Tolga
Karayel
Doctoral Researcher, Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC)
Project Researcher, Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC)
Member of Futures Knowledge Distillery Research Group, University of Turku.
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Areas of expertise
Horizon Scanning
Foresight
Strategy & Technology Roadmapping
Innovation Policy Roadmapping
Policy Analysis
Entrepreneurial Foresight
Business Model Stress Testing
Corporate Foresight
Scenario Building
Smart City Digital Twins
Biography
Master’s degree in Futures Studies, University of Turku, Finland (2023)
Bachelor’s degree in international Relations, Ege University, Izmir Turkiye (2013)
High Honours Degree (BA), State Scholarship, Academic Success Scholarship (Vehbi Koc Foundation, Turkiye), Full tuition fee scholarship, University of Turku.
Entrepreneurial Venture, Founder & CEO of Preloved Coffee, a start-up missioned upcycling spent coffee grounds into bio-materials.
Publications
Launch : Accelerating life science manufacturing in Finland (2025)
(Abstrakti)Leveraging Meta AI, Spatial AI, and Character AI Model for Generative Smart Cities (2025)
Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
(A4 Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa)
Technology foresight and joint visioning for accelerating digital transformation in the Finnish life science manufacturing : Lessons from the LifeFactFuture project (2025)
(Abstrakti)Exploring Smart City Digital Twins: From distinct concepts towards integrated socio-technical applications (2024)
(D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti tai -selvitys )Smart city wheel: A holistic analytical framework on exploring urban futures (Conference abstract: the 24th Futures Conference 2024) (2024)
Futures Conference
(Abstrakti)
Innovation policy roadmapping on exploring resilient urban futures via digital twins (2024)
Futures of Natural Resources
(A4 Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa)