Metrospective
Multidisciplinary solutions and insights from Metropolia UAS staff and Master's students. Articles, podcasts and videos for the general public and professionals.
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Kati Marin, Virve Oksanen
Designing modular and learner-centered microcredentials for lifelong learning
Modular, learner-centered microcredentials are the key to build meaningful, stackable pathways for lifelong learning in a rapidly changing world.
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Pamela Spokes, Juha Järvinen
Episode 1: Innovators vs. innovations – Where should we focus?
In this episode of Innovators at work podcast, Pamela Spokes and Juha Järvinen will be looking closer at Innovations versus Innovators: People vs outcomes. These two things are different but connected! How people recognize innovation and how they can take part in it themselves?
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Suvi Kiviniemi
The field of videogames beyond profit and art
Game-making depends on and flourishes in informal communities.
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Koen Van Damme, Minna Kaihovirta
Episode 1: Promoting European values
Values guide our everyday work and interaction. How can we create shared values, when the community consists of several universities throughout Europe? And is it possible to include students and staff in the process of defining values? The European Commission wants all European University Alliances to promote European values. What are those values and how are they reflected in education? In this European connections episode Minna Kaihovirta dives into this topic with Koen Van Damme.
Metrospective in numbers
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2025Year of establishment
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2Journals
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29Members of the editorial board and expert group
Latest publications
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Pamela Spokes
Empowering staff to build better services in Higher Education
Many university staff assume that design isn’t “their thing” – but design is not only about products or visuals.
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Pamela Spokes
Students with a vision for climate-smart cities: Co-creating the future in U!REKA
In a world facing accelerating environmental change, empowering young adults to co-design smart and sustainable cities isn't just educational—it's essential.
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Pamela Spokes
9 helpful ways generative AI can make life easier for anyone
Artificial intelligence is here, and perhaps its potential and limitations are easiest to identify by utilising AI for everyday tasks. How to start? Find encouraging ideas in this article!
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Juha Järvinen, Pamela Spokes
Episode 4: From Research to Reality – Turning Academic Insights into Innovation
In this episode of Innovators at work podcast, we will be looking closer at taking research and understanding how and when to make it a viable commercial product or service. There are different parts to break down what needs to happen and how you can do this in an academic environment. This topic is being pursued by universities around the world as we speak. They are all trying to get the research out of the papers and applied to make the world a better place.