Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science

HELSUS

Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science is a cross-faculty research unit in sustainability science within the University of Helsinki.

News and events

Global sustainable development report 2019 - The Future is now, science for achieving sustainable future written on blue background. Artistic depiction where a scenery is draining and turning into a desert in hourglass shaped frame.

11.9.2019

Sustainability news

The Future is Now: Science for Achieving Sustainable Development

The Independent Group of Scientists appointed by the UN has assessed the state of global sustainable development as worrying. The Group of...

4.9.2019

Science news

Amazon: On the edge of the burnt rainforest

The flames have been smothered in the lush rainforest, but the impacts of the degradation are likely to last.

27.8.2019

Science news

Satellite-based estimates of reduced deforestation in protected areas needed — conventional management indicators do not show the whole picture

In the context of progressing towards new targets for a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, the debate remains on whether the emphasis...

Events

11.10. 2019

HELSUS Brown Bag Lunch: Values in Integrated Assessment Modelling, presenter Henrik Thorén

Fri 11.10.2019 11:30-12:30 Helsus Hub Lounge Yliopistonkatu 3 Helsinki...

25.10. 2019

HELSUS Brown Bag Lunch: Redefining urban aesthetics with the concept of Aesthetic Sustainability, presenter Sanna Lehtinen

Fri 25.10.2019 11:30-12:30 Helsus Hub Lounge Yliopistonkatu 3 Helsinki...

5.11. 2019

Per Högselius, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, “Nuclear Disasters Wet and Dry”

Tue 5.11.2019 14:15-15:45 HELSUS Lounge, Porthania 244 Yliopistonkatu 3, 2...

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Voices for Sustainability Blog

Voices for Sustainability is a blog making sustainability science more approachable and visible in society.

What the Urban?! blog

What the Urban?! is a blog by Urbaria Community and KATUKO that praises the message of multidisciplinary urban research.

HELSUS INTRO

Driving sustainability transformations

HELSUS contributes to sustainability transformations of societies by means of inter- and transdisciplinary research and education. HELSUS co-creates knowledge through research, experiments, living labs and best practices for national and international policy, private sector and civil society.

Research

Institute

Studying sustainability

Cooperation and contact

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HELSUS cooperation

HELSUS cooperates with several academic, public and private sector actors.

HELSUS contact information

Contact information of the Helsinki institute of Sustainability Science