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InnoLab
InnoLab’s research areas include open innovation, user-driven innovation, entrepreneurship, and innovation and renewal within the public sector.
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Innovation and entrepreneurship in society
InnoLab promotes a new way of doing science – encouraging the use of citizen science, open science, and design thinking. Its research is grounded in participation, creativity, low hierarchies, and an active civil society. The aim is to generate innovative and creative research that introduces new perspectives and approaches. The research platform draws on the University of Vaasa’s multidisciplinary expertise across all its strategic focus areas and works in close collaboration with businesses, the public sector, other universities, and research institutions. InnoLab places particular emphasis on dynamic cooperation with external partners and on communication that is engaging and accessible to diverse audiences. InnoLab’s goal is to strengthen the University of Vaasa’s societal engagement and support the impact of research – building bridges between science, decision-making, and practical action.
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Projects
| Project | Duration | Actors |
|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Socially-acceptable & Actionable Plants (ASAP) | - | InnoLab, Management, Technology and Innovations, Strategic business development, Networked value systems NeVS, Public policy and governance |
| HAVU - Hyvinvointia ja elämyksiä yksityismetsistä uusien teknologioiden avulla | - | Digital Economy, InnoLab, Technology and Innovations |
| Strengthening Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Education and SME Management (DEI4SME) | - | Strategic business development, Human resource management, Management, InnoLab |
| NatureMind – Mental health and well-being from nature | - | InnoLab |
| Energy and transport poverty in Finnish rural areas (MaaElli) | - | InnoLab |
| KvarkenData | - | InnoLab, Digital Economy, VEBIC |
| Nature as part of the youth hyte services (LuontoHYTE ) | - | InnoLab |
| NATUREACH – Nature Reachable for all | - | InnoLab, Digital Economy, Public policy and governance, Marketing and Communication |
| MISS – Practising mission-oriented innovation policy | - | SC-Research, Technology and Innovations, InnoLab, Public policy and governance, Management |
| Media Pluralism Monitor 2022 | - | InnoLab |
Contact us
Research platform's coordinator
Kuva
Tommi Lehtonen
Research Director
University of Vaasa > School of Marketing and Communication > Communication Studies
Other leadership team members
Kuva
Anupam Dutta
Associate Professor (tenure track)
University of Vaasa > School of Accounting and Finance > Finance Group
Kuva
Jouni Juntunen
Professor
University of Vaasa > School of Technology and Innovations > Industrial Management
Kuva
Tomi Kallio
Professor
University of Vaasa > School of Management > Human Resource Management
Kuva
Merja Koskela
Dean
University of Vaasa > School of Marketing and Communication