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 
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- Dilemma-Based Decision-Making in EDIH Ecosystem’s : Insights Into Innovation Leadership (2025) Human Factors in Design, Engineering, and Computing : Proceedings of the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Design, Engineering, and Computing (AHFE 2025 Hawaii Edition), Hawaii, USA 8-10, December 2025 Ihamäki, Pirita; Kuoppakangas, Päivikki; Kaivo-oja, Jari
(A4 Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa) - Dilemma-Based EDIH Ecosystem’s : Insights Into Innovation Leadership (2025)
- AHFE International
(A4 Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa) - Evaluating the growth potential of digital business weak signals through the lens of entrepreneurs (2025)
- Futures
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Fair and sustainable energy transition in Lao PDR (2025) Saunders Vazquez, Anaely; Luukkanen, Jyrki; Kaivo-Oja, Jari; Vehmas, Jarmo
(Abstrakti) - FAMILIE – Scalable Community Assistance with Ethical AI in Smart Cities (2025) Electronic media & the visual arts : EVA 2025 Florence : 26 May 2025 Laakkonen, Mika; Pietiläinen, Ville; Kaivo-oja, Jari; Vanhanen, Minna; Huttunen, Hanna-Leena
(A4 Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa) - Human Development Index, Gross National Income per Capita, and Social Development Indicators in Lao PDR in Years 1990-2022 : Long Run Strategic Synergy Trends Analysis (2025) Kaivo-Oja, Jari; Saunders Vazquez, Anaely; Luukkanen, Jyrki; Vehmas, Jarmo
(Abstrakti) - Intangibility and Productivity in Public Service Healthcare (2025)
- Economics and culture
(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) - Kuntien rooli yrityksien osaamisen kehittämisessä – esimerkkinä Vantaan puolijohdeala (2025)
- Suomenmaa
(E1 Yleistajuinen artikkeli lehdessä)
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