Front page Valtteri Laasonen Valtteri Laasonen Lead Specialist Doctor of Adm. Sciences 050 533 0604 valtteri.laasonen@mdi.fi Industrial and innovation policy Network-like development Knowledge management Vitality Impact assessment Twitter LinkedIn Over the years I have described regional development, developed MDI’s data services and worked with reports, studies and evaluations related to regional development and industrial and innovation policy. I have a PhD in Regional Science and a master's degree in Planning Geography. In my doctoral thesis I examined Finnish innovation policy, the reformation capacity of regions and organisations and network-like innovation in Finland’s urban regions. I have worked at MDI since 2010 as a specialist and later as a leading expert. Thesis Laasonen, V. (2023). Alueiden kyky uudistua: Kyvykkyydet siirtymässä kohti osaamis- ja innovaatiovetoista biotaloutta. Tampereen yliopiston väitöskirjat 797. PunaMusta Oy, Joensuu 2023. Scientific books Sotarauta, M., Kolehmainen, J. & V. Laasonen (2023). Evolving Innovation Policy Rationales in Finland in (Eds.) Pekkola, E., Johanson, J-E. & M. Mykkänen, Public Administration in Finland. Nordic Public Space and Agency. Palgrave Macmillan. Kolehmainen, J., Sotarauta, M., & V. Laasonen (2022). The development of Innovation Policy in Finland. In (Eds.) A. J., A-A. Kork, K. Kurkela, U. Leponiemi, H. Paananen, L-M. Sinervo, & S. Tuurnas, The Future of Government Research (pp. 341-364). Vastapaino. Kolehmainen, J., Sotarauta, M., Laasonen, V. Innovaatiopolitiikan kehitys Suomessa. Teoksessa Anni Jäntti ym. (toim.) 2022. Hallinnon tutkimuksen tulevaisuus. Tampere: Vastapaino. Peer-reviewed scientific articles Laasonen, V. (2023). Building Dynamic Capabilities in the Transition Toward a Knowledge-Based Bioeconomy: A Case Study of Three Finnish Regions. Regional Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2249499 Laasonen, V. (2023). Exposing the role of relational capabilities in business–research–government cooperation: examples from the transition towards a bioeconomy in Finland, European Planning Studies, 31:6, 1226-1246, DOI:10.1080/09654313.2022.2112152 Jääskeläinen, A., Sillanpää, V., Helander, N., Leskelä, R.-L., Haavisto, I., Laasonen, V. and Torkki, P. (2022). Designing a maturity model for analyzing information and knowledge management in the public sector, VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, Vol. 52 No. 1, pp. 120-140. DOI: 10.1108/VJIKMS-01-2020-0017 Lähteenmäki-Smith, K., Laasonen, V., Mayer, M., Nyman J. & S. Pyykkönen (2020). Kokeilujen ohjaus ja oppiminen: paikallis- ja aluetason kokeilut metahallinnan viitekehyksessä. Focus Localis 48:4. Laasonen V., Kolehmainen, J. & M. Sotarauta (2020). The Complexity of Contemporary Innovation Policy and Its Governance in Finland. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research. Laasonen V. & J. Kolehmainen (2017) Capabilities in knowledge-based regional development – towards a dynamic framework, European Planning Studies, 25:10, 1673-1692, DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2017.1337727 Twitter Feed Tweets by LaasonenV My References Term List All Aged Agriculture and forestry Archipelago Building Business Circular economy Cities Climate Communication Companies Culture Digitalisation Education policy Employment Entrepreneurship Environment Equality and non-discrimination EU Funds Experiment Governance Growth Immigration Impact Industries Knowledge Knowledge management Knowledge work Land use, Housing and Transport Leader Municipalities Networks Participation Population and migration Programme Provinces RDI Regional development Rescue industry Rural Smart specialisation Social and Health care Society Strategy Tourism Vitality Wellbeing Young Provision of Expert Services to the Smart Municipal Strategy project Municipalities Strategy Date: 18.3. –30.6.2024 Check out the reference Provision of Expert Services to the Smart Municipal Strategy project Evaluation of the Clusters of Oulu Innovation Alliance Cities Companies Knowledge RDI Date: 1.1. –14.6.2024 Check out the reference Evaluation of the Clusters of Oulu Innovation Alliance Interactive information service and Invest-in data package Companies Industries Knowledge management Regional development Vitality Date: 21.12.2023 –31.1.2025 Check out the reference Interactive information service and Invest-in data package Analysis of the vitality of the Tampere region Companies Industries Knowledge management Municipalities Regional development Vitality Date: 20.12.2023 –31.12.2024 Check out the reference Analysis of the vitality of the Tampere region National Real Estate Strategy 2040 Building Population and migration Date: 1.12.2023 –31.1.2024 Check out the reference National Real Estate Strategy 2040 Assessment of the regional economic effects of an investment in the City of Lahti Companies Impact Industries Date: 10.10. –17.10.2023 Check out the reference Assessment of the regional economic effects of an investment in the City of Lahti GigaVaasa -regional economic impact analysis Companies Growth Impact Industries Knowledge management Regional development Vitality Date: 20.9.2023 –26.1.2024 Check out the reference GigaVaasa -regional economic impact analysis Industry cards of Kangasala Companies Industries Knowledge management Regional development Vitality Date: 1.9. –22.12.2023 Check out the reference Industry cards of Kangasala Load More
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National Real Estate Strategy 2040 Building Population and migration Date: 1.12.2023 –31.1.2024 Check out the reference National Real Estate Strategy 2040
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