Paula Kivimaa

Research Professor

PhD, Docent (sustainability management, Aalto University School of Business)

Finnish Environment Institute SYKE
Climate Change Programme

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, security policy)
• Innovation studies (low-carbon innovations in energy and mobility)

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
• Security and geopolitics in sustainability transitions

Current projects

• IDEALE Interplay between National Defence and Low-Carbon Energy Policies: a Sustainability Transitions Perspective, 2019-2024 (Academy of Finland, fellowship project)
• CAScading Climate risks: towards ADaptive and resilient European Societies (CASCADES), 2019-2023 (EU H2020)

Recent projects

• Intermediaries in the energy transition: The invisible work of creating markets for sustainable energy solutions (TRIPOD), 2015-2019 (Academy of Finland)
• Eating and Energy Use Reconfigured (EE-TRANS), 2018-2019 (Academy of Finland)
• 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

• Kanda, W; Kivimaa, P (2020). What opportunities could the COVID-19 outbreak offer for sustainability transitions research on electricity and mobility? Energy Research & Social Science 68, 101666
• Kivimaa, P; Bergek, A; Matschoss, K; van Lente, H. (2020). Intermediaries in accelerating transitions: Introduction to the special issue. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.
• Kivimaa, P; Primmer, E; Lukkarinen, J. (2020). Intermediating policy for transitions towards net-zero energy buildings. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.
• Kanda, W.; Kuisma, M; Kivimaa, P; Hjelm, O. (2020). Conceptualising the systemic activities of intermediaries in sustainability transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.
• Sovacool, B; Turnheim, B; Martiskainen, M; Brown, D; Kivimaa, P. (2020). Guides or gatekeepers? Incumbent-oriented transition intermediaries in a low-carbon era. Energy Research & Social Science 66, 101490.
• Johnstone, P; Rogge, K; Kivimaa, P; Fratini, C; Primmer, E; Stirling, E (2020). Waves of disruption in clean energy transitions: Sociotechnical dimensions of system disruption in Germany and the United Kingdom. Energy Research & Social Science 59, 101287.
• 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