Research teams
ResLab – Research team for societal resilience and foresight
Do you need foresight experts, researchers of desirable futures, designers and trainers, or a broad network of change-makers? As a partner of the ResLab research team, you will develop a sustainable global future in demanding RDI projects together with our team’s experts and Laurea students.
Let’s actively build hopeful futures together
ResLab Research team at Laurea University of Applied Sciences studies and fosters societal resilience while building preferred futures.
For Reslab, resilience means not only preparing, responding and mitigating disruptions but also proactively creating good life within society.
ResLab applies systems, futures, and design thinking in education, business development and RDI projects, providing high-quality insights to public sector, businesses, and academia.
The mission of the ResLab research team is to study and strengthen societal resilience and to build desirable futures. We approach these themes from the perspectives of systems, futures and design thinking. We research, develop, teach, coach, publish and communicate.
Our multidisciplinary, flexible and holistic approach makes us an excellent partner for a variety of projects aiming for impactful results in Uusimaa, Finland, Europe and globally.
We have extensive experience with funding instruments such as, internationally, CERV, HORIZON and EDF; of national funding from the Academy of Finland, ERDF (EAKR) and ESF+ (ESR+); and in business contexts, CELTIC-NEXT. We are continuously seeking new collaboration partners.
ResLab works closely with Laurea’s other research programmes:
Coherent security
Service business and circular economy
Sustainable and diverse social and health sector
Research themes
- Societal resilience
- Strategic foresight
- Anticipating changes in the operating environment
- Security studies in social sciences
- Transformative futures research
- Preparedness and comprehensive security
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
Ketonen-Oksi, Sanna & Vigren, Minna (2024) Methods to imagine transformative futures. An integrative literature review. Futures 157, 103341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2024.103341
Ketonen-Oksi, Sanna, Pura, Minna & Kivelä, Susanna (2024) Avoin ambidekstrisyys – avain tulevaisuustietoisuuteen (“Open ambidexterity: key to futures consciousness”). Futura 1/2024, 26-38. Archived: https://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024/865522
Hart, L. (2022). Willing, Caring and Capable: Gendered Ideals of Vernacular Preparedness in Finland. Social Politics 29(2): 405-427. https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxab012
Hart, Linda, Häggblom, Erasmus, & Pulkka, Antti-Tuomas (2023) Gender and Generation Differences in Finnish Defence Policy Opinions 2000–2020. Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies 6(1): 182–197. https://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.197
Ruoslahti, Harri & Tikanmäki, Ilkka (2024) The Social Domain: Resilience of Information-Sharing Networks. European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security 23(1), 421-429. https://doi.org/10.34190/eccws.23.1.2520
Tikanmäki, Ilkka, and Harri Ruoslahti (2023) Exploring crisis management response to hybrid threats and warfare. Journal of Military Studies, ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.2478/jms-2024-0009
Professional publications
Hario, P. 2024. ResLab vahvistaa yhteiskunnallista resilienssiä toivottavia tulevaisuuksia rakentamalla, Laurea Journal. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe202402065933
Hario, P. 2023. Yksilön minäpystyvyys ja yhteiskunnallinen osallisuus vahvistavat tulevaisuusresilienssiä, Laurea Journal. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2023062759952
Hart, L., Poutala, M., Aatsinki, A. & Brandt, J. (2024). Preparedness and resilience in educational institutions and communities: VARY learning material. 13.12.2024. Laurea University of Applied Sciences. https://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024/874809
Kaljunen, R. (2024). The new Work First operating model boosts the employment of immigrants in Vantaa. Laurea Journal. https://journal.laurea.fi/uudesta-work-first-toimintamallista-vauhtia-maahanmuuttaneiden-tyollistymiseen-vantaalla/#e6b40f14
Seppänen, M. & Kaljunen, R. (2023). Co-creation and participation – Why it is worth investing in them? Laurea Journal. https://journal.laurea.fi/yhteiskehittaminen-ja-osallistaminen-miksi-naihin-kannattaa-panostaa/#e6b40f14
Kaljunen, R. & Ylikoski, T. (2021). Service design opened the door to more impactful project communication. Laurea Journal. https://journal.laurea.fi/palvelumuotoilu-avasi-oven-vaikuttavampaan-hankeviestintaan/#e6b40f14
Ketonen-Oksi, S. & Wikström, T. (2025). Rebellious girls needed – the urgency to imagine more feminist futures. Journal of Futures Studies.
Ketonen-Oksi, S. & Pura, M. (2024). Futures consciousness as a prerequisite for sustainability thinking. Laurea University of Applied Sciences’ thematic publication on sustainable development.
Laitinen, J. (2024) Strategic foresight helps companies build a successful future. Laurea Journal 27.11.2024. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2024112797237
Laitinen, J. & Bergius, I. (2022) Mapping the key change factors of the future operating environment as part of companies’ strategic management. In Brandt, T., Kuusisto-Ek, H., Unkari-Virtanen, L., Ketonen-Oksi, S., & Wikström, T. (eds.) Future-proof business – competence in systems. Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. https://julkaisut.haaga-helia.fi/3uas-konferenssi-tulevaisuuslukutaito-ja-innovaatiokyvykkyys-bisneksessa/#tulevaisuuden-toimintaympariston-keskeisten-muutostekijoiden-kartoittaminen-osana-yritysten-strategista-johtamista-15
Lindroos-Järvitalo, Riikka, Jokela Krista & Kivelä Susanna (2024) Executive teams as active future-makers of organizations. Laurea Journal.
Niskanen, V-P; Uusikylä, P.; Lonka, H.; Ahonen, P.; Laitinen, K.; Tervo, V-P; Ruoslahti, H; Huttunen, P. Is there a need for civilian preparedness in Finland? Government’s analysis, assessment and research publications 2024:1. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-383-015-8
Tetri, B., Tahvanainen, L., Ketonen-Oksi S., Nikula, K., Wikström, T., Suomala, J., Kuula, M. & Ahonen, O. (2025). ETAPLATE – Developing a multidisciplinary and multi-actor transatlantic ecosystem network to promote planetary health and well-being. Laurea Long.
Tykkyläinen, S., Karjalainen, A., Brusset, E., & Hario, P. (2023). Systems approaches to peace operations. CMC Finland Working Papers 11(1). https://www.cmcfinland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/FINAL_CMC-Systems-approaches-to-peace-operations-WEB-versio.pdf
Interested in collaboration?
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Pasi Hario
Project Manager
The ResLab team
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Linda Hart
RDI Specialist
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Raija Kaljunen
Specialist
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Sanna Ketonen-Oksi
sanna.ketonen-oksi@laurea.fi
+358 50 308 0408
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Susanna Kivelä
Principal Lecturer
susanna.kivela@laurea.fi
+358 50 564 1586
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Jukka Laitinen
Project Specialist
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Niko Lankinen
Special Advisor
niko.lankinen@laurea.fi
+358 9 886 870 24
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Minna Pura
Principal Lecturer
minna.pura@laurea.fi
+358 50 576 1926
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Harri Ruoslahti
Principal Lecturer
harri.ruoslahti@laurea.fi
+358 9 886 879 85
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Ilkka Vuorikuru
Specialist
ilkka.vuorikuru@laurea.fi
+358 50 449 4532
Master’s programmes related to the research team’s activities
The knowledge produced by the research team is utilised in two Master’s programmes affiliated with the team:
We’ll correct the exact programmes here when more detailed control of the content listing has been implemented
Projects related to societal resilience and foresight
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Kiertotalouden TKI-boosteri
Implementation period:
31.10.2024 – 30.8.2027
Read more: Kiertotalouden TKI-boosteriResearch programme:
Service Business and Circular Economy -
ENOT – ennakoitua osaamista työelämään
Implementation period:
31.12.2024 – 30.5.2027
Read more: ENOT – ennakoitua osaamista työelämäänResearch programme:
Service Business and Circular Economy -
An alliance for the Future of the AEROnautics and Upstream segment Skills Evolution
Implementation period:
15.1.2026 – 30.12.2029
Read more: An alliance for the Future of the AEROnautics and Upstream segment Skills EvolutionResearch programme:
Service Business and Circular Economy
