The Digital Transformation Challenges and Enables
Digital society and digital citizenship – rights, responsibilities and digital support
Innovation, risks and the balance of regulation
Digital Security
Do you have the tools to protect your data and activities in the digital society?
AI at Work
How is AI reshaping everyday practices and what opportunities does it bring?
Digital Competence for All
Can everyone keep up with the transformation – and what new work will emerge?
Challenges and Enables
The digital transformation is profoundly reshaping everyday life, work, and society. It affects every industry and profession without boundaries. Digitalization brings new opportunities – innovation, efficiency, and connectivity – but at the same time also risks, such as data security and privacy concerns, as well as the danger of exclusion for those lacking digital skills.
Digital Society and Digital Citizenship
In a digital society, both technological development and people’s ability to adopt it are emphasized. Digital citizenship means active participation in society through digital means, requiring competence in commerce, communication, information management, and responsible, secure behavior. Well-being and ethics are part of digital life. At this point, it is essential to highlight that especially the aging population needs new kinds of digital support in everyday life – this is a statutory obligation under the Administrative Law in Finland.
Digital Platforms and the Risks of AI
At the same time, digital platforms and AI solutions have moved from leisure into the workplace and professional development. Their use requires the ability to distinguish reliable information, evaluate benefits and risks, and apply them purposefully in one’s work. The risks include AI hallucinations, dependence on digital tools, security and privacy vulnerabilities, biases, and the risk of plagiarism. Recognizing and managing these are part of digital competence.
Regulation: Protection and Limits
In a digital society, both technological development and people’s ability to adopt it are emphasized. Digital citizenship means active participation in society through digital means, requiring competence in commerce, communication, information management, and responsible, secure behavior. Well-being and ethics are part of digital life. At this point, it is essential to highlight that especially the aging population needs new kinds of digital support in everyday life – this is a statutory obligation under the Administrative Law in Finland.
Digital Competence Creates New Work
Together these three perspectives – digital society, digital citizenship, and the use of digital platforms – form a whole that challenges us to learn new things, to reflect on our relationship with technology, and to develop digital competence. Our task is to ensure that everyone can take part, and precisely from this need new professions and roles emerge – so that no one is left outside digitalization.
