Subject area
Education and academic titles
PhD Environmental Science and Policy, University of Helsinki, Finland
MSc Environmental Science and Policy, University of Helsinki, Finland
Research and expertise
Environmental impact assessment: biodiversity footprints, biodiversity and business, other environmental footprint accounting, material flow analysis
Food system's sustainability questions: international trade, displaced environmental impacts, resilience
Systems thinking: interdisciplinarity, comprehensive thinking
Memberships and networks
FINTERDIS - Finnish Interdisciplinary Society, Vice dean
Selected articles
Chrisendo, D., Niva, V., Hoffmann, R., Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S., Rocha, J., Sandström, V., Solt, F. & Kummu, M. (2025). Rising income inequality across half of global population and socioecological implications. Nature sustainability, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01689-4
Sandström, V., Huan-Niemi, E., Niemi, J., & Kummu, M. (2024). Dependency on imported agricultural inputs—global trade patterns and recent trends. Environmental Research: Food Systems, 1(1), 015002. DOI 10.1088/2976-601X/ad325
Sandström, V., Kaseva, J., Porkka, M., Kuisma, M., Sakieh, Y., & Kahiluoto, H. (2023). Disparate history of transgressing planetary boundaries for nutrients. Global Environmental Change, 78, 102628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102628
Sandström, V., Chrysafi, A., Lamminen, M., Troell, M., Jalava, M., Piipponen, J., ... & Kummu, M. (2022). Food system by-products upcycled in livestock and aquaculture feeds can increase global food supply. Nature Food, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00589-6.
Sandström, V., Valin, H., Krisztin, T., Havlik, P., Herrero, M., Kastner, T. (2018). The role of trade in the greenhouse gas footprints of EU diets. Global Food Security, 19, 48-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2018.08.007
Sandström, V., Kauppi, P. E., Scherer, L., & Kastner, T. (2017). Linking country level food supply to global land and water use and biodiversity impacts: The case of Finland. Science of the Total Environment, 575, 33-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.002