Front page News News MDI Team Strengthens MDI Team Strengthens 1.6.2016 MDI is strengthened again for the whole width of the profile of the firm when we get excellent experts for both rural and urban policy and to regional reform. MSc Elina Auri, who has 10 years of experience and knowledge of evaluations, studies and research, moves from Ramboll to MDI in August. Elina is an all-around expert, with closest interest in rural and especially archipelago issues. Around we go, one will be: Elina is a former colleague from Ministry of Employment and the Economy to some of us. Ilppo Soininvaara, BSc from the University of Helsinki, will work from June to August on regional reform project, collecting information about the Uusimaa regional development system, which will be empirical material for his thesis. Ilppo is interested in addition to regional development system – in urban questions from structural factors to political regional science. Ilppo is a son of MDI’s urban advisor Osmo Soininvaara, one of the most recognised urban debater in Finland. 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
