MDI Decided on Grants

We were positively surprised by the amount of grant applications as well as by the versatile approaches to regional development presented in the research plans. All the applications were highly interesting and written in professional manner. MDI decided to give grants to three Master’s Thesis. Grants were given to:

  • Mr. Lauri Ovaska (University of Vaasa), Public participation in municipal land use planning – Collaborative planning process in Central Pasila, Helsinki.
  • Ms. Tiia Possakka (University of Oulu), Regional Adaptability Index. Regional resilience in the municipalities of Finland.
  • Ms. Sofia Tuisku (University of Turku), Future prospects of the Finnish countryside – How is Rural Development Programme for Mainland Finland described in national press?

Each grant is worth EUR 2 000. All theses are due September 2015. Congrats to all receivers! 

A sustainable green transition is achieved by investing in the diversity of RDI activities – the AGDA project continues to work on this theme

AGDA is a Nordic development project funded by the Nordic Gender Equality Fund (NIKK). The project focuses on the opportunities that a greater focus on diversity and inclusion could create in the RDI-field, particularly in respect of green transition.

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MDI leads the co-creative process of developing, piloting and sharing practices for wellbeing in Sustainable Cities

The challenge bundle work is the cross-cutting co-development of the “Sustainable City” programme, co-ordinated by the Ministry of the Environment, with the aim of producing and sharing information, knowledge and solutions to the challenges linking cities’ management and practice in the area of leading work towards sustainability. The work produces concrete development measures, new ways of doing things and peer learning.

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