Mikael Seppälä
Senior specialist (innovation management and ecosystems)
Laurea university of Applied Sciences
Helsinki, Finland
My organisation
About me
I focus on building capacities for ecosystemic governance, stakeholder collaboration, and systemic impact in sustainability and digital transformation contexts.
My background combines systems thinking, service design, and data architecture, which helps me bridge strategic and practical levels in complex innovation ecosystems.
Laurea University of Applied Sciences is a founding member of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) and a pioneer in human-centered and ecosystemic digitalization.
We bring over two decades of experience in living labs, co-creation, and dissemination, contributing to Horizon Europe projects that design inclusive, responsible, and scalable innovation ecosystems.
Additional questions
WHAT IS YOUR MAIN INTEREST IN SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION & RESILIENCE TOPICS?
Methods by which to turn the theory into practice.
WHICH (IMPACT) AREA OF THE STR PARTNERSHIP IS IN THE FOCUS OF YOUR INTEREST?
EXPERIENCE AND KNOW-HOW IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS & RESILIENCE
Designing ecosystemic innovation portfolios for to support transformation.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN FUTURE RESEARCH COLLABORATION?
YesWHAT IS YOUR PREFERRED CONTRIBUTION IN PREPARING THE STR PARTNERSHIP?
COMPLETED PROJECTS IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS & RESILIENCE:
RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
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