Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation Profile
Research in consumer studies focuses on the following themes: transformation of consumer society, politics of consumption, political consumerism, sustainable consumption, sustainability transitions, service innovations, young people as consumers, new phenomena in the consumption of food, and consumers’ recalled consumption experiences. Consumer studies collaborates in multidisciplinary research projects.
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International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Profiles
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Julia Fanny Johansson
- Department of Forest Sciences - Doctoral Researcher
- Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)
- Consumer Studies Research Group
- Doctoral Programme in Sustainable Use of Renewable Natural Resources
Person: U1 Research and teaching staff, Doctoral Researcher
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Sami Koponen
- Department of Economics and Management - University Lecturer
- Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)
- Consumer Studies Research Group
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff, Teaching and research personnel
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Sini Kuosmanen
- Department of Food and Nutrition - Grant-funded researcher
- Consumer Studies Research Group
- Doctoral Programme in Political, Societal and Regional Change
Person: Visiting scholar, Doctoral Researcher
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Eliisa Kylkilahti
- Department of Economics and Management - University Lecturer
- Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)
- Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability
- Consumer Studies Research Group
- Doctoral Programme in Sustainable Use of Renewable Natural Resources - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff, UH , Teaching and research personnel
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Sara-Ellen Sofia Laitinen
- Doctoral Programme in Political, Societal and Regional Change
- Department of Economics and Management - Grant-funded researcher
- Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)
- Consumer Studies Research Group
Person: Visiting scholar, Doctoral Researcher
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SOREBA: Developing systemic solutions to remove barriers to the consumption of plant-based foods
Niva, M. (Project manager) & Koponen, S. (Participant)
01/07/2024 → 30/06/2026
Project: Research project
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Improving urban sustainability through w
Toivonen, R. (Project manager) & Johansson, J. F. (Participant)
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2027
Project: Other funder
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CONFIN-SKILLS: Koti ja koulu nuorten kuluttaja- ja talousosaamisen mahdollistajana / Home and school facilitating young people's consumer and financial skills
Autio, M. (Principal Investigator), Poikolainen, J. (Co-Principal Investigator), Sekki, S. (Participant), Varpa, J. (Participant), Lehtonen, H. L. L. (Principal Investigator), Wallinheimo, K. (Participant), Kylkilahti, E. (Participant) & Heinonen, V. (Participant)
16/10/2023 → 31/03/2025
Project: Ministry funding
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RUOKATULEVAISUUDET: Food futures: Prospects and actions in food systems transformations and agricultural policies
Niva, M. (Project manager), Kirveennummi, A. (Participant), Latvala, T. (Participant), Mäkelä, J. (Participant), Saarimaa, R. (Participant), Salmivaara, L. (Participant), Salmivaara, L. (Participant) & Silfver, M. (Participant)
Maa- Ja Metsätalousministeriö Maaseutuverkostoyksikkö
01/05/2023 → 31/05/2025
Project: Ministry funding
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BioColour: Biovärit - Väripaletti biopohjaisille väriaineille ja pigmenteille
Räisänen, R. (Project manager), Autio, M. (Participant), Dyster, L. S. T. (Participant), Gaitán Tabares, J. P. (Participant), Heiniö, K. M. (Participant), Karhula, M.-L. (Participant), Kauppinen, A. (Participant), Kosunen, M. J. (Participant), Kylä-Nikkilä, E. (Participant), Negi, A. (Participant), Neighbors, D. M. (Participant), Plit, M. E. (Participant), Ruippo, L. R. (Participant), Räisänen, A. L. (Participant), Tommila, N. L. (Participant), Toukola, P. P. (Participant), Virta, L. M. (Participant) & Wright, K. M. (Participant)
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2025
Project: Research Council of Finland: Strategic Research Council funding (SRC)
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Enabled to eat more plant proteins? Capabilities, opportunities, and motivations related to increasing pulse and pulse-based product consumption across consumer groups
Kuosmanen, S., Korhonen, K., Pajari, A.-M. & Konttinen, H., May 2025, In: Food Quality and Preference. 126, 14 p., 105388.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Food control strategies to support and enforce food business operators that repeatedly violate food safety legislation
Kiviniemi, K., Salmivaara, L., Vainio, A. & Lunden, J., May 2025, In: Food Control. 171, 10 p., 111042.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Materials changing the performance of the household energy consumption practices
Laitinen, S.-E., Syrjälä, H., Kylkilahti, E. & Kääntä, L., 14 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Consumer Culture. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Multispecies encounters constructing homescapes
Syrjälä, H., Kylkilahti, E., Kääntä, L. & Bäcklund, P., Jan 2025, (Submitted) 2025 Consumer Culture Theory Conference.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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Who is self-committed to climate action? Exploring decarbonisation actions and target gaps using carbon footprint calculator data in Japan
Koide, R., Hata, S., Tajima, R., Yokoo, H. F., Lettenmeier, M. & Nansai, K., Feb 2025, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 120, 14 p., 103930.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Activities
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Kuluttaja- ja talouskasvatus nuorten, opettajien ja vanhempien silmin – CONFIN-SKILLS-hankkeen haastattelut
Lehtonen, H. L. L. (Speaker), Varpa, J. (Speaker) & Autio, M. (Speaker)
12 Feb 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Gradun ohjaus
Koponen, S. (Supervisor)
2024Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
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Jiri Nesiba
Kylkilahti, E. (Host)
15 Apr 2024 → 19 Apr 2024Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Academic visit at UH
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Gradun ohjaus
Koponen, S. (Co-supervisor)
2024 → …Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
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Cities driving carbon-wise housing and retrofits?
Kylkilahti, E. (Speaker)
13 Feb 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press/Media
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Marraskuussa se on virallista: kansa syö yhä väärin
16/10/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Miksi suomalaisten ruokailuhetket näyttävät ulkomaalaisista oudoilta? Asiantuntija tietää heti, mistä on kyse
24/05/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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