Sustainable Societies
Sustainable Societies
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Sustainable Societies
We create societal impact
by conducting RDI work with our partners, developing networks of companies and organizations, and promoting responsible business models.
As a key builder of comprehensive security,
we strengthen preparedness, resilience, and mental endurance by providing holistic support to individuals, companies, and public actors.
We promote the circular economy and sustainable consumption
by developing resource use across sectors while taking into account global climate, economic, and raw material pressures.
By focusing on regenerative industry and business,
we advance systems thinking and operating models related to the green transition and support innovations that generate sustainable growth.
In regional development,
we promote the smart specialization priorities of the region by building international clusters and ecosystems with our partners and by engaging in project preparation and implementation.
Our expertise includes e.g.:
- Business development
- Management and supervisory work
- Internationalization
- Service and product development
- Sales
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Contacts
RD Manager
Kaija Villman
+358 44 785 6840
kaija.villman@savonia.fi
Research Manager
Tuomo Eskelinen
+358 44 7856613
tuomo.eskelinen@savonia.fi
RDI Team Leader
Raisa Leinonen
+358 44 7855 833
raisa.leinonen@savonia.fi
Sustainable Societies’ RDI Articles
Psychologically Safe Learning Environments – The STEP Project Strengthens Teachers’ Competencies ›
Position paper: clusters as mechanisms to ensure finland’s competitiveness and innovation ›
New paths through the screen – Savonia UAS explores whether the experience of nature can also be experienced digitally ›
Object Detection Metrics: Flood vs Water Detection Use Case ›
Tackling the problems of Northern rural areas through gamification ›
Soft Power of Design Thinking as way for Eco-social Prospective Impact Assessment ›
The Role of Digitalization: Can Young Adults be Encouraged to Stay in Regions Outside Major Cities? ›
Smart heating systems in a climate-friendly way by utilizing artificial intelligence (ÄLLITÄ) ›
Examples of our ongoing projects:
Waste4Soil
The project develops technological and methodological solutions for recycling food waste from the food industry into local bio-based soil conditioners to improve soil health.
Soil Pollution Processes – Modelling ad Inclusion Advanced Digital Decision Support Tools (SOILPROM)
SOILPROM will improve the modelling of soil pollution processes for metals, PFAS, nutrients, microplastics, and pesticides through soil, air, water, and plants compartments, to reach reduced levels of pollution and healthier soils across Europe.
Climate Engine
The project’s mission is to launch five new Climate Innovation Laboratories, strengthening entrepreneurship, accelerating innovation-to-market pathways, and embedding long-term institutional change.
Future DiverCities2
The project’s spotlight is on city-oriented art and cultural activities, which try out new uses for empty spaces in cities and encourage resident-based development of urban culture. Nine European cities are involved in the experiments.
Midlife Career Chance (Change) – Life Long Learning
The CHANCE project aims to improve the competencies and skills of adults in the 50+ group through a tailored training program to start their own entrepreneurial projects, pursue a career change, or work as freelancers.
Art without Barriers – Inclusiveness through Art
The project aims to increase the participation and inclusion of those in the most vulnerable positions and to improve the target group’s social cohesion through art activities.
ASTRIC – Attract skills and talent through Regional Innovation Capacity insights
The project focuses on measuring and developing the innovation capacity of sparsely populated areas in Northern Europe in collaboration with international partners. The tool used is the METRIC (Measurement Tool for Regional Innovation and Competitiveness), which focuses on monitoring and analyzing the region’s economic, social, and innovation indicators.
BoostECO – Building Future-proof Ecosystems
The goal of the project is the user-based joint development of North Savo’s ecosystems and cluster cooperation.
Energy efficiency, sustainable decision-making and responsibility in space utilization (“E-Teho”)
The project will produce a new responsible process development model for planning and decision-making regarding alternative uses for underutilized properties.
Climate Crisis – Regional Adaptation to Climate Change
(“Ilmastokriisi”)
The project focuses on promoting adaptation to climate change, preventing risks, and enhancing disaster preparedness and resilience. The specific objective is to seek proactive preparedness for the impacts of climate change, anticipate and mitigate negative effects, and seize opportunities created by positive impacts.
InnoGS – Innovation through Gamification
The project aims to support rural regions by developing inclusive, digital innovation communities called Digital Innovation Districts (DIDs). These communities bring together local people, organisations, and authorities to solve challenges using creative and gamified digital solutions.
The Centre of Excellence for Comprehensive Security
The project’s aim is to develop the operating model of the Centre of Excellence for Comprehensive Security so that the comprehensive security expertise in the region can be productized and solutions can be transmitted to the national level and also operate in global networks.
Tahko – The Destination for Every Season
The two-year business group project’s main objective is to attract more international tourists from nearby markets to Tahko tourist resort. At the same time, the project aims to enhance the international productization, marketing, sales, and communication skills of local companies.
More information from:
Project Manager Tiina Kuosmanen,
+358 44 785 6097, tiina.kuosmanen@savonia.fi