Researcher
PhD (environmental sciences)
Contact information
© Kuva: Oles Datsko
Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi
Tel.: 029 525 1007
Finnish Environment Institute
Societal change
Just transformation
Address: Latokartanonkaari 11, 00790 Helsinki
Research interests
Sustainable cities, just cities, social equity in urban spaces, right to the city, urban transport policy and planning, carlessness
Research projects
STYLE - Healthy Lifestyles to Boost Sustainable Growth (01/2019 - 12/2023) https://www.styletutkimus.fi/
PODIUM (Policy design for integrated land use and mobility planning) (01/2023 - 11/2024, Aalto University)
Turning co-created sustainability utopias into realities: citizen-driven action and research(ers) as catalysts for change in urban areas (12/2024-)
Selected publications
Karjalainen, L. E. 2022. Sustainability Conceptualisation, Operationalisation, and Realisation - Perspectives on Urban Transportation Policy-Making and Planning (Doctoral dissertation, University of Helsinki). https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/349480
Karjalainen L. E., Tiitu, M., Lyytimäki, J., Helminen, V., Tapio, P., Tuominen, A., Vasankari, T., Lehtimäki, J. & Paloniemi, R. 2021. Going carless in different urban fabrics: socio-demographics of household car ownership. Transportation, 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-021-10239-8
Karjalainen, L. E., & Juhola, S. 2021. Urban transportation sustainability assessments: a systematic review of literature. Transport reviews, 41(5), 659-684. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2021.1879309