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Recent and ongoing research projects
2024–ongoing – SERIGO – Social Economy for Resilience, Inclusion and Good Life in Rural Areas: research on how social and solidarity economy supports resilience and well-being in rural Europe.
2023–ongoing – Regional Ecosystems for Social Innovation and Social Transformation (Interreg): supporting institutions to build better regional ecosystems for social innovation and social entrepreneurship.
2023–ongoing – Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management 4 (GETM4): research on how businesses cope with crises to support economic development and societal well-being in a digital world.
2023–ongoing – European Social Innovation Campus (ESIC): alliance for skills development for social economy, co-creating curricula and training content.
2023–ongoing – Rethinking smartification from the margins: Co-creating Smart Rurality with and for an Aging Population: research on smart rurality and inclusive digital innovation in rural regions.
2022–2024 – WoWeC – Work, wellbeing and communication in the globalising and digitalising world: cluster lead enhancing knowledge exchange between academia and private sector.
2021–2023 – KNowledgE alliance for Social Innovation in Shrinking villages (KiNESIS) – researcher on social innovation and revitalisation of shrinking areas.
2021–2023 – National Competence Centres for Social Innovation – research on social innovation ecosystem and concept/action plan for Estonian SI competence centre.
2020–2022 – Kick-starting the nascent social finance market in Estonia – research on the development of social finance market and social entrepreneurship ecosystem.
2017–2021 – Co-creation of Service Innovation in Europe (CoSIE) (Horizon 2020) – research on co-creation of public services and social inclusion.
2016–2019 – SEMPRE – Social Empowerment in Rural Regions (Interreg) – research on service innovation and empowerment tools in rural social services.
Studies, impact assessments and thematic analyses
2021 – Rapporteur for “Mapping and characterizing subsectors of the WISEs sector across the EU”, funded by EASPD via Erasmus+.
2020–2021 – Expertise in social impact in “Study of the current situation, future potential and necessary measures of the Estonian circular economy and waste sector”, Ministry of Environment.
2020–2021 – Rapporteur of “Estonian Social Enterprise Monitor” as part of the European Social Enterprise Monitor, Euclid Network.
2019–2020 – Research in “Estonian regional development analysis”, funded by the Association of Municipalities of Harju County.
2019 – Social innovation analyses within “Social Entrepreneurship MA program’s social innovation research group”, Tallinn University.
2019 – Research in “Development of capacities for creation of state and local government research and development centre (ROTAK)”, Tallinn University.
2019 – Research in “Impact Evaluation of Tartu City 2030 Development Strategy”, Smart City Lab.
2017–2020 – Research in Horizon 2020 project “Co-creation of Service Innovation in Europe”, European Commission (also listed above under major projects).
2017–2020 – Research in the Baltic Sea Region project “Product validation in health”, funded by Interreg.
2016–2017 – Research in “Open Society and governance research and development network”, Tallinn University.
2016 – “Working out assessment methodology and conducting the assessment of support services for those released from prison”, Ministry of Justice.
2016 – Impact Assessment of the Estonia–Latvia–Russia Cross-Border Cooperation Programme 2007–2013(consortium with Smart Continent LV, Ekoterm SIA), financed by the State Regional Development Agency in Latvia.
2015–2016 – Assessment of LEADER local development strategies 2014–2020 (ERDF), Ministry of Agriculture.
2014 – Assessment of programme KESTA – R&D for Environment Protection and Technologies, Estonian Research Council.
2014 – Study “The capacity of Estonian public sector towards Asia and the expectations of enterprises”, Parliament’s Chancellery.
2014 – Research project on methodological congruence of forecast data for quantitative employment needs and qualitative monitoring of labour, State Chancellery.
2010–2013 – Survey “OECD cross-border regional innovation policies, background report on Helsinki–Tallinn area”, funded by Estonian and Finnish ministries and regional/city partners.
2008–2011 – Research “The experiences and trends of organizational changes in Estonian enterprises”, Estonian Science Foundation.
Urban and local development studies
2023 – Study of the business environment of Tallinn city centre – analysis of trends, spatial influences and development scenarios for business and urban space.
2022–2023 – Co-creation culture and methods for youth integration – supporting co-creation capacities of local governments and stakeholders through cross-border collaboration and youth engagement.
Evaluation and expert roles
Since 2014 – External evaluation expert for the European Commission, assessing transnational cooperation projects under Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, COSME, Single Market Programme and EEA/Norway Grants.
Innovation expert in the INSPIRE Knowledge & Support Hub 4 (Fraunhofer ISI), consulting on gender-responsive innovation communities and innovation policies in the private sector.
URBACT validated ad hoc expert in social innovation, social entrepreneurship and strategic management.
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