Research, education, development and innovation operations, as well as teaching and competence development, are all linked to the continuous development of our services and knowledge management.
The abbreviation RDI refers to research, education, development and innovation operations, as well as teaching and competence management.
The principles of our RDI operations are the national objectives for health care and social welfare, the Helsinki city strategy and the service strategy of the social services, health care and rescue services division. We implement the RDI operations extensively throughout the division’s services, in cooperation with the City’s other operators and through regional cooperation in the Southern Finland and Uusimaa regions.
We carry out research cooperation with universities, institutions of higher education, competence centres, research institutes and various research networks. We also work together with the RDI network of bilingual wellbeing services counties as part of our research and development work in Swedish. Read more about the network, coordinated by the Länsi-Uusimaa wellbeing services county, on its website.(Link leads to external service)
The research, education, development and innovation operations (RDI operations) of the health care and social welfare sector is regulated by the law. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health steers the RDI operations of the health care and social welfare sector, and the Ministry of the Interior manages the development actions of the Rescue Department.(Link leads to external service)
The division's research and development plan 2024–2025
We compile the health care and social welfare division’s research and development plan for each service strategy term and update it annually.
Open the research and development plan in Finnish (PDF)
Division’s RDI network
The RDI network of the Helsinki Social Services, Health Care and Rescue Services Division (network for research, development and innovation operations and education) serves as a network of experts in compiling the division’s research and development plan and as the cooperation network in regional RDI operations. The RDI network has representatives of all the service departments of the division and also from the division’s shared services when applicable. The network’s chairperson is Sara Rautiainen, director of human resources and development.