Finland | IIASA

NMO Institute

The Finnish Committee for IIASA
Member since 1976
Council Member

Lea Kauppi

Finnish Environment Institute (SKYE)

Latokartanonkaari 11
FI-00790 , Helsinki

NMO Secretary

Ms. Jaana Johanna Roos

Academy of Finland

P.O.Box 99
00501, Helsinki

The Finnish Committee for IIASA is the National Member Organization (NMO) representing Finland. The Academy of Finland appoints the members of the committee and finances the annual membership fee.

Main areas of collaborations:

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Moving Artic research towards a sustainable and inclusive future

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Modeling current and future Finnish natural resources

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Reaching Finland’s Sustainable Development Goals

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Projecting demographic change in Finland

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The future of fisheries

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Applying systems analysis to economic growth and integration

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News

Sunrise on a misty boreal forest

31 January 2022

Forest management increases climate benefits provided by boreal forests

The carbon stock in managed boreal forest landscapes is increasing, while it is relatively unchanged in less intensively utilized forests where carbon losses due to forest fires have instead been significant during 1990-2017, according to a new report by the International Boreal Forest Research Association (IBFRA).

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services (AFE)

Russian Federation

United States of America

Covid-19 Coronavirus Spreading Across Europe

15 July 2021

Tracking COVID-19 across Europe

According to the World Health Organization, a third wave of COVID infections is now all but inevitable in Europe. A COVID tracker developed by IIASA researcher Asjad Naqvi, aims to identify, collect, and collate various official regional datasets for European countries, while also combining and homogenizing the data to help researchers and policymakers explore how the virus spreads.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems (EM)

Platforms for profit and purpose

01 July 2021

Platforms for profit and purpose

Digital platforms are changing the way we do business. IIASA has been involved in a six-year research project to understand the consequences of this shift, including how platforms can improve resilience in an uncertain world.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT)

Focus

29 November 2021

Supporting sustainable reindeer management in Finland

Options Winter 2021: The integrity of traditional reindeer husbandry in Finland is under threat. In a study that analyzed the perceptions of herders on the drivers of change in reindeer management, IIASA researcher Mia Landauer and colleagues hoped to amplify local voices so they can be included in future policy decisions.

Reindeer herd in finland

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26 November 2021

Global migration and the complex interplay between environmental and social factors

Venla Niva shares insights from a recent article exploring the interplay of environmental and social factors behind human migration. The project was carried out in collaboration with Raya Muttarak from the IIASA Population and Just Societies Program.

Network Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Finland

Publications

Marois, G. , Rotkirch, A., & Lutz, W. (2022). Future population ageing and productivity in Finland under different education and fertility scenarios. Finnish Yearbook of Population Research 56 137-160. 10.23979/fypr.119666.

Rasmus, S., Wallen, H., Turunen, M., Landauer, M., Tahkola, J., Jokinen, M., & Laaksonen, S. (2021). Land-use and climate related drivers of change in the reindeer management system in Finland: Geography of perceptions. Applied Geography 134 e102501. 10.1016/j.apgeog.2021.102501.

Landauer, M., Rasmus, S., & Forbes, B.C. (2021). What drives reindeer management in Finland towards social and ecological tipping points? Regional Environmental Change 21 (2) e32. 10.1007/s10113-021-01757-3.

Sarkki, S., Rasmus, S., Landauer, M., Lépy, É., & Heikkinen, H.I. (2021). Matching societal knowledge demand, research funding and scientific knowledge supply: trends and co-creation dynamics around reindeer management in Finland. Polar Geography 44 (2) 90-111. 10.1080/1088937X.2020.1755905.

Komendantova, N. (2021). Transferring awareness into action: A meta-analysis of the behavioral drivers of energy transitions in Germany, Austria, Finland, Morocco, Jordan and Iran. Energy Research & Social Science 71 e101826. 10.1016/j.erss.2020.101826.

Reiter, C. & Lutz, W. (2020). Survival and Years of Good Life in Finland in the very long run. Finnish Yearbook of Population Research 54 1-27. 10.23979/fypr.87148.