What is Future Proof Health and Wellbeing innovation hub?
We create and develop solutions to promote equal possibilities for a meaningful and good life.
The Future Proof Health and Wellbeing innovation hub collaborates with businesses, research institutes, cities, wellbeing services counties, organizations, residents and students to tackle global challenges. We focus on multidisciplinary thinking, which looks at phenomena from different angles.
- We are a positive counterforce to global challenges
- We foresight future by promoting planetary health and holistic wellbeing.
- We want to strengthen humanity and justice.
- We appreciate diversity, creativity and nature connection as a resource and working method.
- We develop sustainable future in transdisciplinary ecosystems.
We invite You to join us to develop Future Proof solutions with us!
Solutions to global phenomena
We research and develop solutions to global phenomena, such as:
- Planetary Good Life and Systemic Transformation
- Reformatting humanity
- Creativity and imagination as catalysts for change in ecosystems
- Child's Agency, Participation and Functioning
- Good Aging
- Future health challenges
- Modern health services
- Multicultural society and two-way integration
Our Research and Development Programs

Reformatting Humanity and Diversity
We are reformatting humanity and humaneness while strengthening society's capabilities and equity across all stages and structures of life. We are building a more human-centered, sustainable future through value-based interactions, supporting a multicultural society, the inclusion of immigrants, and the empowerment of multilingual communities.
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Co-creating child and youth well-being
We promote holistic well-being by building impactful solutions for a desirable future. At the heart of sustainable transformation are the participation, collaboration, and partnership of children, young people, families, and professionals.
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Embracing Future of Health and Aging
We develop value-based solutions to promote health and functional capacity, diagnostics, and care pathways. We explore ways to enable healthy and meaningful aging and age-friendliness, seeking modern solutions for smart care and creating wellness-enhancing and memory-friendly environments.
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Our ongoing projects
- Health Proof Helsinki
- PALLIAKID - Comprehensive Paediatric Palliative Care
- MIMIN - Good Hygiene - Improving Skills and Hospital Practices Prevent Maternal and Neonatal Infections in Benin
- NEST - Co-Creating a New Form of Governance in Societal Transition for Healthy Living
- Path to a diverse worklife
- SAFE - Solutions for age-friendly employer
Our key activities

CuWeRE - Cultural Wellbeing Research and Education Centre
CuWeRE is a research ecosystem focused on creativity and participation as forces for change. Its goal is to enhance transdisciplinary understanding of how imagination, creativity, and art can expand the ways people exist and think, guiding them towards landscapes of potential solutions. Cultural Wellbeing Research and Education Center is founded by Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and the University of Jyväskylä.
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Health Proof Helsinki
Health Proof Helsinki provides Testing Environments and Expert Services for Companies in the Fields of Health Technology and Medical Technology. Health Proof Helsinki combines testing services of the three largest Finnish RDI entities. Together we are in the forefront of European research, innovation and development. With us companies are able to access modern simulation environments, get expert services from seasoned healthcare and other professionals in the field of AI, 5G, IoT and more.
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Smart Care of Health and Wellbeing
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences' Smart Care of Health and Wellbeing is a transdisciplinary and international collaboration and development platform based on an ecosystem approach.
The goal, in collaboration with citizens, wellbeing service counties, research and development organizations, companies, and other stakeholders, is to:
- foster the development, research, innovation, and learning of futureproof and user-friendly digital solutions.
- enable the enhanced utilization of multidisciplinary expertise in promoting health and wellbeing.
The current focus areas for co-creation are:
- smart environments and construction
- user-friendly tech development
- healthcare professionals workflow
- client path and services
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News from Innovation Hub
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Innovation Director
Minna Elomaa-Krapu
minna.elomaa-krapu [at] metropolia.fi (minna[dot]elomaa-krapu[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
Tel. +358 50 532 6331
Director, RDI
Anna-Maria Vilkuna
anna-maria.vilkuna [at] metropolia.fi (anna-maria[dot]vilkuna[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
Tel. +358 40 334 7929