulaisen rakennuskannan valtavan potentiaalin liiketoiminnaksi, joka yhdistää energiaviisaan korjausrakentamisen ja älykkään palveluntuotannon.…
Read MoreThe Futures of Health
Who are healthcare services produced for in the future? How to support the abilities of individuals, and how will megatrends shape and mold the available resources of today? Who should own the data on your personal health? What is the impact of e-health and other disruptive technologies? In early 2014, Demos Helsinki…
Read MoreInternational Expert
In the International Expert project initiative the Centre for International Mobility (CIMO) and Demos Helsinki found out what international expertise in the 2010s is about. This research shows the significance and importance of being international in the changing society and the work environment of the future. The global megatrends that…
Read MoreThe best right now
The post has originally been published in Kesko Group’s Responsibility blog. An ad on the front page of a newspaper touts easy seasonal treats, strawberries and blueberries. In May. The soft spot of Finns is exploited early. Who doesn’t have a flutter in their heart, looking forward to the first new…
Read MoreDemos Archives: Fifteen Minutes of Privacy
Is timeline destroying our privacy? Surely not, but the age of fixed privacy is gone. Even if the current debate circles around Facebook’s timeline technology’s only part of the story. Demos Helsinki tracks down the roots of our transparent life’s in a previously unpublished article on privacy “Fifteen Minutes of…
Read MoreWhat happens when you collide all Aalto’s new design MA-students with wicked problems?
Demos Helsinki was given a unique opportunity to craft and run the intensive introductory course of new design post-grads at Aalto-university. Come and see what we made at the Mediakeskus Lume / Aalto on 02 September 13:00 – 15:00. We promise you nothing less than a manifesto of design in…
Read MoreThere is no Spoon – Wellbeing in the Age of Wicked Problems
This is the age of lifestyle. And that has turned our problems wicked. Human behaviour has become the prime focus of all production, design and politics. In humans, we believe, lies the solutions to wicked problems. We invite you for a lecture series in Wicked Problems: Wednesday 24th August 13:15…
Read MoreBack to school – Five free lectures on the future of our civilisation
Demos Helsinki has five excellent lectures to help you to focus on what really matters. The talks are in english. Also please notice the different locations of the events. ——————————————————————————————————————– Molly Scott Cato: Green Economics Tuesday, August 23rd at 17:30-19:30 Molly Scott Cato! Welcome to the public presentation by Molly…
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