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Aino Juslén

Unit director

Duties

Leadership, management and development, biodiversity, nature and biodiversity information, infrastructures, stakeholder collaboration

Subject area

Nature
Environmental information
Sustainability transformation

Education and academic titles

Ph.D., University of Helsinki

M.Sc. , University of Helsinki

Research and expertise

Experienced in strategic development and coordination of national and international biodiversity organizations, data infrastructures and data flows as well as in the use of data to support the policy actions and nature conservation. Expert on species threat assessment and the use of Red Data Book information. Extensive experience and broad responsibility in strategic, financial and human resources management, as well as competence development.

Selected publications

Arponen, A., Salomaa, A., Fabritius, H., Juslén, A. & Kuusela, S. 2026: The transformative potential of action proposals in Finnish Red Lists from 1986 to 2019. Conservation Biology 40: e70312 https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70312

Kukkala, A., Pihlainen, S., Godenhielm, M., Korpinen, S., Juslén, A., Paloniemi, R., Sallinen, A., Toivonen, M. & Vierikko, K. 2025: Ecological restoration is an investment for the future. Syke Policy Brief – Kestäviä ratkaisuja ympäristöpolitiikkaan. http://hdl.handle.net/10138/602603

Kuusela, S., Annala, M., Forsblom, L., Härkönen, L.H., Juslén, A., Lehtimäki, J., Paloniemi, R., Pappila, M., Primmer, E., Ronkanen, A.-K., Schulman, L., Tolonen, K. & Virkkala, R. 2024: Stopping biodiversity loss makes sense. Syke Policy Brief – Kestäviä ratkaisuja ympäristöpolitiikkaan. http://hdl.handle.net/10138/575200

Raimondo, D., Young, B.E., Brooks, T.M., Cardoso, P., Van Der Colff, D., De Souza Dias, B.F., Vercillo, U., De Souza, E., Juslén, A., Hyvärinen, E., Von Staden, L., Tolley, K. & McGowan, P.J. 2023: Using Red List Indices to monitor extinction risk at national scales. Conservation Science and Practice e12854. 10.1111/csp2.12854

Chichorro, F., Tenorio F.U., Teixeira, D., Väre, H., Pinto, T., Brummitt, N., He, X., Hochkirch, A., Hyvönen, J., Kaila, L., Juslén, A., Cardoso, P. 2022: Trait-based prediction of extinction risk across terrestrial taxa. Biological Conservation 274: 109738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109738

Smith V.S., French L., Vincent S., Woodburn M., Addink W., Arvanitidis C., Bánki O., Casino A., Dusoulier F., Glöckler F., Hobern D., Kalfatovic M.R., Koureas D., Mergen P., Miller J., Schulman L. & Juslén, A. 2022: Research Infrastructure Contact Zones: a framework and dataset to characterise the activities of major biodiversity informatics initiatives. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e82953. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e82953

Hoye, T. T., Groom, Q., Juslén, A., Mandon, C., Dinesen, L., Rosenberg, A., Hendriks, R. J. J., Eggermont, H., & Vihervaara, P. (2022). Biodiversity monitoring knowledge gaps and research & innovation priorities. European Union. http://hdl.handle.net/10138/346365

Schulman L., Lahti K. Piirainen E., Heikkinen M., Raitio O. & Juslén A. 2021: The Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility as a best-practice model for biodiversity data infrastructures. Scientific Data 8, 137. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00919-6

Hyvärinen E., Juslén A., Kemppainen E., Uddström A. & Liukko U.-M. (toim.) 2019. Suomen lajien uhanalaisuus – Punainen kirja 2019. Ympäristöministeriö & Suomen ympäristökeskus. Helsinki. 704 s. http://hdl.handle.net/10138/299501

Tingstad L., Grytnes J.A., Felde V.A., Juslén A., Hyvärinen E. & Dahlberg A. 2018: The potential to use documentation in national Red Lists to characterize red-listed forest species in Fennoscandia and to guide conservation. Global Ecology and Conservation 15: e00410. 10.1016/j.gecco.2018.e00410

Juslén A., Pykälä J., Kuusela S., Kaila L., Kullberg J., Mattila J., Muona J., Saari S. & Cardoso P. 2016: Application of the Red list Index as an indicator of habitat change. Biodiversity and Conservation 25: 569–585. 10.1007/s10531-016-1075-0

Juslén A., Hyvärinen E. & Virtanen L.K. 2013: Application of the Red List Index at national level for multiple species groups. Conservation Biology 27: 398–406. 10.1111/cobi.12016