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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- Kuntien rooli yrityksien osaamisen kehittämisessä – esimerkkinä Vantaan puolijohdealan ennakointi (2025)
- Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen blogi
(E1 Yleistajuinen blogikirjoitus ) - Maantieyhteys Vaasasta Uumajaan on kannattava investointi ja aluekehityksen moottori
[The road connection from Vaasa to Umeå is a profitable investment and a driver of regional development] (2025)- Maaseudun Tulevaisuus
(E1 Yleistajuinen artikkeli lehdessä) - Navigating the 5.0 Transitions : Strategic Management Insights from the HF/E Perspective (2025) Proceedings of the 22nd Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Volume 3, Better Life Ergonomics for Future Humans (IEA 2024) Reiman, Arto; Kaivo-oja, Jari; Takala, Esa-Pekka; Parviainen, Eli
(A4 Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa) - NordicConnector – kannattava investointi ja aluekehityksen moottori
[NordicConnector – a profitable investment and an engine for regional development] (2025)- Ilkka-Pohjalainen
(E1 Yleistajuinen artikkeli lehdessä) - Pohjoisen silta – investointi, joka maksaa itsensä takaisin (2025)
- Suomenmaa
(E1 Yleistajuinen artikkeli lehdessä) - Practice-oriented AI Tools and Methods in Industrial Organisations and Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) : Future Avenues to Develop Productivity, Ergonomics and Well-being of Employees (2025) Futures of technologies : Mutual Shaping of Socio-Technical Transformations : Book of Abstracts Kaivo-Oja, Jari; Reiman, Arto; Parviainen, Elina; Hulkko, Tyyne; Villman, Tero
(Abstrakti) - Puheenvuoro : Kallisa rautatietä ei tarvita, mutta tie Vaasasta Uumajaan olisi järkevä – Katso laskelmat
[Speech: An expensive railway is not needed, but a road from Vaasa to Umeå would make sense – See calculations] (2025)- Tekniikka & Talous
(E1 Yleistajuinen artikkeli lehdessä) - Puolijohdealan kasvu tuo tuhansia työpaikkoja Vantaalle (2025)
- Talouselämä
(E1 Yleistajuinen artikkeli lehdessä) - Puolijohdealan työpaikkojen triplaus voi onnistua Vantaan ennakointimallilla (2025)
- Kauppalehti
(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
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