Projects per year
Organisation 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
Fields of Science
- 519 Social and economic geography
- 117 Geography, Environmental sciences
International and National Collaboration
Profiles
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Juha Aalto
- Department of Geosciences and Geography - Title of Docent
- BioGeoClimate Modelling Lab
- Doctoral Programme in Atmospheric Sciences - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Doctoral Programme in Geosciences - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Person
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Milla Annika Aaltonen, Doctoral Researcher
- Doctoral Programme in Geosciences
- Department of Geosciences and Geography - Visiting scholar
Person: Visiting scholar, Doctoral Researcher
Research units
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BioGeoClimate Modelling Lab
BioGeoScience, Department of Geosciences and Geography
Organisational unit: Research group
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Digital Geography Lab
Human Geography, Planning and Environment, Department of Geosciences and Geography
Organisational unit: Research group
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Environmental Geochemistry
Department of Geosciences and Geography
Organisational unit: Research group
Equipment
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Environmental laboratory
Virkanen, J. (Manager)
Department of Geosciences and GeographyFacility/equipment: Core Facility
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EPOS Finland
Korja, A. (Manager) & Junno, N. (Other)
Institute of SeismologyFacility/equipment: Coordination office
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FINES-PS17 Array
Kortström, J. (Manager), Lindblom, P. (Operator) & Keskinen, J. (Operator)
Institute of SeismologyFacility/equipment: Equipment
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FINNSIP: the mobile FINNish Seismic Instrument Pool
Courbis, R. (Manager), Vänskä, J. N. (Operator), Oksanen, T. J. (Operator), Hillers, G. (Manager), Ding, Y. (Other) & Komminaho, K. (Operator)
Institute of SeismologyFacility/equipment: External collaboration
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FLEX-EPOS mobile Seismic Instrument Pool
Haapanala, P. (Other), Hillers, G. (Manager), Courbis, R. (Manager), Oksanen, T. J. (Operator), Kukkonen, I. (Other), Tiira, T. (Other), Komminaho, K. (Operator) & Juntunen, A. K. (Other)
Institute of SeismologyFacility/equipment: External collaboration
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BIOBANG ERC/CoG
Di Minin, E. (Project manager)
01/05/2025 → 30/04/2030
Project: EU Horizon Europe: European Research Council (HORIZON-ERC)
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Toward integration of seismic interferom
Courbis, R. (Project manager)
K.H. Renlunds stiftelse c/o Ehlers Carl Åbo Akdemi Ins.för Geologi och mineralogi
01/03/2025 → 29/02/2028
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
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SSF Fellowship Award/OGOLA Pauline
Pellikka, P. (Project manager)
01/03/2025 → 31/03/2026
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
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VYR DODGE 2025 - Dark Oxygen in the Deep
Kietäväinen, R. E. (Project manager), Hapuhinna, I. U. K. (Participant) & Kuusiluoma, M. S. (Participant)
01/02/2025 → 31/01/2026
Project: Ministry funding
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VYR SERIOUS Sensitivity and Risk 2025
Mäntyniemi, P. (Project manager)
01/01/2025 → 31/01/2026
Project: Ministry funding
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1865 Ma tholeiitic magmatism during an extensional episode of the Svecofennian orogeny: the Kaiplot gabbros in Nagu (Nauvo), southwestern Finland
Johnson, A. E., Eklund, O. & Heinonen, J. S., 24 Jan 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Academic travel from above and below: Institutions, ideas, and interests shaping contemporary practices
Theeuwes, N. J. J., Shokrgozar, S. & Ahonen, V. L., Jan 2025, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 119, 10 p., 103890.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Activity spaces and leisure travel emissions: A case study in Reykjavík, Iceland
Raudsepp, J., Thorbjörnsson, K. M., Hasanzadeh, K., Czepkiewicz, M., Árnadóttir, Á. & Heinonen, J., Jan 2025, In: Travel Behaviour and Society. 38, 100896.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Addressing human–elephant conflicts in Taita Taveta County, Kenya: Integrating species distribution modeling into targeted conservation strategies
Johansson, T., Munyao, M. N., Pellikka, P., Äärilä, S., Omondi, P. & Siljander, M., 23 Apr 2025, In: Global Ecology and Conservation. 60, 19 p., e03604.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Advances in systematic conservation planning to meet global biodiversity goals
Giakoumi, S., Richardson, A. J., Doxa, A., Moro, S., Andrello, M., Hanson, J. O., Hermoso, V., Mazor, T., McGowan, J., Kujala, H., Law, E., Álvarez-Romero, J. G., Magris, R. A., Gissi, E., Arafeh-Dalmau, N., Metaxas, A., Virtanen, E. A., Ban, N. C., Runya, R. M. & Dunn, D. C. & 7 others, , Apr 2025, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 40, 4, p. 395-410 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Activities
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AESOP conference 2026
Bäcklund, P. (Member of organizing committee)
1 Jul 2026 → 6 Jul 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Landscape Encounters: Visual literacy in landscape encounters through image-making practices
Flood, D. (Speaker)
3 Apr 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Foresight Friday: Keikahduspisteiden kynnyksellä
Huttunen, L. (Attendee), Harjanne, A. (Attendee), Kentala-Lehtonen, J. (Attendee) & Uotila, P. (Attendee)
28 Mar 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Future Geo Expert 2025
Säilä-Corfe, L. (Member of organizing committee)
16 Jan 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Keynote talk: Source constraints on the Late Cretaceous, strongly peraluminous magmatism of U.S. Cordilleran Interior; the White Rock Wash pluton, Nevada, and its corollaries
Rämö, T. (Speaker)
13 Mar 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Prizes
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1st Prize ICC2019 Map Awards (Digital Products)
Fink, C. (Recipient), Jul 2019
Prize: Prizes and awards
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2010 Highly Commended Award by Emerald Literati Network
Minoia, P. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prizes and awards
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2021 Lauri Jäntti Prize for best non-fiction book.
Salonen, J. S. (Recipient), 26 Jan 2022
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Datasets
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A 24-hour dynamic population distribution dataset based on mobile phone data from Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Finland
Bergroth, C. (Creator), Järv, O. (Creator), Tenkanen, H. (Creator), Manninen, M. O. (Creator) & Toivonen, T. (Creator), Helsingin yliopisto, Geotieteiden ja maantieteen laitos, 29 Apr 2021
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-01113-4, https://zenodo.org/records/6106064
Dataset
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A 100 3-component sensor deployment to monitor the 2018 EGS stimulation in Espoo/Helsinki, southern Finland
Hillers, G. (Creator), GFZ Data Services, 1 Oct 2019
DOI: 10.5880/GIPP.201802.1, http://dataservices.gfz-potsdam.de/gipp/showshort.php?id=escidoc:4645894
Dataset
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NOW database
Fortelius, M. (Creator), The NOW (New and Old Worlds), 1996
http://www.helsinki.fi/science/now/
Dataset
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Helsinki Region Travel Time Matrix 2015
Tenkanen, H. (Creator), Heikinheimo, V. V. (Contributor), Salonen, M. P. (Contributor) & Toivonen, T. K. (Contributor), Accessibility Research Group, Sept 2015
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1901.3201, http://blogs.helsinki.fi/accessibility/helsinki-region-travel-time-matrix/
Dataset
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Helsinki Region Travel CO2 Matrix 2015
Tenkanen, H. (Creator), Heikinheimo, V. V. (Contributor), Salonen, M. P. (Contributor) & Toivonen, T. K. (Contributor), Accessibility Research Group, 2015
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2601.0648, http://blogs.helsinki.fi/accessibility/travel-co2-matrix/
Dataset
Press/Media
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Helsingin Sanomat: Olemme kaikki tähtipölyä, eikä Donald Trump voi sille mitään
01/05/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Tutkijat pimputtivat ovikelloja huonomaineisilla asuinalueilla – ja saivat syyn hurraamiselle
Vaattovaara, M. K. & Rönnberg, O.
19/04/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Caring for diving beetles boosts urban biodiversity
Liao, W. & Soininen, J.
02/04/2025
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Press / Media