Front page News News Pieksämäki today: Will Small Towns Remain on the Map in Finland? Pieksämäki today: Will Small Towns Remain on the Map in Finland? 11.2.2016 Today, Design Director Janne Antikainen popped up in the City of Pieksämäki and wondered together with regional business advisors whether small towns will remain on the map of Finland or not. Playoff between cities is tightening – and all the cities will not, unfortunately, stay on the map in the future. Conservative midway is now the most risky way, remaining in the map requires spiky and rough profiles. All MDI experts are more than willing to wander round in Finland (and rest of the world) to inform, inspire and interpret regional development trends together with regional developers. 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
