Find a sustainability expert

HELSUS is a transdisciplinary sustainability science institute and our members include experts from all areas of sustainability, from climate change and sustainability transitions to behavioral change and education. The researcher list below consists of HELSUS members from PhD-researchers to professors. We hope you will find an expert matching your needs!

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To help you find information easily, we divided the experts below to broad thematic categories according to their research interests.

Researchers

Sustainable ecological and social systems

Academy research fellow

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

; +358408286466

Researcher

English (mother tongue) Finnish (good)

2021 Pölyttäjäystävällinen maatila (Principal investigator) 2023 BioMonitor4CAP (Postdoc researcher)

Keywords: Agroecology; Farmland biodiversity; Farmer-based research; Results-based payments; Traditional rural biobiotopes; Pollinator-friendly farming

; +358503534873

Assistant Professor of Sustainability Science

English, French

Keywords: International law; Indigenous peoples rights; Sami rights; Just transition; Arctic studies; Business & human rights

; 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

, +358509335911

Doctoral Researcher

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English, Italian, Finnish

Keywords: Environmental justice; Sustainability education; NbS

; +3584578314270

Associate Professor

Swedish, Finnish, English

Keywords: Biodiversity conservation, Tropical forests, Deforestation, GIS, Sustainable development, Protected areas

; +358504484428

Senior researcher

English

Keywords: Sustainable food systems; Food entrepreneurship; Innovation sustainability

; 03357001757

Postdoctoral researcher

Finnish, English, Swedish

Keywords: Ecosystem governance, Justice, Science-policy, Sustainability education, Biodiversity governance, Plural values and knowledges

; 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

+358504751768

Assistant Professor

Finnish, Swedish, English

keywords: Law; EU law; Competition law; Damages liability; Consumer law; New technologies; Greenwashing; Sustainability

; 0294122656

Senior University Lecturer

English, Finnish, Ukrainian, Russian

Keywords: Agroecology; Food systems; Biodiversity; Sustainability; Intedisciplinary

; +358405330946

Postdoctoral Researcher

English

Keywords: Carbon balance; Agro-ecosystems; Field management practices; Climate change mitigation; Sustainable agriculture

; +358505754822

Postdoctoral researcher

Finnish, English, Russian, Spanish

Keywords: Multispecies economies; Regenerative agriculture; Farming livelihoods; Food economies; Community supported agriculture

; 504392577

Professor of Environmental Law

Finnish, English, Swedish

Keywords: Environmental law; Climate law; Biodiversity law; Environmental regulation; Corporate social responsibility

; +358 29 412 2820

University Lecturer

Finnish, Swedish, English

Microbiology; Biochemistry; Biotechnology; Environmental sciences; Water management; Waste management; Circular economy; Risk assessment; Environmental remediation

+358407746642, +358294120309

Doctoral Researcher

Finnish, English

Keywords: Heritage law; Coastal landscapes; Ecofeminism; Climate crisis; Critical heritage studies

; +358 50 527 8185

Assoc. professor in Forest Business Economics

Working: Finnish, English, Spoken: Spanish, Swedish, Daily business: German, Mandarin Chinese, Bahasa Indonesia

Keywords: Business economics, Corporate responsibility, Forest economics, Natural capital, Sustainable business models, Sustainable change, Systemic transition

; 0504798626

Professor

Japanese, English

Keywords: Sustainability science; Human-nature relations; Philosophy of economics; Behavioral economics; Experimental economics; Philosophy of emotion

; +358407456741

Grant-funded researcher

Swedish, Finnish, English

Keywords: Consumption; Overconsumption; Sufficiency; Grassroots initiatives; Ecological limits; Planetary boundaries; Strong sustainability; Degrowth

; 0504722144

Research coordinator

; 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

Finnish, English

Keywords: Food economy, degrowth, political economy, political ecology, critical theory.

; +358294158056

Doctoral researcher

English, Finnish, Swedish

Keywords: Biodiversity; immune system; health; urban planning; microbe; microbiome

; 0505700496

Postdoctoral Researcher

Finnish, English

Keywords: Sustainability science; Professionalism; Transformation; Agency; Philosophy of sustainability

; +358400588887

Doctoral Researcher

Finnish, English

Keywords: Hypocrisy; sSelf-deception; Greenwashing; Structural injustice; Environmental activism; Climate justice

helsinki.fi

Senior University Lecturer

Finnish, English

Keywords: Fiscal policy; Fiscal sustainability; Public green investment

; +358505862968

Professor of Sustainability Science

Finnish, Swedish, English, German

Keywords: Arctic; Indigenous peoples; Minority rights; Environmental humanities; Just energy transition

; +358503185281

Professor in forest economics and business

English, Finnish, Swedish

Keywords: Responsible business management; Circular economy; Bioeconomy; Business models; Resilience; Wood construction;

; 0504150219

Doctoral Researcher

English, Spanish, Italian, French

Keywords: Green transition; Energy transition; Hydrogen economy; Solar energy; Economic development; Industrial policy; Post-growth economy; Agroecology

; 0295322377

Professor

English, Finnish, Portuguese, French

Keywords: Indigenous sustainability

; 00358503182400

Professor of Global Forests and Land Use

English, Spanish, Thai

Keywords: Botany; Ecology; Conservation; Tropical forest; Land use change

; +358453228988

Doctoral researcher

Swedish Finnish English

Keywords: Strong sustainability; Sufficiency; Food business; Sustainable food systems

; +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

; 0442373587

Doctoral Researcher

Finnish, English, Swedish, German, French

Keywords: Climate risk, Adaptation, Just transition

; 0294157853; 0503133544

Sustainable culture, education and practices

Doctoral researcher

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English, Italian, Finnish

Keywords: Environmental justice; Sustainability education; NBS

; +3584578314270

Postdoctoral researcher

Finnish, English, Swedish

Keywords: Ecosystem governance, Justice, Science-policy, Sustainability education, Biodiversity governance, Plural values and knowledges

; 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

Finnish (mother tongue) English (fluent) Swedish (ok) French (so-so)

Keywords: Environmental policy and governance; Sustainability science; Risk governance; Cognitive science

; +358 50 367 1375

Professor

Japanese, English

Keywords: Sustainability science; Human-nature relations; Philosophy of economics; Behavioral economics; Experimental economics; Philosophy of emotion

; +358407456741

Professor

Finnish, English

Keywords: consumption, consumers, practices, sustainable consumption, food consumption, alternative protein consumption

; +358 29 412 0916

Postdoctoral researcher

Finnish, English

Keywords: Sustainability science; Professionalism; Transformation; Agency; Philosophy of sustainability

; +358400588887

Postdoctoral researcher

Persian, English, Finnish

Keywords: Mission-Oriented Innovation, Sustainable Digitalization, Water, Energy, Food Nexus IoT Sensors & Digital Twin

; +358 504012048

Grant-funded researcher

English

Keywords: Social justice; More-than-human empathy; Art education; Empathy

;

Doctoral researcher, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research

Finnish, English

Keywords: Climate change education; Higher education; Expertise; Cryospheric science

; +358413136786

Doctoral researcher

Finnish, English

Keywords: Hypocrisy; Self-deception; Greenwashing; Structural injustice; Environmental activism; Bioeconomy and foresrty; Climate justice

Doctoral researcher

Finnish, English, French

Keywords: Vocational education; Global justice; Global citizenship; Sustainability education; Global education; Controversial issues; Civil engagement

; +358505629272

Postdoctoral researcher

Finnish, English

Keywords: Climate education; Engagement; Science learning; Secondary school; Emotions; Attitudes and well-being

; 0503379768

Fair and equitable societies

Assistant Professor of Sustainability Science

English, French

Keywords: International law; Indigenous peoples rights; Sami rights; Just transition; Arctic studies; Business & human rights

; 0504188175

Doctoral candidate

English, Italian

, +358509335911

Doctoral Researcher

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English, Italian, Finnish

Keywords: Environmental justice; Sustainability education; NBS

; +3584578314270

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

; 0294122656

Postdoctoral researcher

Finnish, English, Swedish

Keywords: Ecosystem governance, Justice, Science-policy, Sustainability education, Biodiversity governance, Plural values and knowledges

; 04578323220

Professor in Disability Studies

Finnish, English, Japanese

Keywords: Disability studies; Human rights; Global South; Global North; Globalization; Participatory research; Disability inclusion.

; 0407236680

Professor of Environmental Law

Finnish, English, Swedish

Keywords: Environmental law; Climate law; Biodiversity law; Environmental regulation; Corporate social responsibility

; +358 29 412 2820

Doctoral Researcher

Finnish, English

Keywords: Heritage law; Coastal landscapes; Ecofeminism; Climate crisis; Critical heritage studies

; +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

; 0442373587

Professor of World Politics

Finnish, English

Keywords: Anthropocene; Critical realism; Democracy; Dynamics of the world economy; Global governance; Global greenhouse gas tax; Relations of power

; +358405184854

Grant-funded researcher

English

Keywords: Social justice; More-than-human empathy; Art education; Empathy

;

Doctoral Researcher

Finnish, English

Keywords: Hypocrisy; Self-deception; Greenwashing; Structural injustice; Environmental activism; Climate justice

Professor of Food Economics & Business Management

English, German, French, Italian

Keywords: Food businesses, Business management, Social sustainability, Environmental sustainability, CSR in food systems, Transparency

; +358503116118

Doctoral Researcher

Finnish, English, Swedish, German, French

Keywords: Climate risk, Adaptation, Just transition

; 0294157853; 0503133544

Professor in Sustainability Science

Finnish, Swedish, English, German

Keywords: Arctic, Indigenous peoples, minority rights, environmental humanities, just energy transition

; +358503185281

Doctoral researcher

English French Swedish

Keywords: Forest policy; Gender equality; Botanical knowledge; Timber commodity chain

; +358408286466

Professor of Indigenous Studies

English, Finnish, Portuguese, French

Keywords: Indigenous sustainability

; 00358503182400

Doctoral researcher

Finnish, English, French

Keywords: Extractivism; Artisanal and small-scale mining; Neoliberal conservation; Ecological restoration; Frontiers; Madagascar

; 0504433393

Sustainable consumption and production

Researcher

English (mother tongue) Finnish (good)

2021 Pölyttäjäystävällinen maatila (Principal investigator) 2023 BioMonitor4CAP (Postdoc researcher)

Keywords: Agroecology; Farmland biodiversity; Farmer-based research; Results-based payments; Traditional rural biobiotopes; Pollinator-friendly farming

; +358503534873

Senior researcher

English

Keywords: Sustainable food systems; Food entrepreneurship; Innovation sustainability

; 03357001757

Professor of agroecology

Finnish, English

Keywords: Agroecology; Farming systems; Environment; Sustainability; Food system; Biodiversity

; 358408493025

Postdoctoral Researcher

English

Keywords: Carbon balance; Agro-ecosystems; Field management practices; Climate change mitigation; Sustainable agriculture

; +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

; +358 (0)50 414 0312

Postdoctoral researcher

Finnish, English, Russian, Spanish

Keywords: Multispecies economies; Regenerative agriculture; Farming livelihoods; Food economies; Community supported agriculture

; 504392577

Docent of medicinal chemistry

; +358440261747

Keywords: Green chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Sustainable drugs, Bioactive natural products, Antibiotics

Finnish, English

Doctoral Researcher

; +358504485199

Keywords: Cellular agriculture, Agri-food tech, Microbial bioeconomy, Sustainable food systems

Finnish, English, Spanish

Assistant professor in Chemistry of Circular Economy

Finnish, English

Keywords: Biomaterials, green chemistry, sustainable raw materials, circular economy

; +358 50 511 2092

Assoc. professor in Forest Business Economics

Working: Finnish, English, Spoken: Spanish, Swedish, Daily business: German, Mandarin Chinese, Bahasa Indonesia

Keywords: Business economics, Corporate responsibility, Forest economics, Natural capital, Sustainable business models, Sustainable change, Systemic transition

; 0504798626

Professor

Finnish, English

Keywords: consumption, consumers, practices, sustainable consumption, food consumption, alternative protein consumption

; +358 29 412 0916

Grant-funded researcher

Swedish, Finnish, English

Keywords: Consumption; Overconsumption; Sufficiency; Grassroots initiatives; eEcological limits; Planetary boundaries; Strong sustainability; Degrowth

; 0504722144

Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Economy, University Lecturer in Food Economy

Finnish, English

Keywords: Food economy; Degrowth; Political economy; Political ecology; Critical theory.

; +358294158056

Postdoctoral researcher

Persian, English, Finnish

Keywords: Mission-Oriented Innovation, Sustainable Digitalization, Water, Energy, Food Nexus IoT Sensors & Digital Twin

; +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

; +358503116118

Professor

Finnish, English

Keywords: Environmental economics; Economics of natural resources; Forest economics; forest policy

; +358504156565

Professor in forest economics and business

English, Finnish, Swedish

Keywords: Responsible business management; Circular economy; Bioeconomy; Business models; Resilience; Wood construction;

; 0504150219

Doctoral Researcher

English, Spanish, Italian, French

Keywords: Green transition; Energy transition; Hydrogen economy; Solar energy; Economic development; Industrial policy; Post-growth economy; Agroecology

; 0295322377

Doctoral researcher

Swedish, Finnish, English

Keywords: Strong sustainability; Sufficiency; Food business; Sustainable food systems

; +358400719514

Research coordinator

English, Finnish

Keywords: Environmental impact assessment of food production, Urban agriculture, Novel foods, Food loss, Circular economy of food

; 0456336313

Environmental change and ecological crises

Academy research fellow

Finnish, English (can survive French, Swedish)

; +358408286466

Doctoral candidate

English, Italian

, +358509335911

Associate Professor

Swedish, Finnish, English

Keywords: Biodiversity conservation, Tropical forests, Deforestation, GIS, Sustainable development, Protected areas

; +358504484428

Post-doctoral researcher

French, English

Keywords: Environment; public health; oil industry; urban planning; law; history; pollution

+358504751768

University Researcher

Finnish, English

Keywords: Arctic; Climate; Environment; Paleoecology; gGeoscience; Cryosphere; Ecosystem; Biodiversity; Carbon cycling; Biodiversity

; 0294157838

Professor

Finnish, English

Keywords: Agroecology; Farming systems; Environment; Sustainability; Food system; Biodiversity

; 358408493025

Senior University Lecturer

English, Finnish, Ukrainian, Russian

Keywords: Agroecology; Food systems; Biodiversity; Sustainability; Intedisciplinary

; +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

; +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

+358407746642, +358294120309

Doctoral Researcher

Finnish, English

Keywords: Science-policy interface; Biodiversity; Biodiversity policy; Biodiversity offsetting; Biodiversity knowledge

; +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

; 0442373587

Doctoral researcher

English, Finnish, Swedish

Keywords: Biodiversity; Immune system; Health; Urban planning; Microbe; Microbiome

; 0505700496

Postdoctoral researcher

Persian, English, Finnish

Keywords: Mission-Oriented Innovation, Sustainable Digitalization, Water, Energy, Food Nexus IoT Sensors & Digital Twin

; +358 504012048

Doctoral researcher, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research

Finnish, English

Keywords: Climate change education; Higher education; Expertise; Cryospheric science

; +358413136786

Professor

Finnish, English

Keywords: Environmental economics; Economics of natural resources; Forest economics; forest policy

; +358504156565

Doctoral researcher

Finnish, English, French

Keywords: Extractivism, Artisanal and small-scale mining, Neoliberal conservation, Ecological restoration, Frontiers, Madagascar

; 0504433393

Professor

English, Spanish, Thai

Keywords: Botany; Ecology; Conservation; Tropical forest; Land use change

; +358453228988

Politics, policy and law of sustainability

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

+358504751768

Professor of Environmental politics

Finnish (mother tongue) English (fluent) Swedish (ok) French (so-so)

Keywords: Environmental policy and governance; Sustainability science; Risk governance; Cognitive science

; +358 50 367 1375

Grant-funded researcher

Finnish, English, Spanish, French

Keywords: Environmental policy; Environmental markets; Voluntary carbon markets; Science-policy interaction

; +358405372634

Doctoral Researcher

Finnish, English, Spanish

; +358504485199

Keywords: Cellular agriculture, Agri-food tech, Microbial bioeconomy, Sustainable food systems

Doctoral Researcher

Finnish, English

Keywords: Science-policy interface; Biodiversity; Biodiversity policy; Biodiversity offsetting; Biodiversity knowledge

; +358 295 252199

Grant-funded researcher

Swedish, Finnish, English

Keywords: Consumption; Overconsumption; Sufficiency; Grassroots initiatives; eEcological limits; Planetary boundaries; Strong sustainability; Degrowth

; 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

; 0505189488

Doctoral researcher

English, Chinese

Keywords: Climate cooperation between the Nordics and China; Policy; Civil society; Relationships

; +358452696466

Professor

Finnish, English

Keywords: Anthropocene; Critical realism; Democracy; Dynamics of the world economy; Global governance; Global greenhouse gas tax; Relations of power

; +358405184854

Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Economy, University Lecturer in Food Economy

Finnish, English

Keywords: Food economy; Degrowth; Political economy; Political ecology; Critical theory.

; +358294158056

Professor

Finnish, English

Keywords: Environmental economics; Economics of natural resources; Forest economics; Forest policy

; +358504156565

Doctoral Researcher

Finnish, English, Swedish, German, French

Keywords: Climate risk, Adaptation, Just transition

; 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

; 0295322377

Doctoral researcher

English French Swedish

Keywords: Forest policy; Gender equality; Botanical knowledge; Timber commodity chain

; +358408286466