Research Professor
PhD, Docent (sustainability management, Aalto University School of Business)
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Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Climate Change Programme
Contact
Email: firstname.lastname@ymparisto.fi
Tel. +358 (0)400 148849
Twitter @paulakivim
Tasks
Research and project management focused on decarbonisation of socio-technical systems (sustainability transitions)
Policy analysis (climate policy, energy policy, innovation policy, transport policy)
Innovation studies (low-carbon innovations in energy and mobility)
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Research interests
Low/zero carbon energy and mobility transitions
Building energy efficiency
Policy analysis and evaluation linking to sustainability innovation and transitions
Role of intermediary organisations in transitions
Climate, energy, transport and innovation policy
Current projects
IDEALE Interplay between National Defence and Low-Carbon Energy Policies: a Sustainability Transitions Perspective
Intermediaries in the energy transition: The invisible work of creating markets for sustainable energy solutions (TRIPOD) (until August 2019)
Eating and Energy Use Reconfigured (EE-TRANS) (until August 2019)
Recent projects
Change in Business Ecosystems for Local Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency - Better Energy Services for Consumers (USE), 2015-2018 (Academy of Finland, New Energy Programme)
Publications
My publications in Google Scholar
Recent papers
Kivimaa, Paula, Boon, Wouter, Hyysalo, Sampsa and Klerkx, Laurens (2019) Towards a typology of intermediaries in sustainability transitions: a systematic review and a research agenda. Research Policy 48(4): 1062-1075.
Kivimaa, Paula, Hyysalo, Sampsa, Boon, Wouter, Klerkx, Laurens, Martiskainen, Mari and Schot, Johan (2019) Passing the baton: how intermediaries advance sustainability transitions in different phases. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.
Hyysalo, Sampsa, Lukkarinen, Jani, Kivimaa, Paula, et al. (2019) Developing policy pathways: redesigning transition arenas for mid-range planning. Sustainability, 11 (3). 603 1-22.
Köhler, Jonathan, Geels, Frank W, Kern, Florian, et al. (2019) An agenda for sustainability transitions research: state of the art and future directions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.
Martiskainen, Mari and Kivimaa, Paula (2019) Role of knowledge and policies as drivers for low-energy housing: case studies from the United Kingdom. Journal of Cleaner Production, 215 (1). pp. 1402-141.
Heiskanen, Eva, Kivimaa, Paula and Lovio, Raimo (2019) Promoting sustainable energy: does institutional entrepreneurship help? Energy Research & Social Science, 50. pp. 179-190. ISSN 2214-6296
Brown, Donal, Sorrell, Steve and Kivimaa, Paula (2019) Worth the risk? An evaluation of alternative finance mechanisms for residential retrofit. Energy Policy, 128. pp. 418-430. ISSN 0301-4215