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
Susanne 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 Markus Michallik (Operator)
Department of Geosciences and GeographyFacility/equipment: Core Facility
Environmental laboratory
Juhani Kalevi 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 Michael Whipp (Manager)
Department of Geosciences and GeographyFacility/equipment: Equipment
Projects 1999 2022
Petrological and mineral potential investigation of the Suvasvesi granitoid intrusion and associated pegmatites
01/03/2019 → …
Project: Research project › _Research
Suurkaupungista metropoliksi. Kaupunkitilan poliittisuus ja kulttuuriset merkitykset
Olsson, P. J., Kervanto-Nevanlinna, A. E., Kivilaakso, A. H. I., Jokela, S. E. & Enbom, L. U.
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
Ecosystem services in urban greenspaces across biomes: the influence of plant functional types and soil biota on soil-derived ecosystem processes
Setälä, H. M., Kotze, D. J., Hui, N., Romantschuk, M. L., LU, C., Zheng, B., Jumpponen, A., Szlavectz, K., Yesilonis, I. & Pouyat, R.
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2022
Project: Research project
Behavioural and morphological adaptation to environmental change: the example of African Neogene to Quaternary Proboscidea
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2021
Project: Research project › _Research
LEE: Local Educational Ethos: a study on well-performing comprehensive schools in disadvantaged neighbourhoods (LEE)
Kosunen, S. E., Bernelius, V. H., Vartiainen, H. E., Juvonen, S., Peltola, M. I., Luoma, T. M., Oittinen, R. K. & Simola, H. J.
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2022
Project: Research project
Publications 1984 2019
#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 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, 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Ecological Monographs.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
A framework for investigating illegal wildlife trade on social media with machine learning
Di Minin, E., Fink, C., Hiippala, T. & Tenkanen, H., Feb 2019, In : Conservation Biology. 33, 1, p. 210-213 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
A multimodal perspective on data visualization
Hiippala, T., 2019, (Accepted/In press) Data Visualization in Society. Kennedy, H. & Engebretsen, M. (eds.). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
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
Gaia (Journal)
Tomas Hanell (Reviewer)5 Feb 2019 → 26 Feb 2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Geologi (Journal)
Samppa Mäkelä (Editor in chief)1 Jan 2019 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal
European Geosciences Union General Assembly
Fátima Viveiros (Member of organizing committee), Christoph Beier (Member of organizing committee), Ulrich Kueppers (Member of organizing committee), Josë Pacheco (Member of organizing committee), Zhongwei Zhao (Member of organizing committee)7 Apr 2019 → 12 Apr 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Kyrkoherdens kolumn
Tomas Hanell (Speaker)28 Feb 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Prizes
2010 Highly Commended Award by Emerald Literati Network
Paola Minoia (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prizes and awards
3rd prize for the Best Poster Award
Julia Johanna Kemppinen (Recipient), 24 Mar 2018
Prize: Prizes and awards
Apps4Finland haastepalkinto: Pääkaupunkiseudun data
Henrikki Toivo Olavi Tenkanen (Recipient), 3 Dec 2014
Prize: Prizes and awards
Award for the Master’s Thesis of the highest-grade
Olli Petrus Jalmari Ruth (Recipient), 1998
Prize: Prizes and awards
Datasets
NOW database
Fortelius, H. L. M. (Creator), The NOW (New and Old Worlds), 1996
http://www.helsinki.fi/science/now/
Dataset
Helsinki Region Travel CO2 Matrix 2015
Tenkanen, H. T. O. (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. T. O. (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. I. (Creator), Arctic Data Center, 4 May 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18739/A28C6Q
Dataset
MetropAccess - Helsinki Region Travel Time Matrix
Toivonen, T. K. (Creator), Salonen, M. P. (Creator), Tenkanen, H. T. O. (Creator), Department of geosciences and geography, 1 Apr 2014
http://blogs.helsinki.fi/accessibility/data/metropaccess-travel-time-matrix/
Dataset
Press / Media
Article for the Conversation
Enrico Di Minin & Christoph Alexander Fink
23/04/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Haastattelu vieraskielisten etunimien ääntämisestä
22/03/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Etelä-Amerikkaa etsimässä - Amazonilta Tulimaahan
21/03/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media