Reijo Miettinen has been Professor of Adult Education in the Institute of Behaviourial Sciences of the University of Helsinki since 2006. He held the Professorship of Research on Innovations and Research Work at the Department of Education, University of Helsinki from 2000-2005. He was the first scientific director of the Finnish National Graduate School for Science and Technology Studies (TITEKO) and actively involved both with the graduate school and with Helsinki Institute of Science and Technology Studies (HIST), a network organization with the participation of research groups from the University of Helsinki and Aalto University. His recent publications include Dialogue and Creativity: Activity Theory in the Study of Science, Technology and Innovations (Lehmanns 2009).

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• 1. Introduction: the Finnish model of innovation and welfare ; 2. Institutional rhetoric between research and policymaking ; 3. NIS in innovation and technology policy research ; 4. The adoption of NIS in the Finnish Science and Technology policy of the 1990s ; 5. Policy discourse and reality of national innovation ; 6. Institutional change and learning: The case of the Finnish basic education system ; 7. Capability cultivating services as a foundation for welfare and innovation policies ; 8. An enabling welfare state, collective learning and democracy ; 9. Conclusions: Politics for the cultivation and mobilization of human capabilities

Reijo Miettinen has been Professor of Adult Education in the Institute of Behaviourial Sciences of the University of Helsinki since 2006. He held the Professorship of Research on Innovations and Research Work at the Department of Education, University of Helsinki from 2000-2005. He was the first scientific director of the Finnish National Graduate School for Science and Technology Studies (TITEKO) and actively involved both with the graduate school and with Helsinki Institute of Science and Technology Studies (HIST), a network organization with the participation of research groups from the University of Helsinki and Aalto University. His recent publications include Dialogue and Creativity: Activity Theory in the Study of Science, Technology and Innovations (Lehmanns 2009).

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• 1. Introduction: the Finnish model of innovation and welfare ; 2. Institutional rhetoric between research and policymaking ; 3. NIS in innovation and technology policy research ; 4. The adoption of NIS in the Finnish Science and Technology policy of the 1990s ; 5. Policy discourse and reality of national innovation ; 6. Institutional change and learning: The case of the Finnish basic education system ; 7. Capability cultivating services as a foundation for welfare and innovation policies ; 8. An enabling welfare state, collective learning and democracy ; 9. Conclusions: Politics for the cultivation and mobilization of human capabilities

Reijo Miettinen has been Professor of Adult Education in the Institute of Behaviourial Sciences of the University of Helsinki since 2006. He held the Professorship of Research on Innovations and Research Work at the Department of Education, University of Helsinki from 2000-2005. He was the first scientific director of the Finnish National Graduate School for Science and Technology Studies (TITEKO) and actively involved both with the graduate school and with Helsinki Institute of Science and Technology Studies (HIST), a network organization with the participation of research groups from the University of Helsinki and Aalto University. His recent publications include Dialogue and Creativity: Activity Theory in the Study of Science, Technology and Innovations (Lehmanns 2009).

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• 1. Introduction: the Finnish model of innovation and welfare ; 2. Institutional rhetoric between research and policymaking ; 3. NIS in innovation and technology policy research ; 4. The adoption of NIS in the Finnish Science and Technology policy of the 1990s ; 5. Policy discourse and reality of national innovation ; 6. Institutional change and learning: The case of the Finnish basic education system ; 7. Capability cultivating services as a foundation for welfare and innovation policies ; 8. An enabling welfare state, collective learning and democracy ; 9. Conclusions: Politics for the cultivation and mobilization of human capabilities