Dr Haikola is a designer, researcher, and educator focussing on methodological questions relevant to arts, science and in particular Futures Studies, questioning their applications to creative work. She has worked for design agencies in Milan and Munich and conducted independent design projects in the Netherlands. Between 2008 – 2010 she held a position as a researcher and lecturer at the Why Factory Future Cities Group, Delft University of Technology, working on projects as; Automatic City, Urban Vertical Village in Asia and Arctic Imports. She has co-authored publications under the titles; Green Dream [2014], Visionary Cities [2010], and Vertical Village [2012]. Haikola holds a Full Membership to the World Futures Studies Federation.