Future Education and Competences
Focus areas
Our research emphasises three thematic areas: solutions in biotechnology, sustainable built environment, and future education and competences. Around these we have established trans-disciplinary and cross-professional focus areas where experts from different fields come together.
Future learning environments
We develop solutions that transform vocational education and working life into learning environments that develop skills.
Education collaboration and partnerships globally
We modernise education systems and strengthen expertise in Finland and globally together with our partners.
A competent and thriving future agent
We support career paths from the earliest stages of learning right through to the end of a working life.
Capacity for future change
We strengthen the competitiveness of companies and society.
Come and do research with us
Working with us provides you and your organisation with tools for development and change, as well as support for growth. Collaboration can take place at many scales — from large international projects to individual assignments. We also offer services for a variety of needs, such as testing, analysis or prototyping.
Our services
LearnWell – Well-being services for learning
Sustainable work, education, and well-being for the future
We promote future sustainable work, education and well-being and organisational resilience globally.
Developing working life and skills
We provide research and development services to different sectors and actors for the development of world of work and skills.
Our ongoing projects
ACCESS
Yhteistyössä kumppanimme, V.N. Karazin Kharkivin kansallisen yliopiston (KKNU), kanssa laajennamme pääsyä opettajan ammattiin, vähennämme uranvaihtajien kohtaamia rakenteellisia esteitä ja edistämme elinikäistä oppimista. Luomalla joustavan, kansallisesti tunnustetun pedagogisen pääsyreitin eri alojen asiantuntijoille, joilla ei ole pedagogista pätevyyttä, edistämme suoraan Ukrainan opettajatarjonnan vahvistamista lyhyellä ja keskipitkällä aikavälillä. Samalla tuemme joustavampaa työvoimasuunnittelua. Helpottamalla opettajaksi ryhtymistä ilman, että korkeista…
Achieving Accessibility Together
Giving a Voice to Foreign-Language Speakers in Social and Health Care Services
Ageing Autism
We develop and pilot a training model that prepares professionals to support ageing autistic individuals according to their unique needs. The focus is on improving quality of life by providing targeted support and creating a new professional specialisation for those working with ageing autistic individuals.
Agentic and competent vocational teachers in networked work
The vocational teacher is an ACE in the field of vocational education and training! The ACE project focuses on effective and competent (Agentic, Competent, Effective) vocational teachers.
AI TEKO!
We develop use of artificial intelligence in social services
AMKmicro – Continuous learning and micro-credentials for working life development
In the AMKmicro project, we strengthen universities of applied sciences’ capabilities to develop continuous learning — particularly the offering, design, implementation, and visibility of micro-credentials — to maintain, enhance, and renew the skills of the working-age population and working life.
An ode to collaboration between One-Stop Guidance Centres and educational institutions – project
Our aim is to strengthen and expand collaboration between education providers and One-Stop Guidance Centres.
News
Follow us on social media!
Get familiar with our social media channels focusing on research: