Objective:
The aim of the Helsinki Node (Finland) is to promote foresight, connect foresight community and design foresight projects in order to improve humanity’s prospects for building a better future.
Recent activities:
- Several MP affiliates in other nodes are contributing to Part 2 of the book by the Finnish Society for Futures Studies ‘Our World of Futures Studies as a Mosaic’ which will be published during the FFRC Conference in Turku in June 2026.
- Sirkka Heinonen is preparing a lecture on the The Origin and Activities of the National Foresight Eco-System in Finland for the online course to be organized by Jan Hurwitch in Costa Rica, Fundación Ética Visionária (FEV) (Desafío IAG: Ética, Derechos y Ser Humano en un Mundo IA Ciclo 2: Las Nuevas Tecnologías y Nuestras Democracias, 10 enero-11 julio, 2026).
- Osmo Kuusi has efforts for establishing youth-orientated committees for the future and he is engaged in an initiative to support establishing a node in Western Africa (Nigeria/Ghana) which would facilitate establishing committees for the future in Africa, working with Dr Martins Kwazeema, a Nigerian alumnus from our Turku Futures studies programme.
The main task is to create systems for people to think together about futures. Action modes:
- Scientific research
- Education
- Development of futures studies and foresight.
Latest Publications:
Heinonen, Sirkka & Pouru-Mikkola, Laura (2024). Brief History of Establishing the Futures Field in Finland. In: Villman, Tero, Heinonen, Sirkka & Pouru-Mikkola, Laura (eds). Our World of Futures Studies as a Mosaic, Futures Series 10, Finnish Society for Futures Studies. Helsinki.
Toivonen, Saija, Heinonen, Sirkka, Verma, Ira, Castaño-Rosa & Sara Wilkinson (eds) (2024). Real estate and Sustainable Crisis Management in Urban Environments. Challenges and Solutions for Resilient Cities. Routledge. London.