SUSTAINABLE AND INNOVATIVE CREATIVE ECOSYSTEMS
Ecological Approach to Policy Innovation for Creative Sectors in Finland
A scientific study conducted by Turku School of Economics
ECOCRIN (2023–2025) contributes to innovation policy and related research in two ways: First, ECOCRIN addresses how policies could support ‘unleashing’ the potential of creative sectors for innovation, growth and internationalisation. Second, the project experiments and suggests new ways of designing and implementing policies targeted at creative sectors. The project is funded by Business Finland.
Main photo: Pekka Stenholm / University of Turku
News
Pekka Stenholm at the Innovation and Growth Research Seminar
Policy Brief 2: Policy recommendations for integrative policies
Roadmap has been published -practical implementation of the model
Dynamic Model developed through co-creation has now been released
Prof. Heinonen at Textile & Fashion Forum Helsinki 2025
Business & Culture 2025 Seminar at Tampere Hall
New publication on Heritage Futures Workshops
Siivonen attended the ESRS congress in Riga, Latvia in July 2025
Prof. Jarna Heinonen’s talk on creative economy ecosystems
Siivonen, Taylor and Latvala-Harvilahti at the Futures Conference
Kaisa Hytönen gave a speech at the Summer Festival of Culture
Newsletter 1 (only in Finnish)
Policy brief has been published
Fact Sheets 1-3 have been published
Bringing culture and innovation policies closer each others
Heinonen: Money – Who is paying, a tax-payer or culture?
Empowering of communities: people, places, stories in Suomenlinna
Latvala-Harvilahti presented ECOCRIN project at the TAIKE seminar
Jarna Heinonen participated in the IN SITU project’s conference
Latvala-Harvilahti at the October Climate Coffees/City of Turku
Jarna Heinonen opened the RISE in Turku
Heinonen: Livelihood from entrepreneurial swing in creative work?
Column in newspaper Turun Sanomat in Finnish
The 22nd Nordic Conference in Small Business Research in Turku
German Embassy Delegation presentation of ECOCRIN
ECOCRIN project reforms cultural and innovation policies
Business Finland decided to fund ECOCRIN project
