Front page News News Two new players in the team Two new players in the team 5.2.2018 MDI acquired two new reinforcements in the playing line-up as M.Sc. Jaakko Huttunen and M.Phil Sari Rannanpää joined the team in the beginning of February. Jaakko holds a Masters degree in Planning Geography. Most recently he worked in Central Uusimaa (Helsinki Region North) focusing on the development and future of housing in the region. He has also worked as a trainee in the city of Vantaa and in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. Sari has been part of MDI’s team for some time as an external advisor focusing on regional development. Sari changes her role from an advisor to a specialist and continues taking responsibility in the development of rural issues and the evaluation of rural development programme. Share to Share to: facebook Share to: linkedin Share to: twitter
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
A sustainable green transition is achieved by investing in the diversity of RDI activities – the AGDA project continues to work on this theme News 12.1.2023 AGDA is a Nordic development project funded by the Nordic Gender Equality Fund (NIKK). The project focuses on the opportunities that a greater focus on diversity and inclusion could create in the RDI-field, particularly in respect of green transition. Read more A sustainable green transition is achieved by investing in the diversity of RDI activities – the AGDA project continues to work on this theme
MDI leads the co-creative process of developing, piloting and sharing practices for wellbeing in Sustainable Cities News 12.10.2022 The challenge bundle work is the cross-cutting co-development of the “Sustainable City” programme, co-ordinated by the Ministry of the Environment, with the aim of producing and sharing information, knowledge and solutions to the challenges linking cities’ management and practice in the area of leading work towards sustainability. The work produces concrete development measures, new ways of doing things and peer learning. Read more MDI leads the co-creative process of developing, piloting and sharing practices for wellbeing in Sustainable Cities
