Projects per year
Organization profile
Organisation Profile
The Department of Geosciences and Geography is an exceptionally diverse unit for academic research and education. Our research interest range from exploring the experiences of minorities in cities, through plate tectonics to how environments have c hanged since life began. The common denominator of the research at the Department is our planet Earth, from its core to the structures of its surface. The Institute of Seismology, which is a part of the Department, carries out international responsibilities in connection to monitoring seismic activities and the ban on nuclear tests. Read more here
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Profiles
Juha Aalto
- Department of Geosciences and Geography Subunit - Postdoctoral Researcher
- BioGeoClimate Modelling Lab
Person: Teaching and research personnel
Temesgen Abera
- Department of Geosciences and Geography - Visiting scholar
- Doctoral Programme in Geosciences
Person: Visiting scholar, UH
Annika Åberg
- Department of Geosciences and Geography - Grant-funded researcher
- Doctoral Programme in Geosciences
Person: Visiting scholar
Research Units
BioGeoClimate Modelling Lab
Department of Geosciences and Geography
Organisational unit: Research Group
Department of Geosciences and Geography Subunit
Department of Geosciences and Geography
Organisational unit: Profit unit
Division of Geology and Geochemistry
Department of Geosciences and Geography
Organisational unit: Profit unit
Division of Urban Geography and Regional Studies
Department of Geosciences and Geography
Organisational unit: Profit unit
Equipment
Electron microbeam laboratory
Radoslaw Michallik (Operator)
Department of Geosciences and GeographyFacility/equipment: Core Facility
Environmental laboratory
Juhani Virkanen (Manager)
Department of Geosciences and GeographyFacility/equipment: Equipment
Geofluids Laboratory
Thomas Wagner (Manager)
Department of Geosciences and GeographyFacility/equipment: Equipment
Geosciences and Geography high-performance computer cluster (geo-hpcc)
David Whipp (Manager)
Department of Geosciences and GeographyFacility/equipment: Equipment
Projects 1999 2023
Nationalismi kielipolitiikassa ja kielikoulutuksessa -tietoteos / Niilo Helanderin säätiön apuraha
Länsisalmi, R. & Viitamäki, M.
01/06/2019 → 31/05/2021
Project: Other project
SURE: Social studies in Urban Education (SURE)
Kosunen, S., Bernelius, V., Haltia, N., Jokila, S., Juvonen, S., Laaksonen, L. M., Lappalainen, S., Luoma, T., Niemi, A., Oittinen, R., Peltola, M., Saari, J. E., Seppänen, P. & Vartiainen, H.
14/05/2019 → …
Project: Research project
Petrological and mineral potential investigation of the Suvasvesi granitoid intrusion and associated pegmatites
01/03/2019 → …
Project: Research project
WhiKnow: Whirl of Knowledge: Cultural Populism in European Polarised Politics and Societies
Palonen, E., Salojärvi, V., Kazlauskaitė, R., Sibinescu, L., Salmela, M., Ahonen, P., Sundell, T., Teivainen, T., Seelinger, I. B., Herkman, J., Sopanen, N., Koljonen, J. M. & Hyttinen, A.
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2022
Project: Research project
Suurkaupungista metropoliksi. Kaupunkitilan poliittisuus ja kulttuuriset merkitykset
Olsson, P., Kervanto Nevanlinna, A., Kivilaakso, A. H. I., Jokela, S. & Enbom, L.
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
Publications 1984 2020
Matalan kynnyksen kohtaamispaikkojen sijainti ja saatavuus Helsingin kaupunginosissa
Seppälä, T., Grönlund, H. & Kemppainen, T., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Janus : sosiaalipolitiikan ja sosiaalityön tutkimuksen aikakauslehti.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
#rhino – volume and sentiment of social media posts pertaining to an endangered species and its conservation
Fink, C. A., Hausmann, A. & Di Minin, E., 5 Mar 2019.Research output: Conference materials › Abstract › Research
2. 45 Ga break-up of the Archaean continent in Northern Fennoscandia: Rifting dynamics and the role of inherited structures within the Archaean basement
Skytta, P., Piippo, S., Kloppenburg, A. & Corti, G., May 2019, In : Precambrian Research. 324, p. 303-323 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
A coherence approach to data-driven inference in visual communication
Alikhani, M., Hiippala, T. & Stone, M., 2019. 4 p.Research output: Conference materials › Abstract › Research › peer-review
A comprehensive evaluation of predictive performance of 33 species distribution models at species and community levels
Norberg, A., Abrego Antia, N., Blanchet, F. G., Adler, F. R., Anderson, B. J., Anttila, J., Araújo, M. B., Dallas, T. A., Dunson, D., Elith, J., Foster, S., Fox, R., Franklin, J., Godsoe, W., Guisan, A., O'Hara, B., Hill, N. A., Holt, R. D., Hui, F. K. C., Husby, M. & 15 others, 2 May 2019, In : Ecological Monographs.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Activities 1984 2100
International Workshop at National Taipei University
Mari Vaattovaara (Speaker: Keynote)17 Apr 2100
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Metropolis in Europe
Salla Jokela (Member of organizing committee), Pia Olsson (Member of organizing committee), Anja Kervanto Nevanlinna (Member of organizing committee), Aura Kivilaakso (Member of organizing committee), Leena Enbom (Member of organizing committee)8 May 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
QS Global Academic Survey 2017 – University Rankings (Event)
Markku Löytönen (Reviewer)4 Mar 2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Sustainable Urbanization - Sustainable Urbanisation – bridging the development and growth
Saila-Maria Saaristo (Attendee)14 May 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Tieteen päivät 2019
Markku Löytönen (Speaker: Chair)9 Jan 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Prizes
2010 Highly Commended Award by Emerald Literati Network
Paola Minoia (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prizes and awards
Apps4Finland haastepalkinto: Pääkaupunkiseudun data
Henrikki Tenkanen (Recipient), 3 Dec 2014
Prize: Prizes and awards
Award for the Master’s Thesis of the highest-grade
Olli Ruth (Recipient), 1998
Prize: Prizes and awards
Datasets
NOW database
Fortelius, M. (Creator), The NOW (New and Old Worlds), 1996
http://www.helsinki.fi/science/now/
Dataset
Helsinki Region Travel CO2 Matrix 2015
Tenkanen, H. (Creator), Accessibility Research Group, 2015
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2601.0648, http://blogs.helsinki.fi/accessibility/travel-co2-matrix/
Dataset
Helsinki Region Travel Time Matrix 2015
Tenkanen, H. (Creator), Accessibility Research Group, Sep 2015
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1901.3201, http://blogs.helsinki.fi/accessibility/helsinki-region-travel-time-matrix/
Dataset
Arctic Chamber Metadata, 2000-2018
Virkkala, A. (Creator), Arctic Data Center, 4 May 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18739/A28C6Q
Dataset
MetropAccess - Helsinki Region Travel Time Matrix
Toivonen, T. (Creator), Salonen, M. (Creator), Tenkanen, H. (Creator), Department of geosciences and geography, 1 Apr 2014
http://blogs.helsinki.fi/accessibility/data/metropaccess-travel-time-matrix/
Dataset
Press / Media
Asiantuntijoina Suomen seismisyydestä
Päivi Mäntyniemi & Jari Kortström
29/05/2019 → 31/05/2019
4 items of media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Haastatttelu kaupunginosien identiteeteistä Yle Uudenmaan uutisiin
21/05/2019
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
How vanishing lizards in Madagascar led to a troubling discovery about deforestation and climate change
30/04/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media