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The Living Lab has been developed through national and international projects. Projects and the networks built through them contribute to our strengths and to the continuous development of our expertise in Laurea.

EMIL (VOIKO)

The EMIL (in Finnish VOIKO) project develops and pilots need-based methods to strengthen the skills of early childhood education professionals and support the linguistic development of multilingual children and their families. The project aims to enhance inclusivity in early education by providing concrete tools for language learning and family engagement.

As a key outcome, the project will design and test the Multilingualism Supporting Finnish Learning (Moksu) method, offering practical approaches to supporting Finnish language acquisition. Additionally, the project will create resource-based working methods to help early childhood educators in their interactions with multilingual families.

The project will result in a systematic toolkit, including training materials, a music-based learning model, and a handbook on resource-based pedagogical methods. These tools will equip early childhood professionals and families to foster multilingual children’s Finnish language learning and strengthen inclusivity in early education.

The project is funded by ESF+ from 1 February 2025 to 31 August 2027.

More information on the EMIL project 

CeMeWe

The CeMeWE project designs ways to support the employment of immigrant women in Finland, Sweden, Estonia and Latvia. The goal of the project is to increase the employability of immigrant women through a jointly developed model that helps to overcome individual, social and societal barriers.

The project develops both individual and group coaching, training and mentoring to support access to work, and above all, listening to immigrant women, different ways to support their employment are planned and implemented. In addition to international cooperation, the project involves work with Finnish actors, such as municipal immigration services and various organizations.

The project will be implemented with Interreg funding (Central Baltic Programme) from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2026.

More information on CeMeWe project

Maku

Maku or MALL in English (Multisensory approaches to language learning) was a project focused on co-designing innovative language learning solutions for Finnish in the workplace. In addition to our partners, the project's stakeholders included employers, language learners, Finnish language teachers, and subject teachers from various service sectors. The sectors we worked with were healthcare, the restaurant industry, and the cleaning sector.

The project used qualitative research methods (individual interviews and focus groups), social co-design tools, and a living lab approach to explore stakeholder needs and design solutions. The published results of the project can be found in our portfolio.

The project was carried out with ESR+ funding from February 1, 2023, to January 31, 2025.

More information on MAKU project

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