Woan smiling and lookin something in a cafe table.

Mika Joensuu

Mika serves as the head of youth services at the City of Hyvinkää. He has been involved with developing online youth work both nationally and locally since 2005. Mika has also been awarded for his work in game activities in the field of youth work with the Finnish Golden Dragon Award and the international Warhammer Heroes Award.

Mika Joensuu

Authors blog posts

  • MidJourneylla tuotettu maisemakuva

    What is AI-generated art?

    Panu Räsänen | 13. September 2022

    What is AI-generated art, and what are the implications and potential uses in the youth field? Hop along to explore the phenomena with us.

  • Tummanpuhuva kuva tietokoneen ruudusta jossa tietokonepeli auki.

    Youth workers create a better gaming culture through gaming education

    Sonja Ahtiainen Riikka Lehtinen | 11. January 2021

    The Non-toxic – non-discriminating gaming culture project published a report in November 2020 on the game education competence of guardians and youth work...

  • Setting up camp online – SomeCamp 2020

    Pasi Tuominen | 11. December 2020

    SomeCamp 2020 focused on Methodological development of Digital youth work. It was also the first online Somecamp event. How did we make it happen?