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Circular Economy Sustainable societies

Engaging local decision-makers in climate policies

For the past six months ClimateGO project (LAB 2025) has engaged local decision-makers throughout Päijät-Häme region. The mission has been to provide information to newly […]

  • adaptation
  • Article D1
  • climate change
  • ClimateGO
  • decision-making
Published 26.11.2025
General

Focus on the Global South: cultivating shared values and responsibility in leadership in higher education cooperation

The Finnish National Agency for Education organized a two-day event on October 9–10, 2025 gathering together Finnish project coordinators and actors in the Global South. […]

  • Article D1
  • education
  • higher education
  • international cooperation
  • responsibility
Published 25.11.2025
Innovations Renewing and evolving entrepreneurship

Is your SME ready for customer experience management?

Customer Experience Management (CXM) is no longer a luxury reserved for large corporations alone anymore. For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), delivering consistent and emotionally […]

  • Article D1
  • customer experience management
  • CXM
  • SMEs
Published 24.11.2025
Circular Economy Sustainable societies

How to Elevate Social Sustainability Parameters in Development Projects

Social sustainability was recently defined by the World Bank as when all people feel part of a development process and believe that they and their […]

  • Article D1
  • community engagement
  • social licence to operate
  • sustainability
Published 19.11.2025
Innovations Renewing and evolving entrepreneurship

Empowering rural Namibia: The SmartVille Living Lab in Nauaspoort

One of the goals of the “Developing Sustainable and Entrepreneurial Villages through Educational Living Labs in Namibia and Zambia – SmartVille Project” is to strengthen […]

  • Article D1
  • entrepreneurship
  • Living labs
  • SmartVille
Published 12.11.2025
Innovations Renewing and evolving entrepreneurship

Establishing the SmartVille Living Lab in Mix Settlement, Namibia

One of the aims for Developing Sustainable and Entrepreneurial Villages through Educational Living Labs in Namibia and Zambia – SmartVille project is to establish and […]

  • Article D1
  • entrepreneurship
  • Living labs
  • Namibia
  • SmartVille
Published 4.11.2025
Innovations Renewing and evolving entrepreneurship

Beyond discounts: how urban Pakistanis are transforming shopping culture

The Pakistani consumers are not only pursuing bargains these days, but they are also seeking honesty, value and connection. These are how brands must evolve […]

  • Article D1
  • brand loyalty
  • discounts
  • promotions
Published 29.10.2025
Innovations New radical initiatives

How LAB Biofine came to life – a story from the project manager’s diary

LAB University of Applied Sciences is working with LUT University and other partners to build a bioeconomy ecosystem in South Karelia (Regional Council of South […]

  • Article D1
  • bioeconomy
  • biomaterials
  • ecosystem
  • Lappeenranta
  • South Karelia
Published 21.10.2025
Design

Participatory research design: Students as research partners

Academic research can be more than producing insights, it can be a useful tool for empowerment. In design thinking, we recognize that users are true […]

  • Article D1
  • design education
  • radical design pedagogy
  • student-centered research
Published 13.10.2025

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