Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
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Project Manager, Finnish University Partnership for International Development, Department of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
Current working areas: food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture, climate change and renewable energy, AU–EU science policy and diplomacy. -
Doctoral Researcher, Department of Geosciences and Geography, Faculty of Science
Current working areas: political ecology, smallholder agriculture, rural development, climate change adaptation, climate-smart agriculture, regenerative agriculture, agroecology, environmental history, and land-use conflicts. Research focused mostly in Kenya. -
Teaching
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GEOG-331: Climate Change and Rural Development (2019–)
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FESIP: Food Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and Innovation Practices: A Comparison between Africa and the Nordic Countries (2023–)
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GEOG-330: Taita Field Course (2024)
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Board Member / Vice Board Member, Finnish Society for Development Research (2019–present)
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Secretary, AU–EU High Level Policy Dialogue Working Group on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (2022–present)
- Coordinator, Taita Research Station of University of Helsinki (2019-2020)
Fields of Science
- 519 Social and economic geography
- 1172 Environmental sciences
- 5203 Global Development Studies
- 4111 Agronomy
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Research output
- 2 Article
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The biased narrative of vulnerable women: gender analysis of smallholder farmers’ contextual vulnerability to climate change in the Taita Hills, Kenya
Palosaari, M., Autio, A., Mbinga, E., Pellikka, P. & Johansson, T., 2 Jul 2024, In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 2024, 29Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Constraints for adopting climate-smart agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in Southeast Kenya
Autio, A., Johansson, T., Motaroki, L., Minoia, P. & Pellikka, P., Dec 2021, In: Agricultural Systems. 194, 194, 13 p., 103284.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile
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CEA-FIRST: Consortium Europe-Africa for Research and Innovation on Food Systems Transformation
Autio, A. (Project manager), Kurki, K. E. (Participant), König, L. D. (Participant) & Okinyo, A. M. (Participant)
01/12/2023 → 30/11/2027
Project: EU Horizon Europe: Coordination and Support Actions (HORIZON-CSA)
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REACT: Uudistuvat ja ilmastoviisaat maatalousjärjestelmät agroekologisella gradientilla Itä-Afrikassa (REACT)
Pellikka, P. (Project manager), Autio, A. (Participant), Belachew, K. (Participant), Odhiambo, M. O. (Participant), Pirani, E. (Participant) & Vuorinne, I. (Participant)
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2026
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Project
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LEAP-RE: Long-Term Joint EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership on Renewable Energy
Kurki, K. E. (Project manager), Autio, A. (Participant), König, L. D. (Participant), Njiru, M. F. (Participant), Okinyo, A. M. (Participant), Plath, M. A. (Participant) & Vashadze, T. (Participant)
European Commision Joint Research Centre
01/10/2020 → 31/12/2025
Project: EU Research and Innovation Actions (RIA)
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LEAP4FNSSA: Support to the implementation of the Long-term EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership for Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture
Kurki, K. E. (Project manager), Autio, A. (Participant) & Plath, M. A. (Participant)
European Commision Joint Research Centre
01/01/2021 → 31/10/2022
Project: EU Coordination and support actions (H2020-CSA)
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TAITASMART: Environmental sensing of ecosystem services for developing climate smart landscape framework to improve food security in East Africa
Pellikka, P. (Principal Investigator), Alakukku, L. (Principal Investigator), Vesala, T. (Principal Investigator), Johansson, T. (Participant), Heiskanen, J. (Participant), Räsänen, M. (Participant), Tuure, J. (Participant), Adhikari, H. (Participant), Piiroinen, R. (Participant), Abera, T. (Participant), Tang, Z. (Participant), Wachiye, S. A. (Participant), Mäkelä, P. (Participant), Karhu, K. (Participant), Di Minin, E. (Participant) & Autio, A. (Participant)
European Commission, DG International Cooperation and Development
01/03/2018 → 01/03/2022
Project: Research project
Activities
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Food Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and Innovation Practices: a Comparison between Africa and the Nordic Countries
Gaiani, S. (Teacher), Autio, A. (Teacher) & Ndiritu, S. (Teacher)
24 Sept 2025 → 19 Nov 2025Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - External teaching and subject coordination
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Innovations for sustainable food systems:Good food for all, for today and tomorrow
Autio, A. (Attendee)
21 Jan 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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African Future Food Systems
Autio, A. (Attendee)
10 Mar 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Boosting agrifood research and innovation cooperation for impact at scale
Autio, A. (Member of organizing committee)
11 Mar 2025 → 13 Mar 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Accessing Food Systems Innovation: Unlocking Opportunities for the Private Sector
Autio, A. (Member of organizing committee)
24 Sept 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Press/Media
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Opinion Article: For the UN Climate Talks to Truly Be a ‘Food COP’, They Must Also Be a ‘Feminist COP’
Autio, A., Pellikka, P., Johansson, T. & Minoia, P.
12/12/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Media coverage: Paikkatieto- ja kaukokartoitusmenetelmille ihan uusi aluevaltaus – osoittavat, kuinka norsut ja apinat piinaavat pientiloja Taitavuorilla Keniassa
Pellikka, P., Munyao, M., Kuronen, T., Siljander, M., Aalto, I. J., Abera, T., Maeda, E. & Autio, A.
28/02/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media