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(external) |
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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- Are We in the Midst of a Fourth Industrial Revolution? New Industry 4.0 insights from future technology analysis professionals (2018)
- Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen blogi
(E1 Popularised article) - Bridging Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy: A new research agenda for Finland? (2018)
- Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen blogi
(E1 Popularised article) - Cobalt: What the price of a mineral can make us inquire about the future (2018)
- Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen blogi
(E1 Popularised article) - Co-creating futures in new value-driven economy: Foresight, co-creation and new value creation thinking (2018)
- Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen blogi
(E1 Popularised article) - Is Satakunta´s manufacturing ready for the changing world? (2018)
- Satakunnan talous
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Reimagining Finland as a Manufacturing Base: The Nearshoring Potential of Finland in an Industry 4.0 Perspective (2018)
- Business, Management and Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Valmistus 4.0 - Teknologiset, taloudelliset, koulutukselliset ja sosiaalipoliitiset strategiat (2018)
- Futuuri
(E1 Popularised article) - Draft list of key international Research Infrastructures, selected methodologies and proposed aspects of complementarities to analyse in the energy sector, RISCAPE deliverable 6.1. (2017) Jari Kaivo-Oja, Mikkel Stein Knudsen
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Lessons from European Energy Research and Energy RIs: Towards a European Science of Research Organizations? (2017) 10th Biennial International Workshop Advances in Energy Studies: Energy futures, environment and well-being Mikkel Knudsen, Jari Kaivo-oja
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication)
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