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
- Transdisciplinarity and new fields of knowledge in anticipatory processes (2017) Anna Kirveennummi, Ellinoora Leino-Richert, Nicolas A Balcom Raleigh, Hoa Nguyen, Sari Puustinen, Markku Wilenius
- Tulevaisuusajattelu ja visionäärinen johtaminen (2017) Pentti Malaska - Ennalta näkijä, edellä kulkija Markku Wilenius, Laura Pouru
- Coolest Student Papers at Finland Futures Research Centre 2015–2016. Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen valittuja opiskelijatöitä 2015–2016 (2016) Maria Höyssä, Hanna-Kaisa Aalto, Sofi Kurki, Matti Minkkinen, Katriina Siivonen, Sari Söderlund, Petri Tapio, Markku Wilenius, Anne Arvonen
- RE-Acting the Future. New Ways to Work: The Case of Reaktor (2016) Sofi Kurki, Minna Pura, Markku Wilenius
- Trust makes this organisation unique.
Looking at the future of work through two human-centric organisations. (2016)- European Journal of Futures Research
- Työelämän iso muutos ja kuudes aalto (2016)
- Työterveyslääkäri
- Epävarmuuden maailmassa tulevaisuus on luotava itse (2015) Kaikkea sattuu Wilenius Markku
- Organisations and the sixth wave: – Are ethics transforming our economies in the coming decades? (2015)
- Futures
- Seizing the X-events. – The sixth K-wave and the shocks that may upend it. (2015)
- Technological Forecasting and Social Change
- The next K-Wave and the challenge of global democracy (2015) Wilenius Markku
- Tulevaisuuskirja – Metodi seuraavan aikakauden ymmärtämiseen (2015) Wilenius Markku
- Leadership in the sixth wave—excursions into the new paradigm of the Kondratieff cycle 2010–2050 (2014)
- European Journal of Futures Research
- Riding the Sixth Wave: – Kondratieff theory as a method in a multi - stakeholder process for the renewal of the Finnish forest and financial services industries (2014) Engage today to shape tomorrow Wilenius Markku, Kurki Sofi
- Society, consciousness and change—An inquiry into Pentti Malaska's futures thinking (2014)
- Futures
- Tulevaisuus systeeminä (Future as a system) – Pentti Malaskan yhteiskunnallisesta ajattelusta (Pentti Malaska as a Social Thinker) (2013)
- Futura
- Resourcing the Sixth Wave – How to create a more sustainable future through radical renewal (2012) Surfing the Sixth Wave. Exploring the next 40 years of global change. Markku Wilenius, Sofi Kurki
- Surfing the Sixth Wave. Exploring the next 40 years of global change – Exploring the next 40 years of global change (2012) Markku Wilenius, Sofi Kurki
- 10 tulevaisuuden kipupistettä. Tulevaisuusvaliokunnan 2007–2011 yhteenvetoa ja arviointia. (2011) Heinonen, Sirkka;Hietanen, Olli;Kaskinen, Juha;Luukkanen, Jyrki;Tiihonen, Paula;Wilenius, Markku
- Extreme Events (2011) Wilenius, Markku;Casti, John;Ilmola, Leena;Rouvinen, Petri
- Johtajuus kuudennessa aallossa (2011) Tieto ja osaaminen kilpailuetuna Wilenius, Markku