Duties
Energy transitions, sustainability transformation, climate policy, energy policy, innovation policy, policy analysis, energy security, climate security and justice
Subject area
Education and academic titles
Docent, Aalto University
Associate, Sussex University
PhD, Aalto University
Introduction
I work as a Research Professor in Syke’s Climate Solutions Unit, and its Policies and Risks Group. The theme of the professorship is Climate and Societal Transitions, and I work especially on energy and transport sectors. My aims are to make new research openings, develop novel approaches to research the interaction between climate policy and societal transitions, bring security and social justice perspectives into researching climate and energy transitions, and support the development of Syke’s research expertise and international networking in this area.
I am a sustainability transitions scholar examining systemic change and how public policy and public administration connects to it. I have led many projects related to transport, building energy efficiency and energy transitions. Presently I conduct research on energy security, justice, and the links of security and geopolitics for transformative innovation policy. In addition, I am a member of the Finnish Climate Panel, an Associate Editor of Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, and an expert for the European Commission (DG GROW Fellowship programme, JRC.B Expert Group on Fair and Sustainable Economy).
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)
- Policy advice (interaction with policymakers and civil servants in Finland and internationally)
Research interests
- Low/zero carbon energy and mobility transitions
- Security and geopolitics in sustainability transitions
- Policy analysis and evaluation linking to sustainability innovation and transitions
- Role of intermediary organisations in transitions
- Building energy efficiency
- Climate, energy, transport and innovation policy
Current projects
- Challenge-led Innovation Policy, Geopolitical uncertainty and Security (CIPGeS), 2024-2026 (Business Finland)
- Clean Energy System Transition (REPower-CEST), 2024-2026 (European Commission
- Legitimacy and acceleration of Green Energy Initiatives and Transitions (LEGIT, nifu.no), 2024-2029 (NordForsk)
Completed projects (last 5 years)
- 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)
- 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)