Mika Aaltonen is a Ph.D. (Economics), Adjunct Professor (Foresight & Complexity), Editorial Board Member of the E:CO (Emergence: Complexity and Organizations) journal, Director of the Royal Society of Arts Baltic Sea Region, and Member of the Millennium Project in Washington.

He is also Research Director of StraX (The Research Unit for Strategic Intelligence and Exploration of Futures) at Aalto University and CEO of the Research and Analysis Corporation of Finland.