Jari Kaivo-oja
Research Director, Dr, Adjunct Professor
jari.kaivo-oja@utu.fi +358 41 753 0244 Hämeenkatu 15 B 11 Tampere Työhuone: 4 th Floor ORCID-tunniste: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2401-6299 |
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Tutkimusjohtaja
Tutkimusjohtaja
Tutkimusyhteisö tai tutkimusaihe
Research topics: Foresight and futures research, innovation management, business models, sustainablity science etc.
Research topics: Foresight and futures research, innovation management, business models, sustainablity science etc.
Biografia
Adjunct Professor, (Faculty of Sciences, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lapland), Research Director Jari Kaivo-oja is expert working in the fields of foresight, planning sciences and innovation research. His special fields are foresight methodologies in sustainability analyses, in international energy economics and general societal development. He has special expertise in energy economics, innovation research, climate change analyses and security politics. He has research experience in strategic and participatory foresight processes in Europa and in international contexts (especially in Africa, in Middle East (The Middle East Foresight), in Black Sea Region (The Middle East Foresight and Black Sea Peace Building Foresight) and in Asia (3 years in the Lao PDR and Mekong River research program). He has worked in the European FP6 and FP7 research programs. He is an expert evaluator of EU´s Security Programmes. He has worked as a Finnish national co-ordinator in the COST A22 (Foresight methodologies) and as an expert member of the international think tank of European Sustainability Strategy Theme Network. He has worked for the European Foundations (Dublin) and for the European Parliament (Brussels), as well as for the Nordic Innovation Centre (NIC, Oslo). In Finland he has been researcher of the Academy of Finland, the VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland), the Finnish Technology and Innovation Fund TEKES and various line ministries. He has experience as scientific project evaluator in the Security Research Programmes of the European Union. He has been over 2 years a foresight expert blog writer of the SITRA (the Finnish Innovation Fund). He has been lecturing for the European Science Foundation, for the Russian Academy of Sciences and for Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). In 2011 he was visiting scholar at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA). He has been planning and implementing 7 large EU Research projects.
Adjunct Professor, (Faculty of Sciences, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lapland), Research Director Jari Kaivo-oja is expert working in the fields of foresight, planning sciences and innovation research. His special fields are foresight methodologies in sustainability analyses, in international energy economics and general societal development. He has special expertise in energy economics, innovation research, climate change analyses and security politics. He has research experience in strategic and participatory foresight processes in Europa and in international contexts (especially in Africa, in Middle East (The Middle East Foresight), in Black Sea Region (The Middle East Foresight and Black Sea Peace Building Foresight) and in Asia (3 years in the Lao PDR and Mekong River research program). He has worked in the European FP6 and FP7 research programs. He is an expert evaluator of EU´s Security Programmes. He has worked as a Finnish national co-ordinator in the COST A22 (Foresight methodologies) and as an expert member of the international think tank of European Sustainability Strategy Theme Network. He has worked for the European Foundations (Dublin) and for the European Parliament (Brussels), as well as for the Nordic Innovation Centre (NIC, Oslo). In Finland he has been researcher of the Academy of Finland, the VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland), the Finnish Technology and Innovation Fund TEKES and various line ministries. He has experience as scientific project evaluator in the Security Research Programmes of the European Union. He has been over 2 years a foresight expert blog writer of the SITRA (the Finnish Innovation Fund). He has been lecturing for the European Science Foundation, for the Russian Academy of Sciences and for Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). In 2011 he was visiting scholar at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA). He has been planning and implementing 7 large EU Research projects.
Tutkimus
Tulevaisuuden tutkimus, soveltava ennakointitutkimus
Tulevaisuuden tutkimus, soveltava ennakointitutkimus
Opetus
My teaching is linked to Future Focus services and tailored foresight and innovation workshops. Co-operation with Futures Platform Ltd. and Statzon.
Julkaisut 
1/24
- Evaluating the growth potential of digital business weak signals through the lens of entrepreneurs (2025)
- Futures
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Kannattavan kasvun kuuden vaiheen porrasmalli – yritysten kasvututkimuksen tieteellinen läpimurto? (2025)
- Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen blogi
(E1 Yleistajuinen blogikirjoitus ) - Kunnat avainasemassa puolijohdealan työpaikkojen triplaamisessa (2025)
- Kaleva
(E1 Yleistajuinen artikkeli lehdessä) - Puolijohdealan kasvu tuo tuhansia työpaikkoja Vantaalle (2025)
- Talouselämä
(E1 Yleistajuinen artikkeli lehdessä) - Suomi nousuun ‘Harmaan eminenssin’ salaperäisellä tuella : lisäarvoa ja lisäpotkua liiketaloustieteellisestä johtamiskirjallisuudesta ja sopivasta pönötyksestä
(Pönö: pönötysvapaa utopia -hankkeen blogi) (2025) Kaivo-oja, Jari
(O2 Muu julkaisu ) - The Lack of Self-criticism and Historical Memory Will Not Lead Us to the Vision of Excellence in Foresight and Futures Research (2025)
- Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen blogi
(E1 Yleistajuinen blogikirjoitus ) - The six-stage model of profitable growth and entrepreneurship in Finland : a Delphi study (2025)
- Journal of Business Economics and Management
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Truly Sustainable Responsibility : A New Research Direction Building on Environmental Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Corporate Sustainability (Editorial) (2025)
- Sustainability
(B1 Vertaisarvioimaton kirjoitus tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - A Hybrid Foresight Study of the Environmental Reference Laboratory System in Finland: A Foresight Study for the Government of Finland (2024)
- European Journal of Futures Research
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Älykäs erikoistuminen ja STEAM-ajattelu yliopistoyhteistyön kehittämisessä Satakunnassa (2024) Korkeakoulukumppanuudet alueellisen TKI-toiminnan tukena: Satakunnan kestävän siirtymän menestystekijät Kaivo-oja, Jari; Stenvall, Jari
(D2 Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa) - Can We Achieve Sustainable Responsibility in Corporations and SMEs? Reviewing Interconnections Across Research Themes of Corporate Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Environmental Management
(Conference abstract: 24th Futures Conference 2024) (2024) 24th Futures Conference : Futures of Natural Resources, Book of Abstracts Kaivo-oja, Jari; Ainamo, Antti
(Abstrakti) - Digital Business Foresight : Keyword-based Analysis and CorEx Topic Modelling (2024)
- Futures
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Dynamic Capacities and Value Creation in Digital Innovation Ecosystems: An Empirical Study of European EDIHs (2024) Proceedings of the XXXV ISPIM Innovation Conference Ihamäki, Pirita; Kaivo-oja, Jari
(A4 Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa) - Exploring Smart City Digital Twins: From distinct concepts towards integrated socio-technical applications (2024) Karayel, Tolga; Kaivo-oja, Jari; Villman, Tero; Pouru-Mikkola, Laura; Lindholm, Michael; Immonen, Eero
(D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti tai -selvitys ) - Generative AI for Visionary Leadership - Desirability and Feasibility Assessments from an Expert Survey (2024)
- Communications in Computer and Information Science
(A4 Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa) - Global and European Interests in Key Concepts of Sustainable Development, Green Transition, European Green Deal, Digital Transition and Artificial Intelligence
(Conference abstract: International Scientific Conference on European Processes 2024) (2024) International Scientific Conference on European Processes ICEP-2024 ABSTRACTS BOOK. "Conceptualising and Adapting Governance Mechanisms Towards Sustainable Development Goals" Kaivo-oja, Jari; Santonen, Teemu
(Abstrakti) - Global Interest in Artificial Intelligence: A Big Data Study (2024) Proceedings of the XXXV ISPIM Innovation Conference Santonen, Teemu; Kaivo-oja, Jari
(B3 Vertaisarvioimaton artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa) - Grand Theory of Sustainable Development with a Case Study Illustration
(Conference abstract: 24th Futures Conference 2024) (2024) 24th Futures Conference : Futures of Natural Resources, Book of Abstracts Luukkanen, Jyrki; Vehmas, Jarmo; Kaivo-oja, Jari; O’Mahony, Tadhg; Saunders, Anaely
(Abstrakti) - Human Work in Strategic Technology Transitions in Manufacturing (2024)
- International journal of human factors and ergonomics
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Kansalliset syrjäytymistä koskevat dialogit ja vaihtoehtoiset sosiaalisen syrjäytymisen skenaariot (2024)
- Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen blogi
(E1 Yleistajuinen artikkeli lehdessä)
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