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Resilience of complex legal systems in sustainability transformation (RELIEF)

  • Duration: 2023 - 2029
  • Status: Ongoing

The project focuses on the interdisciplinary analysis of the role and impact of legal systems on sustainability transformation.

Project management
Seita Vesa
Project team
Antti Belinskij, Katja Kurki, Outi Penttilä, Niina Pykäläinen
Financiers
Research Council of Finland
Partners
University of Eastern Finland (coordinator), Aalto university, University of Vaasa
Subject area
Research, Sustainabilty transformation

Sustainability transformation refers to the achievement of ambitious climate, biodiversity, and environmental status goals within this decade, but in such a way that the central values protected by the Finnish and the European Union legal systems are safeguarded. Such values include, for example, democratic decision-making, the division of powers between different public and private actors in society, and competitive markets. The project is in close collaboration with established legislative and strategic processes prepared by the public authorities, as well as on updating the strategies of pioneering companies and civic actors. The project seeks to clarify the roles of public authorities and private actors in sustainability transformation and produces a methodical toolkit for evaluating the impact of legal systems on the said transformation.

More information

Research Professor Seita Vesa, Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), firstname.lastname@syke.fi

Project website: relief-project.eu