Over the last five years, the development of artificial intelligence (AI) has progressed at an unprecedented rate. Machine learning algorithms promise to improve education, healthcare, recruitment and many other services. This is based on the potential of AI systems to effectively personalize services for individuals. However, algorithms do not only…
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Think Sustainably: Incentivising sustainable choices in cities
May 23, 2022
Think Sustainably is an online service that incentivises and encourages sustainable choices in city living and urban tourism. Currently in use both in Helsinki and Tampere, it has been an essential tool for accelerating the cities’ transition to carbon neutrality. Cities can drive the transformation For a while now,…
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Anticipatory migration policy in North Macedonia
April 27, 2022
Migration is a fast-changing and increasingly complex field: trends change fast, and the causal roots are typically multidimensional. Our current governance models and management practices, which rely on linear causal relationships and plans based on past trends, are not suitable for tackling the complexity and the pace of change inherent…
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Humble Timber: A project for urban carbon-neutrality
March 9, 2022
A 9-actor alliance has formed in Finland to provide a tangible way forward for a carbon-neutral urban environment. The alliance, called Humble Timber, presents an opportunity to build long-lasting and sustainable cross-sector collaboration that will speed up the adoption of timber in Finnish construction. Finland has a strong commitment…
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NetZeroCities — Helping European cities reach net zero by 2030
March 3, 2022
Demos Helsinki helps city practitioners and decision-makers identify root causes and barriers to change, and provides experimentation and innovation hubs to test and share new methods, knowledge, and approaches.
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Experimental governance meets emerging tech
February 1, 2022
New project in collaboration with Open Loop: Can experimental governance help assess the impacts of emerging technologies? Can it build openness, transparency and trust in how technology is developed and impacts societies and people? We believe that it is time to collectively build openness, transparency and trust in how…
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WELGO — Safeguarding welfare in times of pandemics
January 25, 2022
Demos Helsinki has partnered with a consortium of researchers to identify the ideas, structures and collaborations needed to manage future health crises in a project called WELGO. The WELGO project is funded by the PANDEMICS programme of the Finnish Strategic Research Council. Within WELGO, Demos Helsinki conducts scientific research together…
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Getting to a 1.5° life in 3 Finnish cities
November 5, 2021
Reducing one’s carbon footprint is already a reality for many people. Yet, cities and municipalities need to recognize their role in promoting 1.5° living. Resolving the climate crisis depends on our ability to imagine better futures. Living within the climate goal is already within reach for many people. Twelve…
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ATARCA: Scientific Foundation for Anti-Rival Compensation and Governance Technology
June 11, 2021
The objective of the Accounting Technologies for Anti-Rival Coordination and Allocation (ATARCA) is to create new decentralised technology, “anti-rival tokens” and new policies to enable decentralised, market-style trading and ecosystems for anti-rival goods and to explore the opportunities of “anti-rival tokens” to build more sustainable data economy.
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VITO – employment impacts of climate policy
May 24, 2021
The challenge: Finland strives to combine more ambitious climate targets than the rest of the EU with an employment rate of 75%. Climate policy is bound to contribute to accelerating economic and labour restructuring, with the labour market creating both new jobs and greener occupations. At the same time particularly…
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Smart Lands: a multimodal approach for sustainable cross-border transit
May 19, 2021
A statement by TELT and Demos Helsinki for the Mediterranean Corridor of the TENT-T network Upon our imminent return to a world connected through travel, we have to face the challenge of respecting the environment while also supporting the transport industry. TELT, the French-Italian public promoter of the cross-border section…
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Avoiding AI biases: A Finnish assessment framework for non-discriminatory AI systems
May 12, 2021
Over the last five years, the development of artificial intelligence (AI) has progressed at an unprecedented rate. Machine learning algorithms promise to improve education, healthcare, recruitment and many other services. This is based on the potential of AI systems to effectively personalize services for individuals. However, algorithms do not only…
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Carbon neutrality strategies for businesses
November 12, 2020
Companies are on new territory in their carbon-neutrality strategies. There is a rapid need for change and standing still is not an option. Demos Helsinki has helped many companies in the marriage of their business strategies and climate goals. This work has utilised the four-ring model developed by Demos Helsinki.
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