The Mobile Futures research project develops multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral collaboration through various forms of co-creation. The aim is to work with key stakeholders to create practical ways of translating research findings into integration policies and practices, to reach the project’s impact goals. Continuous dialogue and collaboration allow for the formulation of research questions together with partners, the assessment of preliminary research results and the design of follow-up actions, as well as the dissemination of research results and policy recommendations to key stakeholders.

The principal collaboration partners of the project are the Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment), the Advisory Board for Ethnic Relations (ETNO Secretariat), Moniheli ry, Multicultural Centre Villa Victor, the City of Oulu, Familia ry, and the The Non-Discrimination Ombudsman.

Impact goals

1. Risen public awareness of the importance of trust and two-way integration. Promotion of more ethical ways to discuss diversity and migration in the context of demographic change

2. Promotion of equality and just treatment in the legal sphere, through information, in the labor market, and in everyday encounters (local, regional, and national level).

3. Enhancing dialogue and collaboration between researchers, practitioners and other professionals, decision makers, migrants and their organizations, NGOs and other actors through relevant contributions on these themes.

Scientific Advisory Board

Professor Janine Dahinden, Anthropology, Migration Studies, Université de Neuchâtel
Professor Heikki Ervasti, Social Policy, University of Turku
Professor Philippe Fargues, Demography, European University Institute
Professor Patricia Hynes, Refugee Studies, Sheffield Hallam University
Professor Sirpa Wrede, Sociology, University of Helsinki

Steering Group

Minna Säävälä, Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration
Veli-Pekka Pelkonen, Multicultural Centre Villa Victor, the City of Oulu
Peter Kariuki, the Advisory Board for Ethnic Relations (2021-2024)
Abdirahim Hussein, Moniheli Ry (2021-2024)
Elina Helmanen, Familia Ry (2024-)
Kristina Stenman, The Non-Discrimination Ombudsman (2024-)

Want to collaborate with us?

Contact hello@mobilefutures.fi or
Saara Pellander, Leader of interactions (WP6)
Yasmin Samaletdin, Project and Interaction Coordinator
Linda Karvonen, Project Coordinator