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
Institute of Seismology's Network of Seismic Stations
Institute of SeismologyFacility/equipment: Equipment
Projects 1999 2022
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
JustDe: Justification for agreement-based approaches in Nordic spatial planning: towards situational direct democracy?
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2022
Project: Research project › _Research
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., Simola, H. J., Bernelius, V. H., Vartiainen, H. E., Juvonen, S. & Peltola, M. I.
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2022
Project: Research project
HTBKordelin: New nationally important fields in the Helsinki Term Bank for the Arts and Sciences
Onikki-Rantajääskö, T. A., Nurmiainen, J. A., Kemppi, H. V., Lehtonen, E. S. & Enqvist, E. J.
01/05/2018 → 31/03/2019
Project: Research project
Publications 1984 2019
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
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
Chironomid-based temperature reconstruction for the Eemian Interglacial (MIS 5e) at Sokli, northeast Finland
Plikk, A., Engels, S., Luoto, T. P., Nazarova, L., Salonen, J. S. & Helmens, K., 9 Feb 2019, In : Journal of Paleolimnology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Detection of the dispersion and residence of volcanic SO2 and sulfate aerosol from Nabro in 2011
Liu, Y., Pellikka, P. K. E., Li, H. & Fang, X., 15 Jan 2019, In : Atmospheric Environment. 197, p. 36-44 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Developing a global indicator for Aichi Target 1 by merging online data sources to measure biodiversity awareness and engagement
Cooper, M., Di Minin, E., Hausmann, A., Qin, S., Schwartz, A. & Correia, R., 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Biological Conservation.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Activities 1984 2100
International Workshop at National Taipei University
Mari Vaattovaara (Speaker: Keynote)Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Launching of new fields in the Helsinki Term Bank for the Arts and Science and a panel discussion on the academic languages
Tiina Onikki-Rantajääskö (Chair of organizing committee), Eeva Johanna Enqvist (Secretary of organizing committee), Jouko Antero Nurmiainen (Speaker: Presenter), Hanna Valpuri Kemppi (Speaker: Presenter), Elina Sirkka-Liisa Lehtonen (Speaker: Presenter)Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
Aku Heinonen (Reviewer)Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Geology (Journal)
Jussi Heinonen (Reviewer)Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Tieteen päivät 2019
Markku Löytönen (Speaker: Chair)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
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 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
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
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
Helsingin sanomat: Täällä korkeasti koulutettu luova luokka asuu – HS:n hakukone laittaa pääkaupunkiseudun alueet järjestykseen niiden talouskasvua ruokkivien tekijöiden mukaan
06/01/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media