Sirkka Heinonen
 Professor emerita, Adjunct Professor (FFRC), Guest Professor at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), PhD

Publications

  

  

  

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• Futures of Work : A Framework to Understand the Directions of Change  (2026)   Heinonen, Sirkka; Virmajoki, Veli
  (C1 Refereed scientific book)

  
  

• Why and How to Use Narratives for Stakeholder Engagements?  (2026)   Heinonen, Sirkka; Viitamäki, Riku; Virmajoki, Veli
  (D4 Published development or research report or study )

  
  

• Breaking Borders with Futures Studies  (2025)  
  • Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen blogi
   Heinonen, Sirkka; Taylor, Amos
  (E1 Popularised blog post)

  
  

• Call for Chapters for Our World of Futures Studies as a Mosaic, Part 2  (2025)  Futures of technologies : Mutual Shaping of Socio-Technical Transformations : Book of Abstracts Villman, Tero; Heinonen, Sirkka; Salminen, Hazel
  (Abstract)

  
  

• Deep dives into the meanings and skills needed in the future worklife  (2025)  
  • Human Futures
   Heinonen, Sirkka
  (D1 Article in a professional journal)

  
  

• Exploring Socio-technical Futures of Work : a Narrative-based Foresight Approach : Report of the Millennium Project Session at the Futures of Technologies Conference 2025  (2025)   Di Berardo, Mara; Heinonen, Sirkka; Taylor, Amos; Viitamäki, Riku; Virmajoki, Veli
  (D4 Published development or research report or study )

  
  

• Future Is Philosophy!  (2025)  
  • Human Futures
   Heinonen, Sirkka; Virmajoki, Veli
  (D1 Article in a professional journal)

  
  

• Futures Consciousness as Vaccination Against Misplaced Futures  (2025)   Placing the Future Heinonen, Sirkka
  (A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)

  
  

• On foresight ‘lenses’ and the importance of anticipating disruptions
  (Presentation at the ATLAS25 Conference 2025)  (2025)   Heinonen, Sirkka
  (Other publication)

  
  

• Paradoksiluotaus ̶ uusi dekonstruoiva menetelmä tulevaisuuden-tutkimukseen  (2025)  
  • Futura
   Heinonen, Sirkka; Viitamäki, Riku
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Syväluotauksia tulevaisuuden työn merkityksiin ja osaamistarpeisiin  (2025)  
  • Futuuri
   Heinonen, Sirkka
  (E1 Popularised article)

  
  

• Teasing Paradoxes to Explore Transformative Futures of Peace  (2025)  
  • Journal of Futures Studies: Epistemology, Methods, Applied and Alternative Futures
   Heinonen, Sirkka; Pättikangas, Paula; Viitamäki, Riku; Taylor, Amos
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Tulevaisuus on filosofiaa! Mitkä ovat tulevaisuudentutkimuksen filosofiset peruskysymykset?  (2025)  
  • Tulevaisuusblogi
   VIrmajoki, Veli; Heinonen, Sirkka
  
  (E1 Popularised blog post)

  
  

• Vauhtia ja väriä kauppakorkeakoulujen johtajakoulutukseen
  (Kirja-arvio Morne Mostertin teoksesta ’Executive futures. A Quest for Quantum Curriculum. The mindsets, methods and the madness of becoming a 21st century executive’)  (2025)  
  • Futura
   Heinonen, Sirkka
  (B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Viewing Futures of Technology through Certainties and Self-Actualisation  (2025)  
  • Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen blogi
   Heinonen, Sirkka; Taylor, Amos
  (E1 Popularised blog post)

  
  

• When We Work. Delphi Results on Time and Temporality Within Futures of Work  (2025)  
  • Futures & Foresight Science
   Virmajoki, Veli; Heinonen, Sirkka; Viitamäki, Riku; Taylor, Amos; Ruotsalainen, Juho
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Wholeness and flexibility are keys to wellbeing at workspaces
  (Blog text in Perspectives by University of Turku 22th Sept 2025)  (2025)   Heinonen, Sirkka
  (Other publication)

  
  

• A mindshift towards futures resilience and anticipatory urban governance  (2024)  Real Estate and Sustainable Crisis Management in Urban Environments : Challenges and solutions for resilient cities Heinonen, Sirkka; Karjalainen, Joni; Taylor, Amos
  (A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)

  
  

• Brief history of establishing the futures field in Finland  (2024)  Our World of Futures Studies as a Mosaic Heinonen, Sirkka; Pouru-Mikkola, Laura
  (B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)

  
  

• Comment développer la conscience de l’avenir et la résilience pour la prospective opérationnelle?  (2024)  La prospective en action : Anticipations et déploiements stratégiques des organisations face au futur Heinonen, Sirkka
  (A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)