My Dream

I dream that my work could have more influence on society. I dream that we could get climate change under control, and that people could learn to tolerate each other and find meaning in their lives. Measuring these things and proving them is difficult. That is why it would be tremendous if I could see clear evidence of the impact of some of the things I have done.

These are big dreams that require a grain of luck and good timing to come true. Even then I believe that it is worthwhile to keep working to learn new and better ways to promote important issues. At the same time, it is important to remain curious and passionate outside your work as well.

That is why my more personal dream is to learn some entirely new skill in life, something that would bring me joy when I practised it.

By Written by Aleksi Neuvonen, translated by Tomi Setälä, revised by Matthew Billington.

Aleksi Neuvonen

Aleksi Johannes Neuvonen
Born 21 December, 1975, Helsinki

MA 2005 (theoretical philosophy), University of Helsinki
PhD student, built environment doctoral programme, Tampere University of Technology

Founder, researcher, research director 2005-, Demos Helsinki
Finland Futures Research Centre: researcher 2002–2003 and 2004, Turkku School of Economics
Technological research group: trainee researcher 1999 and 2000–2001, Technical Research Centre of Finland

Board member, The Finnish Society for Futures Studies
Founding member and former chairman of the environmental organisation Dodo

Awards
Greater Helsinki Vision 2050, 2007: shared second place as part of the City 2.0 team

Written by Aleksi Neuvonen (Riitta-Ilona Hurmerinta, ed.)
Translated by Matthew Billington