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Customer experience and human-centred design Design

AI, Offices, and Sustainability

Workspace design is guided by the goal of efficiency. The open-plan office promised continuous conversations, faster decision-making, and stronger teamwork, with no physical barriers blocking […]

  • AI
  • Article D1
  • open office
  • relationships
  • sustainability
  • work life
Published 5.9.2025
Innovations

Commercialization of educational activities – considerations and benefits

Innovation management is a key factor in an organization’s success and maintaining its competitiveness. Innovation management encompasses both the processes and strategies that enable the […]

  • Article D1
  • commercialization
  • education
  • Innovation
Published 3.9.2025
Innovations Renewing and evolving entrepreneurship

SmartVille: establishing the Living Lab in Kasisi, Zambia

The SmartVille project (Developing Sustainable and Entrepreneurial Villages through Educational Living Labs in Namibia and Zambia) aims to develop new innovative approaches and initiatives for […]

  • Article D1
  • Living labs
  • SmartVille
  • Zambia
Published 3.9.2025
Circular Economy Sustainable societies

Nature in trouble: Biodiversity and climate adaptation talks in South Karelia

Diverse nature provides us with many ecosystem services essential to humans, such as fresh air, clean water, nutrient recycling, fish, pollinators, and resources from building […]

  • Article D1
  • biodiversity
  • climate adaptation
  • municipality
Published 2.9.2025
Innovations Renewing and evolving entrepreneurship

Beyond greenwashing: are Finnish apparel brands truly a trailblazer in ethics?

The fashion industry has always greatly contributed to carbon emissions and waste. The traditional manufacturing mentality of low costs and quick profits has caused severe […]

  • Article D1
  • combating greenwashing
  • fashion industry
  • Finland
  • supply chain transparency
  • sustainability
Published 26.8.2025
Customer experience and human-centred design Design

Supporting Student Radio Through Micro-Learning

In an era marked by the consolidation of media ownership and the decline of media diversity (Fontaine & Kevin, 2016), student radio can play a […]

  • Article D1
  • international cooperation
  • media diversity
  • micro-learning
  • student radio
Published 7.8.2025
Circular Economy Sustainable societies

Grenoble offered a holistic vision for a sustainable future

The current economic system has brought us unprecedented prosperity but has also led us to overconsumption and exploitation of the Earth’s critical systems. Because of […]

  • Article D1
  • ClimateGO
  • doughnut theory
  • sustainability
Published 30.6.2025
Circular Economy Sustainable societies

To survive companies must identify risks and opportunities related to climate change

Adapting business to a changing climate is essential for the success of companies. This means identifying not only risks but also opportunities that can lie […]

  • adaptation
  • Article D1
  • business
  • climate change
Published 26.6.2025
General

Assessing and grading with AI in higher education

Assessing is one of the ways many proponents of AI in education mention as a potential way of using AI in teaching (for example, Dené […]

  • AI
  • Article D1
  • education
  • Pathfinder
Published 18.6.2025

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