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
- Työelämän marginaalit – uuden työn tekemisen tavat (2018) Työelämän perustietoa Sofi Kurki, Markku Wilenius
- Coolest papers at Finland Futures Research Centre 2016–2017. Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen valittuja opiskelijatöitä 2016–2017 (2017) Tapio Petri, Aalto Hanna-Kaisa, Höyssä Maria, Minkkinen Matti, Siivonen Katriina, Wilenius
Markku, Arvonen Anne - Futures of Mobility in Turku 2050: Individuals and Future Signals
(konferenssiabstrakti) (2017) Mobile utopia: pasts, presents, futures Nicolas A. Balcom Raleigh, Sari Puustinen, Anna Kirveennummi, Ellinoora Leino-Richert, Hoa Nguyen, Markku Wilenius - Johdatus Pentti Malaskan ajattelun maailmaan (2017) Pentti Malaska: ennalta näkijä, edellä kulkija Markku Wilenius
- K-Waves, Reflexive Foresight, and the Future of Anticipation in the Next Socioeconomic Cycle (2017) Handbook of Anticipation Markku Wilenius, Sofi Kurki
- Mobility in Turku: Futures of mobilty as a subsystem of a complex city
(konferenssiabstrakti) (2017) Futures of a Complex World: Book of Abstracts Nicolas A. Balcom Raleigh, Anna Kirveennummi, Ellinoora Leino-Richert, Hoa Nguyen, Sari Puustinen, Markku Wilenius - Patterns of the Future: Understanding the Next Wave of Global Change (2017) Markku Wilenius
- Pentti Malaska: ennalta näkijä, edellä kulkija (2017) Laura Pouru, Markku Wilenius, Karin Holstius, Sirkka Heinonen
- People and mobility in Turku: Futures of mobility as a subsystem of a complex city (2017) Sari Puustinen, Markku Wilenius, Nicolas A. Balcom Raleigh, Anna Kirveennummi, Ellinoora Leino-Richert, Hoa Nguyen
- Sitä niittää mitä kylvää: luottamuskeskeisten organisaatioiden menestystarinoita (2017) Itseohjautuvuus. Miten organisoitua tulevaisuudessa? Sofi Kurki, Markku Wilenius



