Mr. Lauri Tuomi
Director and Vice President,
Research and Development Centre,
HAAGA-HELIA University of
Applied Sciences​



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Dr., Lauri Tuomi, Vice President, is responsible for the research, development and innovation operations at HAAGA-HELIA. He has over 15 years’ experience on educational management, business development as well as R&D operations both domestically and internationally. His current research is made the following topics: user-driven innovation, the development of innovation environments (e.g. Living Labs), strategic management and competence management. During the past few years he has actively being involved in EU Commissions University-Business forum. He acts as a council representative in European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) representing the Finnish Network Living Labs for Universities of Applied Sciences. Dr. Tuomi is member of the board of HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences as well as HAAGA-HELIA Global Education Services Ltd. Moreover, it could be mentioned that Dr. Tuomi is HAAGA-HELIA’s representative on Finnish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.