The Living Institutions Project
The project explores how institutions can be designed and governed as living systems that are capable of sensing, learning, and adapting over time. Through research and experimentation, the project develops frameworks, principles, and practices that enable institutions to operate under conditions of uncertainty, interdependence, and rapid change. In doing so, it addresses the growing mismatch between today’s accelerating technological, ecological, and geopolitical crises and the limited responsiveness of existing institutional models.
Objectives
Develop design criteria for complexity-aligned and multi-intelligence innovation and practice.
Understand the governance affordances of tech-enabled institutional innovation.
Co-design and prototyping of a new institutional innovation ecosystem blueprint.
Work packages
WP 1
Design principles for complexity-aligned innovation governance
Develop theoretical and empirical foundations for complexity-aligned and multi-intelligence innovation governance, resulting in actionable design criteria for building next-generation innovation ecosystems.
WP 2
Governance affordances
Study different dimensions of governance affordance in tech-enabled institutional innovations to generate a detailed understanding of interoperability protocols and practices required for a vibrant complexity-aligned innovation ecosystem.
WP 3
Co-design and prototyping of a new innovation ecosystem blueprint
Co-design and prototype a complexity-aligned innovation ecosystem blueprint by building engagement and alignment in the Finnish innovation ecosystem, mobilizing global capital for co-funding, and ensuring policy readiness to pilot new R&D approaches to tech-enabled institutional innovation.
WP 4
Project management
Ensure the effective coordination, management, reporting, and external communication of the project, supporting high-quality implementation across all work packages.