Mikkel Knudsen
M.Sc. (Pol. Sci.)
mikkel.knudsen@utu.fi +358 29 450 4653 +358 50 513 6636 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku : 3.12 |
Technology foresight; R&I foresight; research infrastructures; policy futures; Anticipatory Governance; Denmark; Itonics.
Member of the Futures Distillery (https://tulevaisuustislaamo.fi/).
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 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).
2022: Finland Futures Academy Summer School
2020-2021: Technology Foresight in Organizational Strategies (TSE, UTU)
2019: Finland Futures Academy Summer School
- Unlocking a Thrivable Future for Humanity – Optimism, Sustainability and Prosperity (2024)
- Futuuri
- Defining ‘Future Generations’: Epistemic Considerations on Conceptualizing a Future-Oriented Domain in Policy And Law-Making (2023)
- Journal of Futures Studies: Epistemology, Methods, Applied and Alternative Futures
- Foresight on Demand (FoD) Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on European Consumer Behaviour - Foresight Study (2023) Kimpeler Simone, Cuhls Kerstin, Freudenberg Charlotte, Giuffré Giovanna, Galvini Giorgia, Ricci Andrea, Marmora Loredana, Giesecke Susanne, Wasserbacher Dana, Heinonen Sirkka, Knudsen Mikkel Stein, Könnölä Totti
- Futures of Green Skills and Jobs in Europe in 2050: Scenario and Policy Implications (2023) Knudsen Mikkel Stein, Caniels Marjolein, Dickinson Peter, Hery Michel, Könnölä Totti, Lotz-Sisitka Heila
- Contrasting digital twin vision of manufacturing with the industrial reality (2022)
- International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
- Ennakointi ja tulevat sukupolvet lainvalmistelun prosesseissa, instituutioissa ja käytännöissä (2022) Airos Maija, Ahlqvist Toni, Knudsen Mikkel, Mutanen Anu, Rapeli Lauri, Schauman Jonas, Setälä Maija, Taylor Amos
- Future avenues of digital transformation: Next steps? (2022) Public Innovation and Digital Transformation Kaivo-oja Jari, Knudsen Mikkel Stein, Lauraéus Theresa
- Google Big Data Trend Index Analysis of Industry 4.0 Technologies: Technology and Key Concept Trends of Global Landscape in 2004–2021 (2022)
- Communications in Computer and Information Science
- International Energy Research Infrastructures: Mapping the global landscape of Energy RIs (RISCAPE) (2022) Knudsen Mikkel Stein, Birmoser Ferreira-Aulu Marianna, Shabanova-Danielyan Elizaveta, Wang Weiqing, Luukkanen Jyrki, Kaivo-oja Jari
- Plausible 6G Futures: Scenarios for the Future MNO Business Environment in the 6G Era (2022)
- Communications in Computer and Information Science
- Strengthening foresight and the role of future generations in Finnish lawmaking (2022) Airos Maija, Ahlqvist Toni, Knudsen Mikkel, Mutanen Anu, Rapeli Lauri, Schauman Jonas, Setälä Maija, Taskinen Mari, Taylor Amos
- Tulevaisuudentutkimusta Tanskassa kolmen linssin läpi (2022)
- Futura
- Energy Research Infrastructures in Europe and Beyond: Mapping an Unmapped Landscape (2021)
- European Integration Studies
- From Industry X to Industry 6.0: Antifragile Manufacturing for People, Planet, and Profit with Passion (2021) Kuosmanen Pauli, Villman Tero, Annanperä Elina, Jurmu Marko, Kaivo-oja Jari, Kettunen Petri, Knudsen Mikkel, Lauraéus Theresa, Majava Jukka, Porras Jari
- Future Orientation and Political Participation: The Moderating Role of Political Trust (2021)
- Frontiers in Political Science
- Global Export Strategy of the “Born Global” Companies, Business Modeling, and Dynamic Capabilities: Eight Knowledge Management Cases of Country and City Data Analytics (2021)
- Communications in Computer and Information Science
- Market Structure analysis with Herfindahl-Hirchman Index and Lauraéus-Kaivo-oja Indices in the Global Cobotics Markets (2021)
- Economics and culture
- AI to the Rescue: Will Artificial Intelligence lead the way towards the Sustainability Development Goals and a New Green Deal era? (2020)
- Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen blogi
- An Emerging Technology Challenge: Digital Twins (2020)
- Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen blogi
- Collaborative Robots: Frontiers of Current Literature (2020)
- Journal of Intelligent Systems: Theory and Applications



