Mikkel Knudsen
M.Sc. (Pol. Sci.)
mikkel.knudsen@utu.fi +358 29 450 4653 +358 50 513 6636 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku Office: 3.12 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0846-4005 |
Areas of expertise
Technology foresight; R&I foresight; research infrastructures; policy futures; Anticipatory Governance; Denmark; Itonics.
Technology foresight; R&I foresight; research infrastructures; policy futures; Anticipatory Governance; Denmark; Itonics.
Research community or research topic
Member of the Futures Distillery (https://tulevaisuustislaamo.fi/).
Member of the Futures Distillery (https://tulevaisuustislaamo.fi/).
Biography
I'm a project researcher in Futures Studies and doctoral researcher in Political Science. My main research interest and expertise lie at the intersections of the two fields, as well as in foresight, technology foresight, and sustainability.
2018-: Project Researcher, Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku
2010: M.Sc. (Political Science), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Research
Research projects:
- 2023-2025: GYROSCOPE (https://sites.utu.fi/gyroscope/). Academy of Finland, RRF funding.
- 2023-2025: T-Winning Spaces 2035 (https://t-winning-spaces2035.com/). Academy of Finland. RRF funding.
- 2022-2025: Strategic Foresight for Sustainability (https://www.sf4s-project.com/), Erasmus+, European Commission
- 2018-2023: Manufacturing 4.0 (www.mfg40.fi), Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland
- 2022: Foresight and Future Generations in Lawmaking (FORGE), VN TEAS
- 2021-2022: European Consumer Behaviour after COVID-19: A Foresight Study, DG Justice and Consumers, European Commission
- 2018-2021: Platforms for Big Data Foresight, Research Council of Lithuania
- 2017-2019: European Research Infrastructures in the International Landscape (RISCAPE) (Horizon 2020)
- 2016-2019: Saving Cooperative Energy (SCOoPE) (Horizon 2020).
Teaching
2022: Finland Futures Academy Summer School
2020-2021: Technology Foresight in Organizational Strategies (TSE, UTU)
2019: Finland Futures Academy Summer School
Publications 
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- Against Blank Slate Futuring, Factoring in Stickiness and Certainties (2025)
- Futuuri
(E1 Popularised article) - Anticipatory organisations and future-oriented regulation: Emerging policy pathways in marine logistics and pharmaceutical industry (2025) Anticipatory Governance 2025, 8–10 May 2025. Trento, Italy Ahlqvist, Toni; Knudsen, Mikkel; Lauttamäki, Ville; Villman, Tero
(Abstract) - Anticipatory Organisations and Future-oriented Regulation: Emerging Policy Pathways in Marine Logistics and Pharmaceutical Industry (2025) Futures4Europe Conference 2025: Exploring Future-Oriented Collective Intelligence. 15–16 May 2025, Wien, Austria Knudsen, Mikkel; Ahlqvist, Toni; Lauttamäki, Ville; Villman, Tero
(Abstract) - Anticipatory organisations and future-oriented regulation: Emerging policy pathways in marine logistics and pharmaceutical manufacturing (2025) FFRC’s annual Futures Conference 2025: Futures of Technologies – Mutual Shaping of Socio-Technical Transformations. 10–12 June 2025, Turku, Finland Ahlqvist, Toni; Knudsen, Mikke; Lauttamäki, Ville; Villman, Tero
(Abstract) - Anticipatory organisations and future-oriented regulation: stylised positions in long term-oriented industries like marine logistics (2025) Komarec 2025: Kotka Maritime Research Conference Ahlqvist, Toni; Knudsen, Mikkel; Lauttamäki, Ville; Villman, Tero
(Abstract) - Cruel utopia of the seas? Multiple risks challenge the singular hydrogen hype in Finnish maritime logistics (2025)
- Energy Research and Social Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Future maritime logistics space: expectations, tensions, contradictions (2025) Paper presented in the 2025 American Association of Geographers AAG Annual Meeting Ahlqvist, Toni; Knudsen, Mikkel; Lauttamäki, Ville; Janasik, Nina; Lehikoinen, Annukka; Luoma, Emilia; Nikkanen, Maija
(Abstract) - GYROSCOPE-hankkeen politiikka- ja toimenpidesuositukset : Meriliikenteen vihreä siirtymä – ennakoivaa yhteistyötä ja sääntelyä kestävän tulevaisuuden rakentamiseksi (2025) Ahlqvist, Toni; Hukkinen, Janne; Janasik, Nina; Kauppi, Patrik; Knudsen, Mikkel; Kuikka, Sakari; Lauttamäki, Ville; Lehikoinen, Annukka; Luoma, Emilia; Nikkanen, Maija; Valdez Banda, Osiris
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Launch : Accelerating life science manufacturing in Finland (2025) Futures of Technologies - Mutual Shaping of Socio-Technical Transformations : Book of Abstracts Ahlqvist,Toni; Karayel, Tolga; Koskinen, Keijo; Knudsen, S Mikkel; Villman, Tero
(Abstract) - Managing Strategic Flexibility in Industry 5.0 Transition : An Integrated Real Options and Strategic Foresight Approach (2025) Contemporary Issues in Industry 5.0 : Towards an AI Integrated Society Savolainen, Jyrki; Knudsen, Mikkel Stein
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Navigating decarbonization: contrasting academic and industry perspectives (2025) Komarec 2025: Kotka Maritime Research Conference Lauttamäki, Ville; Ahlqvist, Toni; Knudsen, Mikkel
(Abstract) - Strategic foresight for maritime transitions: A digital foresight platform as a framework for exploring systemic changes and policy (2025) Komarec 2025: Kotka Maritime Research Conference Ahlqvist, Toni; Basnet, S.; Farokhi, R. ; Hukkinen, J.; Janasik, N.; Kauppi, P.; Kuikka, S.; Knudsen, M.; Lauttamäki, V.; Lehikoinen, A.; Luoma, E.; Nikkanen, M.; Valdez Banda, O.
(Abstract) - Technology foresight and joint visioning for accelerating digital transformation in the Finnish life science manufacturing : Lessons from the LifeFactFuture project (2025) Futures of Technologies - Mutual Shaping of Socio-Technical Transformations : Book of Abstracts Ahlqvist,Toni; Karayel, Tolga; Knudsen, S Mikkel; Villman, Tero
(Abstract) - The networked factory of the future? Future states of blue-collar work based on the case of life science manufacturing (2025) WORK2025 : Work in the Era of Unruly AI – Abstract book Knudsen, Mikkel; Villman, Tero
(Abstract) - Deconstructing Paradoxes Of Work Through CLA : Millennium Project Special Session at FFRC Conference ‘Futures of Natural Resources’, 13 June 2024, Turku, Finland (2024) Heinonen, Sirkka; Ebrahimabadi, Samaneh; Viitamäki, Riku; Taylor, Amos; Pätikangas, Paula; Knudsen, Mikkel; Tähtinen, Lassi
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Eye of Europe Foresight Training Manual (2024) Knudsen, Mikkel; Kaskinen, Juha; Lauttamäki, Ville
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Futures of green skills and jobs in Europe in 2050: Scenarios and policy implications (2024) Knudsen, Mikkel; Caniels, Marjolein; Dickinson, Peter; Hery, Michel; Könnölä, Totti; Lotz-Sisitka, Heila
(Other publication) - Futures studies in Denmark through three lenses (2024) Our World of Futures Studies as a Mosaic Knudsen, Mikkel Stein
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - L'avenir des compétences et des emplois verts en Europe en 2050 : scénario et implications politiques ; conséquences pour la prévention des risques professionnels (2024)
- Hygiène et sécurité du travail
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Robotiikka ja automaatio vievät meitä teolliseen murrokseen - miltä näyttää valmistavan teollisuuden tulevaisuus? (2024)
- Futuuri
(E1 Popularised article)
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