Director, Dr. Soc.Sc.
Tel. +358 2 4814 528, +358 40 5439 645
juha.kaskinen(a)tse.fi
Core competencies
- Futures Studies
- Regional foresight
- Regional and business policies
- Environmental questions and sustainable development
- Expertise
Latest presentations and lectures
- Barcelona, COPCA Forum of the Observatory for International Markets 23.11.2007
In Finland
- "Future of trends and businesses", Lappeenranta University of Technology, 17.1.2008
- "Foresight in SME’s", Education programme, Lahti, 30.8. and 2.11.2007
- "Technological developments" Helsinki, 26.11.2007
- "Regional Foresight", Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences, 20.9.2007
Latest media appearances
- "Finland Futures Research Centre", Interview in regional business magazine "Yrittäjät", January 2008.
- "Future of Finland", interview in regional newspaper "Jacobstads Tidning", January 2008
- Editorial in Turku School of Economics' Bulletin "Mercurius", March 2008
Some of the publications
- Kaskinen, Juha & Mickelsson, Rauli (2009) Globaalipolitiikan uudet muodot ja puolueet. Teoksessa Mickelsson, Rauli (toim.) Puolueiden tulevaisuus. Oikeusministeriön julkaisuja 2009:6. Edita Prima Oy. s. 250-277.
- Kaskinen, Juha & Saarimaa, Riikka (eds) (2009) Culture as Innovation. The Search for Creative Power in Economies and Societies. Proceedings of the Conference "Culture as Innovation", 6–8 June 2007, Turku, Finland. FFRC eBooks 5/2009. Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku School of Economics. 115 p.
- Kaskinen, Juha (2008) Ympäristösosiologian ja monitieteisen tulevaisuudentutkimuksen rajapinnat.
Teoksessa Karjalainen, Timo P. - Luoma, Pentti & Reinikainen, Kalle (toim.) Ympäristösosiologian virrat ja verkostot. Oulun yliopisto, Thule-instituutti. Yliopistopaino, Oulu. s. 141-154
- Kinnunen, Venla - Hermunen, Tuula - Lauttamäki, Ville & Kaskinen, Juha (2008) FUTURREG. Satakunta nyt ja vuonna 2035. TUTU-eJulkaisuja 4/2008. Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskus, Turun kauppakorkeakoulu. 35 p.
- Kaskinen, Juha - Saarimaa, Riikka (guest editors) (2007) Changing Foresight Practices in Regional Development – Global Pressures and Regional Possibilities. Futura 2/2007. Special Issue. The Finnish Society for Futures Studies. 120 p.
- Kaskinen, Juha - Ahvenainen, Marko - Rodenhäuser, Ben - Daheim, Cornelia - Van Doren, Pascale & Ropars, Gervaise (2006) Rethinking Regional Performace in the Knowledge Society. Foresight as a Tool for European Regions. Finland Futures Research Centre. FFRC Publications 1/2006. 85 pp.
- Kaivo-oja, Jari & Kaskinen, Juha (2006) Comparing Scenarios: Similarities and Differences between the ESPON and SITRA Approaches. Pp. 77-84. In Heikki Eskelinen & Timo Hirvonen (eds.): Positioning Finland in a European Space. Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of the Interior. Edita Prima Ltd, Helsinki.