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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- Coping with Technological Changes:Regional and National Preparedness in Face of Technical Change (2020) Technical, Economic and Societal Effects of Manufacturing 4.0: Automation, Adaption and Manufacturing in Finland and Beyond Jari Kaivo-oja, Mikkel Stein Knudsen, Theresa Lauraeus
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Digital twin: Current shifts and their technological implications in the conditions of technological disruption (2020)
- International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Future Knowledge Management Challenges: Digital Twins Approach and Synergy Measurements? (2020)
- Management Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Picking the ICT technology winners - longitudinal analysis of 21st century technologies based on the Gartner hype cycle 2008-2017: trends, tendencies, and weak signals (2020)
- International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Collaborative Robots Between Industry 4.0 And the Platform Economy: Where Next for Cobots? (2019) Proceedings of 10th International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing and Service Systems Mikkel Stein Knudsen, Jari Kaivo-oja
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication) - Digital Twins Approach and Future Knowledge Management Challenges: Where We Shall Need System Integration, Synergy Analyses and Synergy Measurements? (2019)
- Communications in Computer and Information Science
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Enabling Technologies of Industry 4.0 and Their Global Forerunners: An Empirical Study of the Web of Science Database (2019)
- Communications in Computer and Information Science
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - International Research Infrastucture Landscape 2019: A European Perspective (2019) Ari Asmi, Jostein Sundet, Lorna Ryan, Emmanuel Salmon, Christine Kubiak, Serena Battaglia, Miriam Förster, Julie Dupré, Hannah Walter, William G. Stirling, Kurt Clausen, Mikkel Knudsen, Marianna Ferreira-Aulu, Elizaveta Shabanova-Danielyan, Weiqing Wang, Jyrki Luukkanen, Jari Kaivo-oja, Carla Baldovin, Marjan Timmer, Rob van der Meer, Rene Vermeulen, Ivana Versic, Franco Niccolucci, Gergely Sipos, Roberta Piscitelli
(D6 Editorial work for a professional compilation book) - Out of the cages: Here comes the cobots (2019)
- Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen blogi
(E1 Popularised article) - Proliferation of Digital Twins: Towards new horizons of Digital Twin-technology (2019) Proceedings of 10th International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing and Service Systems: Industry 4.0/5.0: Future Minds and Future Society Jari Kaivo-oja, Mikkel Stein Knudsen, Theresa Lauraeus
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication) - Saving Cooperative Energy: Key Learnings from an European Agro-Food SME Energy Efficiency Project (2019) Energizing Futures - Sustainable Development and Energy in Transition: Proceedings of the Futures Conference 2018 Mikkel Stein Knudsen, Kasper Bruun Knudsen
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication) - Towards Data Smart Foresight - Exciting Pivotal Moments Expected (2019)
- Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen blogi
(E1 Popularised article) - University of Turku Helps to Map Global Research Infrastructures to Foster International Research Collaboration (2019)
- Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen blogi
(E1 Popularised article) - 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)
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