Meet the people behind CKIR!
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Ilkka Lakaniemi
Director
+358 50 434 6265
innovation ecosystem management, academia-industry relationships, political economy, research-to-market, strategic advisory & Board memberships
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Heini Ikävalko
Research Manager
+358 50 564 0313
strategy implementation, innovation management, human empowerment, skills and capabilities
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Nikita Akmaikin
Proposal Manager
EU innovation policy & funding, product management, startup scaling, deeptech
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Jarmo Eskelinen
Senior Advisor
innovation leadership, urban innovation & smart cities, data & AI strategies
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Ruurik Holm
Senior Advisor
epistemology and structure of argumentation, organisational decision-making, academy-society knowledge exchange, external funding acquisition
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Roy Nyberg
Staff Researcher
organisational research, startup business development, AI, strategic planning
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Kalle Toiskallio
Researcher & Innovator
traffic and transport sociology, smart city research and city relations, competences of maintenance work in public spaces, innovation ecosystems from startups’ perspective
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Kaarlo Väisänen
Staff Researcher
startup ecosystems, strategic management, AI & data, technology strategy
