Wärtsilä, Tieto, St1, Fortum and Demos Helsinki have introduced their Innovation Community initiative aimed at drastically accelerating the global energy sector’s transition to cleaner, more environmentally sustainable energy generation. The announcement of this initiative was made in Helsinki at the Slush 2018, the world’s leading startup event. Innovation Community is…
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“Our job is to imagine a better future” – New members appointed to Demos Helsinki’s board of directors
May 29, 2020
Demos Helsinki has been working towards societal transformation for the past 15 years. There are now 50 of us. In 2019 we worked on 138 projects and in almost 30 countries. The previous decade is now wrapped up and the new one has truly brought enormous challenges. In the midst…
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Webinar: Emerging Changes in the Post-Pandemic World
April 14, 2020
Demos Helsinki’s foresight specialists are hosting a webinar on Wednesday 15 April at 8.30-10.00 am Helsinki time.
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Geoff Mulgan joins Demos Helsinki as a Fellow: “We need social imagination to come out of this crisis”
April 8, 2020
UCL Professor and former Chief Executive of Nesta, Geoff Mulgan, joins Demos Helsinki as a Fellow. Working together with world-leading thinkers is one of the many ways in which Demos Helsinki drives its mission: rethinking society of the post-industrial era. One example is UNTITLED initiative, a 10-year process of social…
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In Memoriam: Tuija Talvitie Created Faith in the Future, Always
January 29, 2020
Tuija Talvitie passed away on 2nd January 2020. She was the Executive Director of Crisis Management Initiative (CMI): a Finnish organisation working to prevent and resolve violent conflicts globally. Throughout her decade-long career as their Director, Tuija built CMI into a global front-runner in its own field. In addition, Tuija…
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$1M to be Awarded for Urban Best Practices – Submission Now Open
December 11, 2019
Do you have an idea how to improve the quality of people’s lives in future cities? This $1M award aims to recognise the best practices from reducing pollution and sustaining urban food systems to smart buildings and affordable housing.
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Demos Helsinki to strengthen research and consulting – Roope Ritvos and Tuuli Kaskinen appointed as directors
October 8, 2019
Roope Ritvos, previously Director at Forum Virium, started on October 1st as the Director of Research Operations. Tuuli Kaskinen returned from parental leave and started in a new role as Director of Consultancy Operations.
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Meet Our Interns
September 23, 2019
What do our interns have to say about their experience at Demos Helsinki?
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Demos Helsinki Appoints Sari Baldauf and Mikael Sokero as Board Members to Support Global Work
June 13, 2019
Sari Baldauf (M.B.A., B.Sc.) and Mikael Sokero (M.Soc.Sci) have been appointed as Board Members of Demos Helsinki. Baldauf has acted as Executive Vice President and General Manager at Nokia from 1998 to 2005. She has been a member of Nokia’s board since 2018, as well as a Member of the…
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The World Needs Big Ideas – Demos Helsinki Publications of Early 2019
February 26, 2019
Demos Helsinki publications of early 2019 include the next era social security models, governance innovations for the 21st century, and futures brief for growth-seeking companies that want to create the success stories of the future.
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Wärtsilä, Tieto, St1, Fortum and Demos Helsinki launch Innovation Community initiative to speed clean energy targets
December 13, 2018
Wärtsilä, Tieto, St1, Fortum and Demos Helsinki have introduced their Innovation Community initiative aimed at drastically accelerating the global energy sector’s transition to cleaner, more environmentally sustainable energy generation. The announcement of this initiative was made in Helsinki at the Slush 2018, the world’s leading startup event. Innovation Community is…
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It’s time to go beyond experimentation – Demos Helsinki in the OECD
November 19, 2018
Over the last years, it has become obvious that governments could benefit a lot more from experimentation. Experimentation helps co-designing solutions, policies, and services together with potential end users. It mitigates risks because it enables the fast process of turning ideas into practice. Without immediate ‘fear of implementation’, governments are…
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Demos Helsinki wants to accelerate the global change – we need you aboard
October 23, 2018
We live in strange times. By many standards, the world is a better place than ever before. We are wealthier than ever before and many of the UN millennium goals have been reached. Poverty rates have been halved and more girls are able to go to school. Solar energy has…
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