New projects of DfG 2024!

From now and throughout the spring of 2024, Design for Government students will cooperate in two projects with the Finnish ministries and public services. The first project will focus on the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of the Environment’s Exploring A Policy Coherence Approach in Biodiversity, and the second will work on the Exploring Continuity … Read more

Open Call for 2024!

Would you like to work on your policy challenge with our talented students at Aalto University? We are looking for Finnish public organisations to provide student projects for our course Design for Government in March. If you work on sustainability transitions, governance or cross-cutting national-level challenges, please contact us! Each year we collaborate with Finnish … Read more

2023 Final Show

The Design for Government 2023 Final Show showcases inspiring examples of proactive and ‘designerly’ approaches to policy-making and public service provision. The event saw 6 talented and multidisciplinary student teams present their research and proposals responding to challenges within the Finnish public sector. This year, students addressed a record of two different project briefs, with … Read more

Open Call for 2023!

Would you like to work on your policy challenge with our talented students at Aalto University? We are looking for Finnish public organisations to provide student projects for our course Design for Government in March. If you work on sustainability transitions, governance or cross-cutting national-level challenges, please contact us! Each year we collaborate with Finnish … Read more

2022 Final Show

The Design for Government 2022 Final Show showcases inspiring examples of proactive and ‘designerly’ approaches to policy-making and public service provision. The event saw 6 talented and multidisciplinary student teams present their research and proposals responding to challenges within the Finnish public sector. This year, students addressed a record of two different project briefs, with … Read more

First blogs are out!

Following the tradition of past years, throughout this spring, student groups tackling the three different project briefs will be sharing their insights from project work in the form of blog posts. This year, all teams will be reporting simultaneously four times during their process, adding up to nine posts on each round. These posts have … Read more

Projects announced for DfG’21!

1. Pilot project for Personal budgeting and Mobility Services by THL, Kela, The City of Espoo & ORSI research project/consortium In tandem with the broader social and healthcare reform in Finland, and following the current Government agenda, the Ministry of Social Affairs launched a pilot project on personal budgeting for people with disabilities (Henkilökohtainen budjetointi). … Read more