Anna Haukka

Tutkimuksen ja opetuksen kuvaus

In my PhD project I have used citizen science to create information on the aesthetic value of all the bird species to humans. I use this new data set to understand the role of the aesthetics of birds in different biodiversity conservation issues such as wildlife trade. The work is supervised by Aleksi Lehikoinen and Andrea Santangeli and  funded by the Kone Foundation. I have a background in ecology, geography, and pedagogics. I’m in general interested in biodiversity conservation and especially in human interactions with their environment and other species. In my MSc thesis I studied the impacts of climatic conditions and soil type on the phenology of plants in South Africa. In addition to research, I'm experienced in the field of nature and environmental education.