Markku Wilenius
markku.wilenius@utu.fi +358 50 592 9121 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku |
Futures studies
Markku Wilenius is professor of futures studies in Turku University Business School. He has worked over 20 years with futures studies. In 2015 he co-founded Turku Complex Systems Institute at the University of Turku. In recent years his research interest include understanding socio-economic long-term waves, future of financial industry, future of forest industry and future of non-hierarchical organizations. His latest project is the future of cities and communities. He is the president of three foundations. He has also worked with Allianz, world largest private insurer, leading their strategic research and development. He is a member of Club of Rome and has led Finnish delegation in Johannesburg Sustainable Development Summit. He has published books and articles widely. His forthcoming book is called “Patterns of the Future. Understanding the Next 40 Years of Global Change” (World Scientific, London). His latest articles are: Wilenius, Markku (2015) The Next K-Wave and the Challenge of Global Democracy. Foresight Vol. 17, Issue 1, p. 35-52 Wilenius, Markku & Casti, John (2015). The Sixth K-Wave and the Shocks That May Upend It Technological Forecasting and Social Change Vol. 94, May 2015, Pages 335–349 Wilenius, Markku & Kurki, Sofi (2015). Ethics in the Sixth Wave: How New Ethical Companies will Transform Our Economies in the Coming Decades. Futures, Vol. 71, pp 146-158
- Future of cities and communities - Future of organizations - long socio-ecomomic waves - Societal pioneers
Principal teacher on master degree of futures studies Courses currently: - foundations of futures studies - Strategic foresight -Systems thinking
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- Venäjä ja ihmiskunnan tulevaisuus (2023)
- Turun Sanomat
- Ainutlaatuisuuden ytimessä
(2022)- Turun Sanomat
- Kuinka ajatella pitkälle ja leveälle? – transformatiivisen tulevaisuudentutkimuksen idea, haasteet ja mahdollisuudet (2022) Tulevaisuudentutkimus tutuksi – Perusteita ja menetelmiä Wilenius Markku
- Mitä opimme kriisistä tulevaisuuden varalle? (2022)
- Turun Sanomat
- Oppia ikä kaikki (2022)
- Turun Sanomat
- Putin haastaa mutta vastaako maailma? – Mitä siis tarvitsemme, jotta Venäjän hyökkäys Ukrainaan ei koskaan enää toistuisi? (2022)
- Turun Sanomat
- Voihan Venäjä ja Fortum! Länsi on täysin yllätetty ja olo kuin Pikku-Kallella, joka on jäänyt kiinni (2022)
- Turun Sanomat
- Yritysmaailmassa tunnetaan ilmiö nimeltä "turnaround" – miten saisimme tällaisen käänteen aikaan myös globaalisti? (2022)
- Turun Sanomat
- Bioeconomy as a driver for upcoming 7th K-wave (2050-2100) (2021) Bio#Futures: Foreseeing and Exploring the Bioeconomy Wilenius Markku
- Building individual futures capacity through transformative futures learning (2021)
- Futures
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