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Henri Virkkunen

Researcher

Duties

Food system modeling, material flow modeling, nutrient loading, ENVIMAT-models

Subject area

Circular economy
Sustainability transformation

Education and academic titles

Master of Science, Biology, University of Eastern Finland

Research and expertise

Environmental effects of consumption and production

Environmental accounting

Sustainable agriculture & food system

Material flows

Geospatial analytics 

I have worked as a researcher at SYKE since 2019. My work entails a wide spectrum of projects relating to improving and assessing the environmental sustainability of societal functions. These have included for example material flow assessments (e.g. for waste materials) and assessment concerning nutrient leaching to water bodies. In recent years my work has focused on the theme of sustainable agriculture and food systems. Alongside my other work I am preparing my Ph.D thesis at the University of Helsinki concerning these themes.