Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Consumer Society Research. My research focuses on sustainable consumption and the ways our consumption practices are shaped by established services, technologies and infrastructures, by shared norms and conventions, as well as by institutional and political rules
Education/Academic qualification
Environmental social sciences, Ph.D., Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Fields of Science
- 1172 Environmental sciences
- Environmental social science
- Sustainability transition
- 5142 Social policy
- Consumption studies
- Energy consumption
- Food systems
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications
Kokeilemalla kestäviin energiakäytäntöihin: yksin vai yhdessä
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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A critical review of energy behaviour change: The influence of context
Heiskanen, E., Matschoss, K., Laakso, S. & Apajalahti, E-L., 25 Nov 2019, Energy and Behaviour : Towards a Low Carbon Future. Lopes, M., Henggeler Antunes, C. & Janda, K. B. (eds.). 1st ed. Amsterdam: Academic Press, p. 391-414 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Editing out unsustainability from consumption: From information provision to nudging and social practice theory
Heiskanen, E. & Laakso, S., 2019, A Research Agenda for Sustainable Consumption Governance. Mont, O. (ed.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, p. 156–171 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
Experiments in Everyday Mobility: Social Dynamics of Achieving a Sustainable Lifestyle
Laakso, S., Jun 2019, In : Sociological Research Online. 24, 2, p. 235-250 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Finnish Energy Policy in Transition
Heiskanen, E., Laakso, S. & Matschoss, K., 10 Jun 2019, Energy Demand Challenges in Europe : Implications for policy, planning and practice. Fahy, F., Goggins, G. & Jensen, C. (eds.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 127-136 10 p. 12Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
Open Access
File
Projects
Sustainable consumption, everyday life and social change
Laakso, S., Jack, T., Neuman, N. & Hansen, A. R.
01/01/2020 → 31/12/2021
Project: Other project
EE-TRANS: Eating and Energy Use Reconfigured? Disruptions and Novel Transition Pathways in Food and Energy Systems
Niva, M., Laakso, S. & Heiskanen, E.
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2022
Project: Research project
ECO2: Energy Conscious Consumers
Kahma, N., Rask, M. & Laakso, S.
01/03/2018 → 01/03/2021
Project: Research project
SET: Smart Energy-teknologiamurros - mahdollisuuksien hyödyntäminen kestävässä kasvussa Suomen toisella vuosisadalla
Heiskanen, E., Matschoss, K., Rask, M., Hyvönen, K., Kahma, N., Korhonen, K., Laakso, S. & Apajalahti, E.
01/09/2015 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research project
ENERGISE: European Network for Research, Good Practice and Innovation for Sustainable Energy
Heiskanen, E., Laakso, S., Apajalahti, E. & Matschoss, K.
01/12/2016 → 30/11/2019
Project: Research project
Activities
Contemporary research in Nordic Countries
Senja Laakso (Chair of organizing committee)2 Apr 2020 → 3 Apr 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Ilmastonmuutos: sanoista teoiksi
Senja Laakso (Invited speaker)10 Jan 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
13th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics
Senja Laakso (Speaker: Presenter)20 Jun 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Nordic Science and Technology Studies Conference 2019
Senja Laakso (Speaker: Presenter)12 Jun 2019 → 14 Jun 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Kohti kestävää energiankäyttöä kotitalouksissa
Senja Laakso (Invited speaker)4 Apr 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press / Media
Haasteena arkisen energiankäytön normit
Senja Laakso & Eeva-Lotta Apajalahti
06/06/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Kulutuksen hillintä vaatii vuoropuhelua ja tekoja
19/03/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media