Front page News News How does Helsinki compare with other cities in the Northern Europe? How does Helsinki compare with other cities in the Northern Europe? 3.10.2017 Helsinki metropolitan area has fallen behind its competitors in terms of economic performance and population growth in the Baltic Sea region during the current decade. In a world of urbanisation, Finland needs a successful metropolis with sustainable growth ecologically, socially and economically. MDI has launched a research project tackling the development of Helsinki metropolitan area based on statistics on peer cities. The objective for the research is to identify the most anxious pain spots and bottlenecks in the development of Helsinki. The research also outlines the critical success factors of Helsinki and as an outcome, designs an urban policy action plan providing needs and tasks to both the government and stakeholders in the metropolitan area. Results are expected in the beginning of December. The research is a new episode in MDI’s series of urban policy projects. Previous episodes discussed themes “Does our country have patience to urbanise?” 2015, “Urban construction to boost Finnish economy” 2016 and “Flourishing of small and medium-sized cities” 2017. For more information, please contact Development Director Janne Antikainen, janne.antikainen@mdi.fi, +358 40 764 1829. Share to Share to: facebook Share to: linkedin Share to: twitter
Station areas are organic and locally driven entities News 30.11.2023 Experts from MDI and FCG have been exploring models for the development of station areas, op-portunities for EU funding and ways to projectise the development work of different types of station areas during the autumn. Read more Station areas are organic and locally driven entities
Multi-functional development of station areas News 28.11.2023 In the early autumn period, MDI and FCG worked on the development of the Asemanseutu project which is part of the project package – Vitality for Urban Regions. The work undertaken clarified the basic models for the multi-functional development of station areas, as well as providing recommendations for their development and financing. Read more Multi-functional development of station areas
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