Publications
Reports, analysis and policy recommendations for brave leaders and communities.
How can countries strengthen their capacity for long-term governance and ensure that future generations are taken into account in decision-making? In this white paper, we highlight ways to promote anticipatory governance based on the views of key Finnish stakeholders. By translating the Finnish experience into a broader context, we aim to provide universally applicable strategies for advancing long-term governance and promoting intergenerational justice.
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What if green skills were more than technical expertise? The Green Skills Radar helps Finnish organisations integrate transformative mindsets and leadership into sustainability strategies. With tools for skill assessments and practical recommendations, it guides teams to navigate change, fostering adaptability and collaboration for a successful green transition.
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The notion of a “polycrisis” has become a defining feature of contemporary governance, and traditional administrative methods are increasingly inadequate. In this publication, Professor Sir Geoff Mulgan’s concept of “Generative Shared Intelligence” offers a model for addressing multidimensional problems in governance, emphasising the need for more flexible and collaborative structures designed for the sole purpose of sharing intelligence.
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Experimentalism is a ‘hidden third option’ that overcomes pre-existing dichotomies and can update the governance of R&I funding while steering it towards societal transformation.
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What are the most appropriate institutional arrangements for effective governance? How can governance systems effectively operate across different levels, such as local, regional, national, and supranational? How can governments improve their capacity to evaluate policies, learn from successes and failures, and adapt to changing circumstances? By transforming the civil service, we can answer these questions.
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On the one hand, we are more connected than ever. On the other hand, what many see as efficient services and the blossoming of creativity in their lives, is shadowed by news of data misuse, abuse of power, precarious work and extractive mining of natural resources. Do we accept these terms and conditions? If we don’t, we need to change the settings: we do this through interventions.
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Highly-developed scientific research and the education system lie behind Finland’s success story. This vision paper is a synthesis of Finnish universities’ local, national, and international roles in helping build a Finnish welfare society.
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What path should Finland take to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030? The PATH2030 project has produced an evaluation of Finland’s sustainable development policy and formulated concrete recommendations for the future.
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The year 2018 was a year of change for Demos Helsinki. At the beginning of the year, our new strategy for global impact came true. Our six teams are now working around the world towards fair and sustainable societies.
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The world’s economic centre of gravity is rapidly shifting towards the East. The Baltic Sea region can act as a bridge-builder between Europe and Asia. It’s time to start creating the zone for open optimism that offers an alternative for today’s exclusive nationalistic populism.
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17 main goals, 169 sub-targets and only 10 years time. What path should Finland take to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030? The Path 2030 policy brief offers pathways and concrete suggestions to improve Finnish Sustainable Development policy performance.
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We have managed to fulfil the basic needs of almost all Europeans, yet we have not abolished the sense of deprivation that people feel. This publication provides three transitions to set out a new direction for a successful EU.
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