Valtteri Laasonen

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 am a planning geographer by education and am currently finishing my doctoral thesis in regional science at the University of Tampere. In my doctoral thesis I examine 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 partner.

Kolehmainen, J., Sotarauta, M., Laasonen, V. Innovaatiopolitiikan kehitys Suomessa. Teoksessa Anni Jäntti ym. (toim.) 2022. Hallinnon tutkimuksen tulevaisuus. Tampere: Vastapaino. https://vastapaino.fi/sivu/tuote/hallinnon-tutkimuksen-tulevaisuus/4191901

Lähteenmäki-Smith, K., Laasonen, V., Mayer, M., Nyman J. & S. Pyykkönen (2020). Kokeilujen ohjaus ja oppiminen: paikallis- ja aluetason kokeilut metahallinnan viitekehyksessä.  Focus Localis Vol 48 Nro 4, Arvioinnin teemanumero.

Jääskeläinen, A., Sillanpää, V., Helander, N., Leskelä, R-L., Haavisto, I., Laasonen, V. & P. Torkki (2020). Designing a maturity model for analyzing information and knowledge management in the public sector. VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems Information and Knowledge Management Systems.

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, DOI: 10.1080/13511610.2020.1842176

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

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