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Research team

VTT:

Senior Scientist Maria Merisalo, Future Proof Societies (Main responsibility in the project: Project manager, leader for WPs 3 and 4)

Research Scientist Robert van der Have, Quantitative Science and Technology Studies (Main responsibility in the project: leader for WP 2)

Senior Scientist Juha Oksanen, Future Proof Societies (Main responsibility in the project: WP 3)

University of Eastern Finland:

Professor Teemu Makkonen, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Karelian Institute (Main responsibility in the project: WP 1 leader)

Research Director Petri Kahila, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Karelian Institute (Main responsibility in the project: WP 1)

Researcher Timo Hirvonen, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Karelian Institute (Main responsibility in the project: WP 1)

International collaboration:

Associate Professor Timo Mitze, Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark (Main responsibility in the project: WP 1)

Professor Tom Broekel, Regional Innovation, University of Stavanger Business School, Norway (Main responsibility in the project: WP 2)

Reader Dr. Elvira Uyarra, Innovation Policy and Strategy at Alliance Manchester Business School (University of Manchester), Director of the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (Main responsibility in the project: WP 3)

Other cooperation:

Topi Tjukanov, GIS consultant and partner in GISPO Ltd.