Demos Helsinki
Finnish think tank From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Demos Helsinki is a Finnish think tank. Their main research focus is on governance and societal innovation for the development of a democratic and environmentally sustainable society.[1] The organisation receives a mix of public and private funding.[2] When it was founded in 2005, Demos Helsinki became Finland's first independent think tank, described as a "front-runner" amongst think tanks in the Nordic by the Scandinavian Political Studies journal.[3] Internationally, Demos Helsinki remains one of Finland's most prominent advocates of social change, receiving regular coverage from notable English-language newspapers, including The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Economist.[4][5][6][7]
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| Formation | 2005 |
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| Type | Think tank |
| Headquarters | Mechelininkatu 3d, 00100 |
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Chief Executive | Juha Leppänen |
Founders | Aleksi Neuvonen, Roope Mokka |
| Website | Demoshelsinki.fi |
History
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Perspective
Demos Helsinki was founded in 2005 to conduct research for the Finnish innovation fund Sitra about the future of public services and quality of life in Finland.[8] Demos's approach to research and policy-making combines the expertise from expertise from different fields of study, including urban planning, architecture, and social sciences.[8][9] In 2007, the organisation launched the largest privately funded climate change campaign in Europe. At their annual conference in 2013, the World Resources Forum crowned Demos Helsinki's ideas for a resource-sustainable economy the best presentation in the Sustainable Business and Industry category.[10] More recently, Demos has developed experimental policy-making approaches for the Finnish government.[11][12] The universal basic income experiment in Finland in 2016 was part of this experimental policy-making, and Demos received worldwide media attention for their development of the experiment in collaboration with the prime minister's office.[13][14]
The organisation is also a partner to the city of Helsinki in its environmental and social sustainability programme, aiming to make the city carbon neutral by 2035.[7][15][16] Part of this collaboration included the creation of the Think Sustainably app that highlights sustainable consumer options and helps reduce carbon emissions, for which Demos developed the sustainability criteria.[17][18][19] Internationally, Demos Helsinki provides the French RATP Group, one of the world's major public transport providers, urban planning advice as a part of their strategy to use design and infrastructure innovation to increase sustainability.[20][9] Their collaboration is aimed at improving the societal impacts of Paris's public transport infrastructure, whilst decreasing its environmental footprint.[21]
Notable people
This is a list of notable people presently or formerly associated with Demos Helsinki:
- Sari Baldauf - Chairman of Nokia.
- Olli-Pekka Heinonen - Former Finnish Cabinet member (Minister of Transport and Communications, Education)[22]
- Geoff Mulgan - British political scientist and Professor at University College London.
- Aleksi Neuvonen - Finnish futurist and co-founder of Demos Helsinki.
- Roope Mokka - Finnish futures researcher and co-founder of Demos Helsinki.[6]
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