Environmental Effect on Health Care and Wellbeing and Active Interventions

The objective of the ENACT project is ( 1) to derive a model assessing the exposomic risk (risk score based on poll-environmental exposures) of hospitalization for acute vascular and non-vascular NCD across different populations and locales; 2) to translate this risk from population to the individual level, predicting the risk of developing preclinical asymptomatic stages of disease.

• Implementation date 1.1.2025 - 30.6.2028
• Funder Horizon Europe P2 Global Challenges
• Research programme Sustainable and versatile social and health care
• Project type International RD
• Themes Digitalisation and information management in society, Ethical competence and foresight competence
• Project manager Sari Sarlio-Siintola

Demonstrating Transformative Solutions to Empower Climate Resilience Towards Improved Public Health Status in the EU Boreal Region

The objective of the project is to increase resilience against the health risks of climate change. The project will produce material and tools that will result in a decision support system for decision-makers to address the health impacts of climate change.

• Implementation date 1.9.2024 - 29.2.2028
• Funder Horizon Europe P2 Global Challenges
• Research programme Service Business and Circular Economy
• Project type International RD
• Themes Ethical competence and foresight competence
• Project manager Hanna Iisakkila

Reskill Revolution: Pioneering Change in Adult Education

Funded by Erasmus+ KA3, RESKILL REVOLUTION is an international project focusing on developing micro courses for individuals to upskill them to enter the service sector in the EU. The training is both available on vocational and higher education level, and certificates are received on completed training. The project runs during 2025-2028. The partners in the project are: Laurea (coordinator), Mesensei Oy, Klaipeda University Lithuania, HR Consulting Lithuania, Kiel UAS Germany, WSG Poland, Link University Campus Italy and CETT in Spain.

• Implementation date 1.3.2025 - 29.2.2028
• Funder Erasmus+ 2021-2027 Support to Policy Development
• Research programme Service Business and Circular Economy
• Project type International RD
• Themes Digitalisation and information management in society, Pedagogy and cocreation, Entrepreneurship
• Project manager Kristina Henriksson

Digital Transformation for Medical Education in Ukraine

Laurea is coordinating a project to promote the digital transformation of medical education in Ukraine (UkraineDigiTrans). This three-year project aims to develop innovative digital solutions suitable for medical training, to support online learning in war conditions. The project consortium comprises four Ukrainian universities, a Greek university, and the State Agency for Quality Assurance of University Education of Ukraine.

• Implementation date 1.11.2024 - 31.10.2027
• Funder Erasmus+ 2021-2027 Capacity Building (KA2)
• Research programme Service Business and Circular Economy
• Project type International RD
• Themes Digitalisation and information management in society, Pedagogy and cocreation
• Project manager Tuija Marstio

Hyvinvoiva omaishoitoperhe: Yhteistyöverkoston toimintamallin kehitys ja pilotointi omaishoitoperheiden hyvinvoinnin tukemiseksi

The project aims to create a network collaboration model to meet the needs of caregivers in the Central Uusimaa wellbeing area (Keusote). The network collaboration model seeks to provide services more equitably and specifically tailored to the diverse needs of caregivers, alongside the statutory duties of Keusote. The project is implemented in cooperation with Keusote, Laurea University of Applied Sciences, and the caregivers' associations of Central Uusimaa and Hyvinkää. The project receives state funding from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health's health promotion appropriation

• Implementation date 1.3.2025 - 30.10.2027
• Funder Terveyden edistämisen määräraha
• Research programme Sustainable and versatile social and health care
• Project type Kansallinen TK
• Themes Digitalisation and information management in society, Pedagogy and cocreation, Ethical competence and foresight competence
• Project manager Kirsi Leinonen

TraumaTaito - Traumatietoinen toimintamalli lastensuojelun jälkihuoltoon

TraumaSkills - Developing a Trauma-Informed Operating Model in Aftercare for Child Welfare The project develops a trauma-informed operational model for aftercare services in child protection within a well-being services county. The model is co-developed with a strong emphasis on client participation and expert-by-experience knowledge. At the core of the operational model is a training that supports the establishment of permanent trauma-informed practices and procedures.

• Implementation date 1.3.2025 - 30.9.2027
• Funder ESR+ 2021-2027
• Research programme Sustainable and versatile social and health care
• Project type Kansallinen TK
• Themes Pedagogy and cocreation
• Project manager Laura Erkkilä

TraumaTaito - Traumatietoinen toimintamalli lastensuojelun jälkihuoltoon

TraumaSkills - Developing a Trauma-Informed Operating Model in Aftercare for Child Welfare The project develops a trauma-informed operational model for aftercare services in child protection within a well-being services county. The model is co-developed with a strong emphasis on client participation and expert-by-experience knowledge. At the core of the operational model is a training that supports the establishment of permanent trauma-informed practices and procedures.

• Implementation date 1.3.2025 - 30.9.2027
• Funder ESR+ 2021-2027
• Research programme Sustainable and versatile social and health care
• Project type Kansallinen TK
• Themes Pedagogy and cocreation
• Project manager Laura Erkkilä

Socially Sustainable Early Childhood Education Future

Socially Sustainable Early Childhood Education Future (SoSECE) project develops high quality early childhood education and care systems, improves the competences of educators and guidance staff, and promotes inclusion and diversity in all fields of education. It aims at cultivating and disseminating tools and methods that support early childhood education professionals in establishing, sustaining, and advancing high quality social and pedagogical learning environments and practices, contributing to the creation of a socially sustainable future for early childhood education. Social sustainability describes a dynamic and evolving concept rooted in the culture of action, where participation is deeply embedded at the level of operational culture, promoting community over individuality.

• Implementation date 1.10.2024 - 30.9.2027
• Funder Erasmus+ 2021-2027 Cooperation Partnerships (KA2)
• Research programme Sustainable and versatile social and health care
• Project type International RD
• Themes Pedagogy and cocreation
• Project manager Virpi Lund

TOTTE – Täsmäosaamisella työelämään ja työelämässä eteenpäin

The project TOTTE of Laurea and YES ry tackles the labour market mismatch problem by developing the identification and definition of the core competence needs needed in work tasks and by developing the identification and visibility of the competence of an employee or potential employee. Development is carried out in the competence networks assembled in the project, and the outputs are competence cards, a competence map tool, a career description model, short documentary videos and a documented development process description.

• Implementation date 1.10.2024 - 31.8.2027
• Funder ESR+ 2021-2027
• Research programme Service Business and Circular Economy
• Project type Kansallinen TK
• Themes Pedagogy and cocreation, Entrepreneurship, Ethical competence and foresight competence
• Project manager Teppo Leppälahti

LuomuOPE – lisää luomuosaamista ruokaketjun koulutuksiin

In the nationwide LuomuOPE project, the aim is to enhance the organic expertise of educators in the food chain, increase the quantity and quality of organic education, and promote networking.

• Implementation date 1.1.2025 - 31.8.2027
• Funder Maa- ja metsätalousministeriö
• Research programme Service Business and Circular Economy
• Project type Kansallinen TK
• Themes Pedagogy and cocreation
• Project manager Petri Vähäkangas

Sairaanhoitajaksi Suomessa - EU- ja ETA-maiden ulkopuolella, ei-Bachelor -tasoisen sairaanhoitajan pätevöityminen työelämään

In cooperation with working life, the project develops a qualification path for non-Bachelor-level nursing graduates from outside the EU and EEA countries into the Finnish working life. The goal is to increase nurses' knowledge of Finnish social and health care structures, the legislation that guides them, patient safety and the ethical principles of nursing work, and to strengthen the health care Finnish language skills in working life. In addition, the project compiles and evaluates methods for assessing the competence of nurses. The project produces a model of the nurse's qualification path for the website, from which it can be used in the future when recruiting foreign nurses to work in Finnish social and health care. Partner universities: Laurea, OAMK, TAMK, TurkuAMK & Savonia.

• Implementation date 1.8.2022 - 31.3.2025
• Funder JOTPA
• Research programme Sustainable and versatile social and health care
• Project type Kansallinen TK
• Themes
• Project manager Lotta Tiikkainen

Tulevaisuusmuotoilun ABC - Osaamistarpeiden ennakointitieto käyttöön

• Implementation date 1.8.2024 - 31.3.2025
• Funder Ami-säätiö
• Research programme Service Business and Circular Economy
• Project type Kansallinen TK
• Themes Ethical competence and foresight competence
• Project manager Sini Seppä-Kortelainen

MOOC4Tutors

In the international Erasmus+ project, the quality of guidance and freelance teaching for children and youth in Europe is promoted. The project involves the development of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) supporting pedagogical expertise, as well as a package of materials and methods to facilitate work and enhance professional skills. Additionally, a guidebook on the state of private education in partner countries will be created.

• Implementation date 1.2.2023 - 31.3.2025
• Funder Erasmus+ 2021-2027 Cooperation Partnerships (KA2)
• Research programme Sustainable and versatile social and health care
• Project type International RD
• Themes Pedagogy and cocreation
• Project manager Hanna Väätäjä

Uraohjain+

• Implementation date 1.3.2023 - 28.2.2025
• Funder ESR+ 2021-2027
• Research programme Sustainable and versatile social and health care
• Project type Kansallinen TK
• Themes Digitalisation and information management in society, Pedagogy and cocreation, Ethical competence and foresight competence
• Project manager Sami Kauppinen

SMILE - Yhteisöt, koulut ja palvelut uusia kotoutumisen dialogeja rakentamassa / Strengthening Migrant Family Integration through New Dialogue Methods with Communities, Schools, and Services in Vantaa Neighbourhoods

The Project’s main objective is to strengthen migrant family integration through service development and new dialogue methods with communities, schools and services in Vantaa neighbourhoods. This will be achieved through introducing a family and community level approach into the integration discourse. The project will pilot different community-based methods in strengthening the integration and employment of migrants.

• Implementation date 9.3.2023 - 28.2.2025
• Funder Council of Europe Development Bank
• Research programme Sustainable and versatile social and health care
• Project type International RD
• Themes Pedagogy and cocreation, Ethical competence and foresight competence
• Project manager Minttu Räty

Strengthening the ethical competence of future nurses and midwives: An inter-professional action-learning project on experiential training methods

ETHCOM-project is a projects for nursing and midwifery students as well as their teachers and tutors to become more ethical competent, and experience less ethical distress in clinical practice, increase their awareness of cultural and professional diversity in the EU.

• Implementation date 1.2.2022 - 31.1.2025
• Funder Erasmus+ KA2
• Research programme Sustainable and versatile social and health care
• Project type International RD
• Themes Pedagogy and cocreation, Ethical competence and foresight competence
• Project manager Teija-Kaisa Aholaakko

Moniaistinen kosketus uuteen kieleen

In the MALL-project (Multisensory Approach to Language Learning) coordinated by Laurea, different approaches to learning the language needed in working life are tested, researched and developed in a new living lab. The project has been designed in response to the need to promote the rapid employment of immigrants, especially in sectors with a labor shortage.

• Implementation date 1.2.2023 - 31.1.2025
• Funder ESR+ 2021-2027
• Research programme Sustainable and versatile social and health care
• Project type Kansallinen TK
• Themes Digitalisation and information management in society, Pedagogy and cocreation
• Project manager Hilkka Lydén

Ikääntyvän väestön toimintakyky, kuntoutus ja terveysetuudet vuosina 2017-2021

The aim is to understand what the work and functional ability of the aging Finnish population is like compared to similar age groups in other European countries and how rehabilitation and health benefits are associated with the work ability and continuation of work of the aging Finnish population. In addition, the aim is to identify characteristics related to both the individual and work, which could be affected by intervention and the ability to continue working, and the work and rehabilitation paths of the aging population are monitored. The SHARE survey data and register data are analyzed.

• Implementation date 1.1.2023 - 31.12.2024
• Funder Kela / Fpa
• Research programme Sustainable and versatile social and health care
• Project type Kansallinen TKI
• Themes
• Project manager Leena Forma

DigiRise - Digitalisoituva rikosseuraamusala: Laadullinen tutkimus työntekijä-asiakas-suhteen ja rikosseuraamusalan osaamisvaatimusten muutoksesta digitalisaation myötä

The DigiRise research project (The digitizing field of criminal sanctions: Qualitative research on the change in the employee-client relationship and competence requirements in the field of criminal sanctions due to digitization) will be implemented during the years 2023-2024 and has been funded by the Prison and Probation Service of Finland (PPSF), Research and Development Fund. The research focuses on the PPSF's employees and incarcerated people. The subject of interest is how digitalization changes client work and encounters between employees and incarcerated people. The research examines the opportunities and challenges related to the digitalization of prisons from the point of view of client involvement and desistance from crime. Of special interest is the change of operational culture and the changing employee-client relationship. The research asks: 1) How does digitalization change client work with incarcerated people? What is the significance of digitalization from the point of view of interaction between employee and client, as well as client processes?, and 2) How does digitalization change the professional and competence requirements of work in the field of criminal sanctions?

• Implementation date 1.3.2023 - 31.12.2024
• Funder Oikeusministeriö
• Research programme Sustainable and versatile social and health care
• Project type Kansallinen TKI
• Themes Digitalisation and information management in society
• Project manager Eeva Järveläinen

Kohti uusia monilukutaitoja!

The project of Towards new Multiliteracies is implemented as continuing education for personnel in early childhood education, pre-primary education, and basic education. Through this training, staff members develop and strengthen their practical digital skills as part of their work.

• Implementation date 9.12.2022 - 31.12.2024
• Funder OPH
• Research programme Sustainable and versatile social and health care
• Project type Muu / Other project
• Themes Digitalisation and information management in society, Pedagogy and cocreation
• Project manager Pirjo Pohjasniemi