Front page News News Sari Pitkänen strengthens MDI’s labour policy skills Sari Pitkänen strengthens MDI’s labour policy skills 23.3.2021 MDI’s expertise in the fields of labour policy and social impact were strengthened at the beginning of the year when specialist Sari Pitkänen (M.Soc.Sc) joined the team. Sari brings with her twenty years experience in researching and evaluating projects related to employment, education and rehabilitation. Sari Pitkänen brings extensive experience to the team. Sari is particularly interested in cross-administrative and multi-professional projects. She will focus her work on projects related to people’s ability to work and function. – Our team has strong expertise in innovation policy, labour policy and the development of working life. With Sari’s expertise, we will strengthen our perspective on wellbeing and participation in particular, says Mikko Valtakari, a leading specialist. Read more about our specialists at mdi.fi/en/us 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