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Doctoral researcher
https://cocarbon.fi/en/ | https://natura-net.org/nbs-global-roadmap | https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/human-nature-transformations/people
English, Italian, Finnish
Keywords: Environmental justice; Sustainability education; NBS
eugenia.castellazzi@helsinki.fi; +3584578314270
Postdoctoral researcher
Finnish, English, Swedish
Keywords: Ecosystem governance, Justice, Science-policy, Sustainability education, Biodiversity governance, Plural values and knowledges
viola.hakkarainen@helsinki.fi; 04578323220
Post-doctoral researcher
Finnish, English, Swedish, German
Keywords: Environmental history; Urban history; City; Green space; Park; Garden; Nature conservation; Fish; Fisheries
Professor of Environmental Politics
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/jahukkin/
Finnish (mother tongue) English (fluent) Swedish (ok) French (so-so)
Keywords: Environmental policy and governance; Sustainability science; Risk governance; Cognitive science
janne.i.hukkinen@helsinki.fi; +358 50 367 1375
Professor
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/michiru-nagatsu/
Japanese, English
Keywords: Sustainability science; Human-nature relations; Philosophy of economics; Behavioral economics; Experimental economics; Philosophy of emotion
Michiru.nagatsu@helsinki.fi; +358407456741
Professor
Finnish, English
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/consumer-studies-research-group
https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/mari-niva
Keywords: consumption, consumers, practices, sustainable consumption, food consumption, alternative protein consumption
mari.niva@helsinki.fi; +358 29 412 0916
Postdoctoral researcher
Finnish, English
Keywords: Sustainability science; Professionalism; Transformation; Agency; Philosophy of sustainability
janne.salovaara@helsinki.fi; +358400588887
Postdoctoral researcher
Persian, English, Finnish
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahrasafaei/
Keywords: Mission-Oriented Innovation, Sustainable Digitalization, Water, Energy, Food Nexus IoT Sensors & Digital Twin
zahra.safaei@helsinki.fi; +358 504012048
Grant-funded researcher
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/anthropocenechildhoods_en/
English
Keywords: Social justice; More-than-human empathy; Art education; Empathy
Doctoral researcher, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research
Finnish, English
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/climatecompetencies/about/
Keywords: Climate change education; Higher education; Expertise; Cryospheric science
joula.siponen@helsinki.fi; +358413136786
Doctoral researcher
Finnish, English
Keywords: Hypocrisy; Self-deception; Greenwashing; Structural injustice; Environmental activism; Bioeconomy and forestry; Climate justice
otto.snellman@gmail.com; +358405705888
Doctoral researcher
Finnish, English, French
Keywords: Vocational education; Global justice; Global citizenship; Sustainability education; Global education; Controversial issues; Civil engagement
riikka.suhonen@helsinki.fi; +358505629272
Postdoctoral researcher
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/climatecompetencies/
Finnish, English
Keywords: Climate education; Engagement; Science learning; Secondary school; Emotions; Attitudes and well-being
Elisa.vilhunen@helsinki.fi; 0503379768
Assistant Professor of Sustainability Science
English, French
Keywords: International law; Indigenous peoples rights; Sami rights; Just transition; Arctic studies; Business & human rights
dorothee.cambou@helsinki.fi; 0504188175
Doctoral candidate
English, Italian
Keywords: Environmental ethics, Environmental values, Environmental social sciences, Environmental sustainability, (Sámi) Indigenous traditional knowledge, Human-nature relations, Food ethics, Wise use of natural resources in the Arctic
corinna.casi@helsinki.fi, +358509335911
Doctoral Researcher
https://cocarbon.fi/en/ | https://natura-net.org/nbs-global-roadmap | https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/human-nature-transformations/people
English, Italian, Finnish
Keywords: Environmental justice; Sustainability education; NBS
eugenia.castellazzi@helsinki.fi; +3584578314270
Researcher
https://www.mpi.lu/the-institute/senior-research-fellows/elena-cirkovic/ | elenacirkovic.com
Fluent: English, German, Spanish | BCS Intermediate: French, Italian, Russian
Outer space law; Law and technology; Law and machine learning; Space sustainability; Space technology for climate; Complex systems
elena.cirkovic@helsinki.fi; +358417472724
Doctoral researcher
English, French, Spanish
Keywords: International environmental law Ocean governance Arctic law
Assistant Professor
Finnish, Swedish, English
Keywords: Law; EU law; Competition law; Damages liability; Consumer law; New technologies; Greenwashing; Sustainability
Katri.havu@helsinki.fi; 0294122656
Postdoctoral researcher
Finnish, English, Swedish
Keywords: Ecosystem governance, Justice, Science-policy, Sustainability education, Biodiversity governance, Plural values and knowledges
viola.hakkarainen@helsinki.fi; 04578323220
Professor in Disability Studies
Finnish, English, Japanese
Keywords: Disability studies; Human rights; Global South; Global North; Globalization; Participatory research; Disability inclusion.
hisayo.katsui@helsinki.fi; 0407236680
Professor of Environmental Law
https://clicinnovation.fi/project/bioccu/
Finnish, English, Swedish
Keywords: Environmental law; Climate law; Biodiversity law; Environmental regulation; Corporate social responsibility
kai.kokko@helsinki.fi; +358 29 412 2820
Doctoral Researcher
Finnish, English
Keywords: Heritage law; Coastal landscapes; Ecofeminism; Climate crisis; Critical heritage studies
sanna.lehtinen@helsinki.fi; +358 50 527 8185
Post-doctoral researcher
Keywords: Sustainability sciences, Risk governance, Climate crisis management and preparedness, Renewable energy, Onshore and offshore wind farms, Just energy transition
Finnish, English, French
tuuli.parviainen@helsinki.fi; 0442373587
Professor of World Politics
https://patomaki.fi/en/ | https://www.helsinki.fi/en/networks/global-political-economy
Finnish, English
Keywords: Anthropocene; Critical realism; Democracy; Dynamics of the world economy; Global governance; Global greenhouse gas tax; Relations of power
heikki.patomaki@helsinki.fi; +358405184854
Grant-funded researcher
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/anthropocenechildhoods_en/
English
Keywords: Social justice; More-than-human empathy; Art education; Empathy
Doctoral Researcher
Finnish, English
Keywords: Hypocrisy; Self-deception; Greenwashing; Structural injustice; Environmental activism; Bioeconomy and forestry; Climate justice
otto.snellman@gmail.com; +358405705888
Professor of Food Economics & Business Management
English, German, French, Italian
Keywords: Food businesses, Business management, Social sustainability, Environmental sustainability, CSR in food systems, Transparency
bodo.steiner@helsinki.fi; +358503116118
Doctoral Researcher
Finnish, English, Swedish, German, French
Keywords: Climate risk, Adaptation, Just transition
paivi.tikkakoski@helsinki.fi; 0294157853; 0503133544
Professor in Sustainability Science
Finnish, Swedish, English, German
Keywords: Arctic, Indigenous peoples, minority rights, environmental humanities, just energy transition
Reetta.toivanen@helsinki.fi; +358503185281
Doctoral researcher
English French Swedish
Keywords: Forest policy; Gender equality; Botanical knowledge; Timber commodity chain
Alizee.ville@helsinki.fi; +358408286466
Professor of Indigenous Studies
English, Finnish, Portuguese, French
Keywords: Indigenous sustainability
pirjo.virtanen@helsinki.fi; 00358503182400
Doctoral researcher
Finnish, English, French
Keywords: Extractivism; Artisanal and small-scale mining; Neoliberal conservation; Ecological restoration; Frontiers; Madagascar
Marketta.vuola@helsinki.fi; 0504433393
Academy research fellow
https://www.helsinki.fi/fi/projektit/kaupunkirotat
Finnish, English
Keywords: Rats; Parasites; Urban ecology; Disease ecology; Science education; Environmental education; Pest management; Ecology and evolution; Multispecies cohabitation; Invasive species; Animal histories; Human-wildlife conflict
Tuomas.aivelo@helsinki.fi; +358408286466
Researcher
English (mother tongue) Finnish (good)
2021 Pölyttäjäystävällinen maatila (Principal investigator) https://www.bsag.fi/hankkeet/polyttajat-ovat-ruuantuotannon-kulmakivi/ 2023 BioMonitor4CAP (Postdoc researcher) https://www.biomonitor4cap.eu/en/
Keywords: Agroecology; Farmland biodiversity; Farmer-based research; Results-based payments; Traditional rural biobiotopes; Pollinator-friendly farming
traci.birge@helsinki.fi; +358503534873
Assistant Professor of Sustainability Science
English, French
Keywords: International law; Indigenous peoples rights; Sami rights; Just transition; Arctic studies; Business & human rights
Dorothee.cambou@helsinki.fi; 0504188175
Doctoral candidate
English, Italian
Keywords: Environmental ethics, Environmental values, Environmental social sciences, Environmental sustainability, (Sámi) Indigenous traditional knowledge, Human-nature relations, Food ethics, Wise use of natural resources in the Arctic
corinna.casi@helsinki.fi, +358509335911
Doctoral Researcher
https://cocarbon.fi/en/ | https://natura-net.org/nbs-global-roadmap | https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/human-nature-transformations/people
English, Italian, Finnish
Keywords: Environmental justice; Sustainability education; NbS
eugenia.castellazzi@helsinki.fi; +3584578314270
Researcher
https://www.mpi.lu/the-institute/senior-research-fellows/elena-cirkovic/ | elenacirkovic.com
Fluent: English, German, Spanish | BCS Intermediate: French, Italian, Russian
Keywords: Outer space law; Law and technology; Law and machine learning; Space sustainability; Space technology for climate; Complex systems
elena.cirkovic@helsinki.fi; +358417472724
Senior researcher
English
Keywords: Sustainable food systems; Food entrepreneurship; Innovation sustainability
Silvia.gaiani@helsinki.fi; 03357001757
Postdoctoral researcher
Finnish, English, Swedish
Keywords: Ecosystem governance, Justice, Science-policy, Sustainability education, Biodiversity governance, Plural values and knowledges
viola.hakkarainen@helsinki.fi; 04578323220
Post-doctoral researcher
Finnish, English, Swedish, German
Keywords: Environmental history; Urban history; City; Green space; Park; Garden; Nature conservation; Fish; Fisheries
Post-doctoral researcher
French, English
Keywords: Environment; public health; oil industry; urban planning; law; history; pollution
stephan.hauser@helsinki.fi +358504751768
Assistant Professor
Finnish, Swedish, English
keywords: Law; EU law; Competition law; Damages liability; Consumer law; New technologies; Greenwashing; Sustainability
Katri.havu@helsinki.fi; 0294122656
Senior University Lecturer
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/agroecology/people
English, Finnish, Ukrainian, Russian
Keywords: Agroecology; Food systems; Biodiversity; Sustainability; Intedisciplinary
iryna.herzon@helsinki.fi; +358405330946
Postdoctoral Researcher
English
Keywords: Carbon balance; Agro-ecosystems; Field management practices; Climate change mitigation; Sustainable agriculture
Teng.hu@helsinki.fi; +358505754822
Postdoctoral researcher
Finnish, English, Russian, Spanish
Keywords: Multispecies economies; Regenerative agriculture; Farming livelihoods; Food economies; Community supported agriculture
galina.kallio@helsinki.fi; 504392577
Professor of Environmental Law
https://clicinnovation.fi/project/bioccu/
Finnish, English, Swedish
Keywords: Environmental law; Climate law; Biodiversity law; Environmental regulation; Corporate social responsibility
kai.kokko@helsinki.fi; +358 29 412 2820
University Lecturer
Finnish, Swedish, English
Microbiology; Biochemistry; Biotechnology; Environmental sciences; Water management; Waste management; Circular economy; Risk assessment; Environmental remediation
Merja.kontro@helsinki.fi +358407746642, +358294120309
Doctoral Researcher
Finnish, English
Keywords: Heritage law; Coastal landscapes; Ecofeminism; Climate crisis; Critical heritage studies
sanna.lehtinen@helsinki.fi; +358 50 527 8185
Professor
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/michiru-nagatsu/
Japanese, English
Keywords: Sustainability science; Human-nature relations; Philosophy of economics; Behavioral economics; Experimental economics; Philosophy of emotion
Michiru.nagatsu@helsinki.fi; +358407456741
Grant-funded researcher
www.linkedin.com/in/tinanyfors
Swedish, Finnish, English
Keywords: Consumption; Overconsumption; Sufficiency; Grassroots initiatives; Ecological limits; Planetary boundaries; Strong sustainability; Degrowth
tina.nyfors@helsinki.fi; 0504722144
Research coordinator
https://www.helsinki.fi/covere2
marja.roitto@helsinki.fi; 0456336313
Keywords: Environmental impact assessment of food production, Urban agriculture, Novel foods, Food loss, Circular economy of food
English, Finnish
Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Economy, University Lecturer in Food Economy
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/process-studies-on-sustainable-economy
Finnish, English
Keywords: Food economy, degrowth, political economy, political ecology, critical theory.
Toni.ruuska@helsinki.fi; +358294158056
Doctoral researcher
English, Finnish, Swedish
Keywords: Biodiversity; immune system; health; urban planning; microbe; microbiome
Mika.saarenpaa@helsinki.fi; 0505700496
Postdoctoral Researcher
Finnish, English
Keywords: Sustainability science; Professionalism; Transformation; Agency; Philosophy of sustainability
janne.salovaara@helsinki.fi; +358400588887
Doctoral Researcher
Finnish, English
Keywords: Hypocrisy; sSelf-deception; Greenwashing; Structural injustice; Environmental activism; Bioeconomy and forestry; Climate justice
otto.snellman@gmail.com; +358405705888
Senior University Lecturer
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/jtervala/
Finnish, English
Keywords: Fiscal policy; Fiscal sustainability; Public green investment
juha.tervala@helsinki.fi; +358505862968
Professor of Sustainability Science
Finnish, Swedish, English, German
Keywords: Arctic; Indigenous peoples; Minority rights; Environmental humanities; Just energy transition
Reetta.toivanen@helsinki.fi; +358503185281
Professor in forest economics and business
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/forest-bioeconomy-business-and-sustainability
English, Finnish, Swedish
Keywords: Responsible business management; Circular economy; Bioeconomy; Business models; Resilience; Wood construction;
anne.toppinen@helsinki.fi; 0504150219
Doctoral Researcher
English, Spanish, Italian, French
Keywords: Green transition; Energy transition; Hydrogen economy; Solar energy; Economic development; Industrial policy; Post-growth economy; Agroecology
ruben.vezzoni@helsinki.fi; 0295322377
Professor
English, Finnish, Portuguese, French
Keywords: Indigenous sustainability
pirjo.virtanen@helsinki.fi; 00358503182400
Professor of Global Forests and Land Use
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/viikki-tropical-resources-institute
English, Spanish, Thai
Keywords: Botany; Ecology; Conservation; Tropical forest; Land use change
Edward.webb@helsinki.fi; +358453228988
Doctoral researcher
Swedish Finnish English
Keywords: Strong sustainability; Sufficiency; Food business; Sustainable food systems
jessica.jungell-michelsson@helsinki.fi; +358400719514
Post-doctoral researcher
Keywords: Sustainability sciences, Risk governance, Climate crisis management and preparedness, Renewable energy, Onshore and offshore wind farms, Just energy transition
Finnish, English, French
tuuli.parviainen@helsinki.fi; 0442373587
Doctoral Researcher
Finnish, English, Swedish, German, French
Keywords: Climate risk, Adaptation, Just transition
paivi.tikkakoski@helsinki.fi; 0294157853; 0503133544
Researcher
English (mother tongue) Finnish (good)
2021 Pölyttäjäystävällinen maatila (Principal investigator) https://www.bsag.fi/hankkeet/polyttajat-ovat-ruuantuotannon-kulmakivi/ 2023 BioMonitor4CAP (Postdoc researcher) https://www.biomonitor4cap.eu/en/
Keywords: Agroecology; Farmland biodiversity; Farmer-based research; Results-based payments; Traditional rural biobiotopes; Pollinator-friendly farming
traci.birge@helsinki.fi; +358503534873
Senior researcher
English
Keywords: Sustainable food systems; Food entrepreneurship; Innovation sustainability
Silvia.gaiani@helsinki.fi; 03357001757
Professor of agroecology
Finnish, English
Keywords: Agroecology; Farming systems; Environment; Sustainability; Food system; Biodiversity
juha.helenius@helsinki.fi; 358408493025
Postdoctoral Researcher
English
Keywords: Carbon balance; Agro-ecosystems; Field management practices; Climate change mitigation; Sustainable agriculture
Teng.hu@helsinki.fi; +358505754822
Academy Research Fellow
Finnish, English
Keywords: Climate change mitigation; Forest economics; Forest products markets; Futures studies; Life cycle assessment; LULUCF, Sustainable production and consumption; wood construction
elias.hurmekoski@helsinki.fi; +358 (0)50 414 0312
Postdoctoral researcher
Finnish, English, Russian, Spanish
Keywords: Multispecies economies; Regenerative agriculture; Farming livelihoods; Food economies; Community supported agriculture
galina.kallio@helsinki.fi; 504392577
Professor
Finnish, English
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/consumer-studies-research-group
https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/mari-niva
Keywords: consumption, consumers, practices, sustainable consumption, food consumption, alternative protein consumption
mari.niva@helsinki.fi; +358 29 412 0916
Grant-funded researcher
www.linkedin.com/in/tinanyfors
Swedish, Finnish, English
Keywords: Consumption; Overconsumption; Sufficiency; Grassroots initiatives; eEcological limits; Planetary boundaries; Strong sustainability; Degrowth
tina.nyfors@helsinki.fi; 0504722144
Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Economy, University Lecturer in Food Economy
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/process-studies-on-sustainable-economy
Finnish, English
Keywords: Food economy; Degrowth; Political economy; Political ecology; Critical theory.
Toni.ruuska@helsinki.fi; +358294158056
Postdoctoral researcher
Persian, English, Finnish
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahrasafaei/
Keywords: Mission-Oriented Innovation, Sustainable Digitalization, Water, Energy, Food Nexus IoT Sensors & Digital Twin
zahra.safaei@helsinki.fi; +358 504012048
Professor of Food Economics & Business Management
English, German, French, Italian
Keywords: Food businesses, Business management, Social sustainability, Environmental sustainability, CSR in food systems, Transparency
bodo.steiner@helsinki.fi; +358503116118
Professor
Finnish, English
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/economic-ecological-optimization-group
Keywords: Environmental economics; Economics of natural resources; Forest economics; forest policy
Olli.tahvonen@helsinki.fi; +358504156565
Professor in forest economics and business
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/forest-bioeconomy-business-and-sustainability
English, Finnish, Swedish
Keywords: Responsible business management; Circular economy; Bioeconomy; Business models; Resilience; Wood construction;
anne.toppinen@helsinki.fi; 0504150219
Doctoral Researcher
English, Spanish, Italian, French
Keywords: Green transition; Energy transition; Hydrogen economy; Solar energy; Economic development; Industrial policy; Post-growth economy; Agroecology
ruben.vezzoni@helsinki.fi; 0295322377
Doctoral researcher
Swedish Finnish English
Keywords: Strong sustainability; Sufficiency; Food business; Sustainable food systems
jessica.jungell-michelsson@helsinki.fi; +358400719514
Research coordinator
https://www.helsinki.fi/covere2
marja.roitto@helsinki.fi; 0456336313
Keywords: Environmental impact assessment of food production, Urban agriculture, Novel foods, Food loss, Circular economy of food
English, Finnish
Academy research fellow
https://www.helsinki.fi/fi/projektit/kaupunkirotat
Finnish, English (can survive French, Swedish)
Keywords: Rats; Parasites; Urban ecology; Disease ecology; Science education; Environmental education; Pest management; Ecology and evolution; Multispecies cohabitation; Invasive species; Animal histories; Human-wildlife conflict
Tuomas.aivelo@helsinki.fi; +358408286466
Doctoral candidate
English, Italian
Keywords: Environmental ethics, Environmental values, Environmental social sciences, Environmental sustainability, (Sámi) Indigenous traditional knowledge, Human-nature relations, Food ethics, Wise use of natural resources in the Arctic
corinna.casi@helsinki.fi, +358509335911
Post-doctoral researcher
French, English
Keywords: Environment; public health; oil industry; urban planning; law; history; pollution
stephan.hauser@helsinki.fi +358504751768
University Researcher
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/mgheikki/ | https://pastglobalchanges.org/science/wg/acme/intro
Finnish, English
Keywords: Arctic; Climate; Environment; Paleoecology; gGeoscience; Cryosphere; Ecosystem; Biodiversity; Carbon cycling; Biodiversity
maija.heikkila@helsinki.fi; 0294157838
Professor
Finnish, English
Keywords: Agroecology; Farming systems; Environment; Sustainability; Food system; Biodiversity
juha.helenius@helsinki.fi; 358408493025
Senior University Lecturer
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/agroecology/people
English, Finnish, Ukrainian, Russian
Keywords: Agroecology; Food systems; Biodiversity; Sustainability; Intedisciplinary
iryna.herzon@helsinki.fi; +358405330946
Academy Research Fellow
Finnish, English
Keywords: Climate change mitigation; Forest economics; Forest products markets; Futures studies; Life cycle assessment; LULUCF; Sustainable production and consumption; Wood construction
elias.hurmekoski@helsinki.fi; +358 (0)50 414 0312
University Lecturer
Finnish, Swedish, English
Keywords: Microbiology; Biochemistry; Biotechnology; Environmental sciences; Water management; Waste management; Circular economy; Risk assessment; Environmental remediation
Merja.kontro@helsinki.fi +358407746642, +358294120309
Doctoral Researcher
Finnish, English
Keywords: Science-policy interface; Biodiversity; Biodiversity policy; Biodiversity offsetting; Biodiversity knowledge
heidi.lehtiniemi@syke.fi; +358 295 252199
Post-doctoral researcher
Keywords: Sustainability sciences, Risk governance, Climate crisis management and preparedness, Renewable energy, Onshore and offshore wind farms, Just energy transition
Finnish, English, French
tuuli.parviainen@helsinki.fi; 0442373587
Doctoral researcher
English, Finnish, Swedish
Keywords: Biodiversity; Immune system; Health; Urban planning; Microbe; Microbiome
Mika.saarenpaa@helsinki.fi; 0505700496
Postdoctoral researcher
Persian, English, Finnish
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahrasafaei/
Keywords: Mission-Oriented Innovation, Sustainable Digitalization, Water, Energy, Food Nexus IoT Sensors & Digital Twin
zahra.safaei@helsinki.fi; +358 504012048
Doctoral researcher, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research
Finnish, English
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/climatecompetencies/about/
Keywords: Climate change education; Higher education; Expertise; Cryospheric science
joula.siponen@helsinki.fi; +358413136786
Professor
Finnish, English
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/economic-ecological-optimization-group
Keywords: Environmental economics; Economics of natural resources; Forest economics; forest policy
Olli.tahvonen@helsinki.fi; +358504156565
Doctoral researcher
Finnish, English, French
Keywords: Extractivism, Artisanal and small-scale mining, Neoliberal conservation, Ecological restoration, Frontiers, Madagascar
Marketta.vuola@helsinki.fi; 0504433393
Professor
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/viikki-tropical-resources-institute
English, Spanish, Thai
Keywords: Botany; Ecology; Conservation; Tropical forest; Land use change
Edward.webb@helsinki.fi; +358453228988
Doctoral researcher
English, French, Spanish
Keywords: International environmental law; Ocean governance; Arctic law
Post-doctoral researcher
French, English
Keywords: Environment; public health; oil industry; urban planning; law; history; pollution
stephan.hauser@helsinki.fi +358504751768
Professor of Environmental politics
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/jahukkin/
Finnish (mother tongue) English (fluent) Swedish (ok) French (so-so)
Keywords: Environmental policy and governance; Sustainability science; Risk governance; Cognitive science
janne.i.hukkinen@helsinki.fi; +358 50 367 1375
Grant-funded researcher
Finnish, English, Spanish, French
Keywords: Environmental policy; Environmental markets; Voluntary carbon markets; Science-policy interaction
kamilla.karhunmaa@helsinki.fi; +358405372634
Doctoral Researcher
Finnish, English
Keywords: Science-policy interface; Biodiversity; Biodiversity policy; Biodiversity offsetting; Biodiversity knowledge
heidi.lehtiniemi@syke.fi; +358 295 252199
Grant-funded researcher
www.linkedin.com/in/tinanyfors
Swedish, Finnish, English
Keywords: Consumption; Overconsumption; Sufficiency; Grassroots initiatives; eEcological limits; Planetary boundaries; Strong sustainability; Degrowth
tina.nyfors@helsinki.fi; 0504722144
Associate professor of environmental and sustainability law
Finnish English
Keywords: Sustainability law, EU environmental law, EU nature conservation law, Nature restoration law, Water management and law
tiina.paloniitty@helsinki.fi; 0505189488
Doctoral researcher
English, Chinese
Keywords: Climate cooperation between the Nordics and China; Policy; Civil society; Relationships
Yue.pan@helsinki.fi; +358452696466
Professor
https://patomaki.fi/en/ | https://www.helsinki.fi/en/networks/global-political-economy
Finnish, English
Keywords: Anthropocene; Critical realism; Democracy; Dynamics of the world economy; Global governance; Global greenhouse gas tax; Relations of power
heikki.patomaki@helsinki.fi; +358405184854
Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Economy, University Lecturer in Food Economy
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/process-studies-on-sustainable-economy
Finnish, English
Keywords: Food economy; Degrowth; Political economy; Political ecology; Critical theory.
Toni.ruuska@helsinki.fi; +358294158056
Professor
Finnish, English
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/economic-ecological-optimization-group
Keywords: Environmental economics; Economics of natural resources; Forest economics; Forest policy
Olli.tahvonen@helsinki.fi; +358504156565
Doctoral Researcher
Finnish, English, Swedish, German, French
Keywords: Climate risk, Adaptation, Just transition
paivi.tikkakoski@helsinki.fi; 0294157853; 0503133544
Doctoral Researcher
English, Spanish, Italian, French
Keywords: Green transition; Energy transition; Hydrogen economy; Solar energy; Economic development; Industrial policy; Post-growth economy; Agroecology
ruben.vezzoni@helsinki.fi; 0295322377
Doctoral researcher
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Keywords: Forest policy; Gender equality; Botanical knowledge; Timber commodity chain
Alizee.ville@helsinki.fi; +358408286466