Front page News News A new study examines the support of young people’s work life-oriented transitions in services A new study examines the support of young people’s work life-oriented transitions in services 1.4.2022 During spring 2022, MDI carried out a study for the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment on supporting young people’s work life-oriented transitions in services. The research produces information to be utilised in the promotion of multidisciplinary services and service integration for young people and in the development of the national service system. The research sought answers in particular to the following questions: How are people as a physical-psychological-social entity taken into account in work life-oriented services and multidisciplinary service models aimed at young people, and how is this reflected in service need assessments and the implementation of services?How is multidisciplinarity promoted and supported in the implementation of services, and how is multidisciplinarity reflected in the work culture?What kinds of structural, profession-related or other obstacles should be removed so that a multidisciplinary approach to work and a comprehensive encounter of the young person would be implemented effectively and in the best way to promote the transition of young person’s to work life? In the research, a statistical analysis based on register data was carried out and qualitative data collected by means of a nationwide survey and regional interviews aimed at the bodies responsible for youth services and service guidance. The study was completed in the summer of 2022. Work Life Youth Share to Share to: facebook Share to: linkedin Share to: twitter
Addressing the Gender and Diversity Paradoxes in Innovation — Towards a More Inclusive Policy Design News 5.4.2023 Kaisa Lähteenmäki-Smith Kirsi Siltanen Laura Väliniemi Implicit norms and structural disadvantages derive from previous innovation policies and therefore policies need to be redesigned. Read more Addressing the Gender and Diversity Paradoxes in Innovation — Towards a More Inclusive Policy Design
A sustainable green transition is achieved by investing in the diversity of RDI activities – the AGDA project continues to work on this theme News 12.1.2023 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. Read more A sustainable green transition is achieved by investing in the diversity of RDI activities – the AGDA project continues to work on this theme
MDI leads the co-creative process of developing, piloting and sharing practices for wellbeing in Sustainable Cities News 12.10.2022 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. Read more MDI leads the co-creative process of developing, piloting and sharing practices for wellbeing in Sustainable Cities
