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 Circular economy Cities Climate Communication Companies Culture Customer satisfaction Digitalisation Education policy Employment Entrepreneurship Environment Equality and non-discrimination EU Funds Governance Growth Immigration Impact Industries Knowledge Knowledge management Land use, Housing and Transport Leader Municipalities Networks Participation Physical activity Population and migration Programme Provinces RDI Regional development Rural Smart specialisation Social and Health care Strategy Tourism Vitality Wellbeing Young EVP vitality analysis for the city of Kerava Regional development Vitality Date: 24.3. –24.4.2025 Check out the reference EVP vitality analysis for the city of Kerava Update of the Kymenlaakso Strategy for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) RDI Regional development Smart specialisation Strategy Date: 24.3. –30.6.2025 Check out the reference Update of the Kymenlaakso Strategy for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) Study on the Business Opportunities of Manufacturing and Technology Companies Companies Growth Industries RDI Date: 3.2. –30.4.2025 Check out the reference Study on the Business Opportunities of Manufacturing and Technology Companies Compiling a Knowledge Base to Support the Updating of Tampere’s Strategy and the Preparation of the Mayor’s Programme Cities Knowledge management Strategy Vitality Wellbeing Date: 3.2. –30.4.2025 Check out the reference Compiling a Knowledge Base to Support the Updating of Tampere’s Strategy and the Preparation of the Mayor’s Programme RE-INDUSTRY – Capacity Building for Re-industrialising Regions in a Globally Decarbonising Economy Companies Growth Industries Regional development Date: 2.1. –31.10.2025 Check out the reference RE-INDUSTRY – Capacity Building for Re-industrialising Regions in a Globally Decarbonising Economy Support for the preparation of the Northern Ostrobothnia Regional Programme 2026–2029 Programme Provinces Regional development Strategy Vitality Date: 13.12.2024 –30.9.2025 Check out the reference Support for the preparation of the Northern Ostrobothnia Regional Programme 2026–2029 Structuring the Data Content and Conclusions of the Wellbeing Report Cities Equality and non-discrimination Participation Physical activity Social and Health care Wellbeing Young Date: 21.11.2024 –31.3.2025 Check out the reference Structuring the Data Content and Conclusions of the Wellbeing Report Webinar and workshops for the Resource-Wise Networks in South Ostrobothnia (RIIHI) project Circular economy Companies Environment Networks Date: 1.11.2024 –28.2.2025 Check out the reference Webinar and workshops for the Resource-Wise Networks in South Ostrobothnia (RIIHI) project Load More
EVP vitality analysis for the city of Kerava Regional development Vitality Date: 24.3. –24.4.2025 Check out the reference EVP vitality analysis for the city of Kerava
Update of the Kymenlaakso Strategy for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) RDI Regional development Smart specialisation Strategy Date: 24.3. –30.6.2025 Check out the reference Update of the Kymenlaakso Strategy for Smart Specialisation (RIS3)
Study on the Business Opportunities of Manufacturing and Technology Companies Companies Growth Industries RDI Date: 3.2. –30.4.2025 Check out the reference Study on the Business Opportunities of Manufacturing and Technology Companies
Compiling a Knowledge Base to Support the Updating of Tampere’s Strategy and the Preparation of the Mayor’s Programme Cities Knowledge management Strategy Vitality Wellbeing Date: 3.2. –30.4.2025 Check out the reference Compiling a Knowledge Base to Support the Updating of Tampere’s Strategy and the Preparation of the Mayor’s Programme
RE-INDUSTRY – Capacity Building for Re-industrialising Regions in a Globally Decarbonising Economy Companies Growth Industries Regional development Date: 2.1. –31.10.2025 Check out the reference RE-INDUSTRY – Capacity Building for Re-industrialising Regions in a Globally Decarbonising Economy
Support for the preparation of the Northern Ostrobothnia Regional Programme 2026–2029 Programme Provinces Regional development Strategy Vitality Date: 13.12.2024 –30.9.2025 Check out the reference Support for the preparation of the Northern Ostrobothnia Regional Programme 2026–2029
Structuring the Data Content and Conclusions of the Wellbeing Report Cities Equality and non-discrimination Participation Physical activity Social and Health care Wellbeing Young Date: 21.11.2024 –31.3.2025 Check out the reference Structuring the Data Content and Conclusions of the Wellbeing Report
Webinar and workshops for the Resource-Wise Networks in South Ostrobothnia (RIIHI) project Circular economy Companies Environment Networks Date: 1.11.2024 –28.2.2025 Check out the reference Webinar and workshops for the Resource-Wise Networks in South Ostrobothnia (RIIHI) project
