Eeva Primmer

Research director

Professor; Docent (Adjunct professor) in Environmental Policy at University of Helsinki; PhD in Agriculture and Forestry from University of Helsinki

© Kai Widell

Contact information

Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi
Tel. +358 (0)295 251 521

Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)
DG´s office
Latokartanonkaari 11
FI-00790 Helsinki, Finland

Duties

• Responsible for the quality, integrity and impact of Syke's research, deputy of director general.

International scholarly and science-policy activities

• Member of the United Nations International Resources Panel (UN-IRP)
• Member of the Alternet Council
• Leader of the Knowledge Co-generation Task of the Sustainable Development Goals and Risk Report in the Partnership for European Environmental Research (PEER).
• Expert Member of the Policy Support Tools and Methodologies and Review Editor of the Europe and Central Asia Assessment Chapter 6 Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

Research experience

• Ecosystem services, biodiversity, forests, natural resources, energy, sustainable development, sustainability transition.
• Governance and institutions  with a particular focus on the ways in which regulation, norms and values as well as organizational structures and actor constellations shape the behavior of actors.
• Policy implementation and integration of conservation and economic activities.
• Multilevel governance, networks and organizations.

Videos

• SYKE Policy Brief: It is time for sustainability transformation (YouTube)
• Eeva Primmer on science feeding to policy and forest policy in a Think Forest webinar 26 June 2023 (YouTube)

Publications

Selected articles

• Mann, C., Loft, L., Hernández-Morcillo, M., Primmer, E., Bussola, F., Falco, E., Geneletti, D., Dobrowolska, E., Grossmann, C., M., Bottaro, G., Schleyer, C., Kluvankova, T., Garcia, G., Lovrić, M., Torralba, M., Plieninger, T., Winkel, G. (2022). Governance Innovations for forest ecosystem service provision–Insights from an EU-wide survey. Environmental Science & Policy, 132, 282-295.

• Hyysalo, S., Heiskanen, E., Lukkarinen, J., Matschoss, K., Jalas, M., Kivimaa, P., Juntunen, J.K., Moilanen, F., Murto, P. & Primmer, E. (2022). Market intermediation and its embeddeness – Lessons from the Finnish energy transition. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 42, 184-200.

• Primmer, E., & Paavola, J. (2021). Insurance Value of Ecosystems: An Introduction. Ecological Economics, 184, 107001.

• Primmer, E., Varumo, L., Krause, T., Orsi, F., Geneletti, D., Brogaard, S., Aukes, E., Ciolli, M., Grossmann, C., Hernández-Morcillo, M., Kister, J., Kluvánková, T., Loft, L., Maier, C., Meyer, C., Schleyer, C., Spacek, M., Mann, C. 2021. Mapping Europe’s institutional landscape for forest ecosystem service provision, innovations and governance. Ecosystem Services, 47, 101225.

• Kivimaa, P., Primmer, E., & Lukkarinen, J. 2020. Intermediating policy for transitions towards net-zero energy buildings. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.

• Paavola, J., Primmer, E. 2019. Governing the Provision of Insurance Value From Ecosystems. Ecological Economics, 164, 106346. 

• Waylen, K., Blackstock, K.L., Van Hulst, F.J., Damian, C.,  F.Johnson, R., Kanka, R., Külvik, M., Macleod, C.J., Meissner, K., Oprina-Pavelescu, M.M., Pino, J., Primmer, E., Rîșnoveanu, G., Šatalová, B., Silander, J., Špulerová, J., Suškevičs, M., Van Uytvanck . J. 2019. Policy-driven monitoring & evaluation: does it support adaptive management of socio-ecological systems? Science of the Total Environment. 662, 373-384.

• Primmer, E., Varumo, L, Kotilainen, J.M., Raitanen, E., Kattainen, M., Pekkonen, M., Kuusela, S., Kullberg, P. Kangas, J.A., Ollikainen, M. 2019.Governing biodiversity offsetting: An institutional analysis of rights and responsibilities. Land Use Policy 81, 776-784.

• Primmer, E., Saarikoski, H., Vatn, A. 2018. An empirical analysis of institutional demand for Valuation Knowledge. Ecological Economics 152, October 2018, 152–160.

• Saarikoski, H., Primmer, E., Saarela, S-R., Antunes, P., Aszalós, R., Baró, F., Berry P., Garcia Blanco, G., Goméz-Baggethun, E., Carvalho, L., Dick, J., Dunford, R., Hanzu, M., Harrison, P., Izakovicova, Z., Kertész, M., Kopperoinen, L., Köhler, B., Langemeyer, J., Lapola, D., Liquete, C., Luque, S., Mederly, P., Niemela, J., Palomo, I., Martinez Pastur, G., Peri, P., Preda, E., Priess, J., Santos, R., Schleyer, C., Turkelboom, F., Vadineanu, A.,  Verheyden, W., Vikström, S., Young, J. 2017. Institutional challenges in putting ecosystem service knowledge in practice. Ecosystem Services, 579-598.

• Bouwma, I., Schleyer, C., Primmer, E., Winkler, K.J., Berry, P., Young, J., Carmen, E., Špulerová, J., Bezák, P., Preda, E., Vadineanui, A. 2017. Adoption of the Ecosystem Services concept in EU policies. Ecosystem Services, 2013-222.

• Primmer, E., Termansen, M., Bredin, Y.K., Blicharska, M., Garcia-Llorente, M., Berry, P., Jääskeläinen, T., Bela, G., Fabók, V., Geamana, N., Harrison, P.A., Haslett, J., Cosor, G., Holst Andersen, A. 2017. Caught between personal and collective values: biodiversity conservation in European decision-making. Environmental Policy and Governance. 27(6), 588–604.

• Primmer, E., Jokinen, P., Blicharska, M., Barton, D.N., Bugter, R., Potschin, M. 2015. A framework for empirical analysis of ecosystem services governance. Ecosystem Services 16, 158-166. 

• Primmer, E., Paloniemi, R., Similä, J., Tainio A. 2014. Forest owner perceptions of institutions and voluntary ontracting for biodiversity conservation: Not crowding out but staying out. Ecological Economics 103, 1-10.

• Primmer, E., Paloniemi, R., Similä, J., Barton, D.N. 2013. Evolution in Finland's forest biodiversity conservation payments and the institutional constraints on establishing new policy. Society & Natural Resources 26(10), 1137-1154.

• Primmer, E., Furman, E. 2012. Operationalising ecosystem service approaches for governance: Do measuring, mapping and valuing integrate sector-specific knowledge systems? Ecosystem Services 1, 85–92.

• Primmer, E. 2011. Analysis of institutional adaptation: integration of biodiversity conservation into forestry, Journal of Cleaner Production, 19:16, 1822-1832.

All articles

• Eeva Primmer in Google Scholar
• Eeva Primmer in Linkedin