Meritförteckning

Present principal positions:

1. Visiting Researcher, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki. Jan 2024 -

Previous principal positions:

1. Professor of Practice, Univeristy of Helsinki, Jan 2021 - Dec 2023
2. Assistant Director, European Forest Institute (EFI): January 2015 – August 2021
3. Professor in Forest Sector Foresight (part-time), Faculty of Science and Forestry, University of Eastern Finland (UEF): January 2012 – July 2016
4. Head of Programme, Foresight and Policy Support, European Forest Institute: August 2011 – December 2014
5. Senior Researcher, Project Manager, Finnish Forest Research Institute: December 1997 – July 2011
6. Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Fisher Center for the Strategic Use of Information Technology, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, USA: August 2001 – May 2002
7. Visiting Researcher, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria: February 2001, June 2001, September 2002, May 2003, May 2004, October 2004
8. Visiting Researcher, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), Canberra, Australia: August 1999 – December 1999.
9. Various research positions at the Finnish Forest Research Institute, and the Academy of Finland: June 1987 – November 1997.
10. Lecturer, University of Helsinki, Institute of Development Studies: November 1986 – February 1987.
11. Trainee, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of International Development Cooperation: June – September 1985.
12. Researcher, Bank of Finland: July 1983 – February 1984.

Education:

• Doctor of Social Sciences (Economics), University of Helsinki, Department of Economics, 1996  
• Licentiate of Soc. Sc. (Economics), University of Helsinki, Department of Economics, 1989  
• Master of Arts (Economics), University of Sussex, Department of Economics, England, 1987  
• Bachelor of Science (Economics), University of Bath, England, 1982

Professional honours:

• Fellow, European Forest Institute, October 2022 -
• Fellow, The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA), 2017-
• Forest Forward Award, (Metsän Etunoja -palkinto), The Finnish Fair Foundation (Messusäätiö), 21.11.2013
• The Silver Medal of Honor, the Finnish Forest Association, for the outstanding contribution in communicating research results to policy and public at large, 6.11.2008.

Major scientific and professional experiences:

1. Member of Scientific Advisory Board, the Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC), 2020-
2. Member of the Board, Foundation for European Forest Research, 2015-2021
3. Member of the Advisory Board, “Orchestrating sustainable user-driven bioeconomy: Policy, transformation and benefits (ORBIT)”. Academy of Finland-project, 2017-2020.
4. Member of the Advisory Board, “Bioeconomy and Just” (BioEcoJust), Academy of Finland-project, 2017-2020.
5. Member of the Advisory Board, IEA Bioenergy inter-Task project “Measuring, governing and gaining support for sustainable bioenergy supply chains”, 2017-2018
6. Member of the Advisory Board, European Commission Horizon 2020–project "European Research Infrastructure for Circular Forest Bioeconomy" (ERIFORE), 2016-2018
7. Member of the Advisory Board, Metsämiesten Säätiö Foundation, Metsätieteellisen koulutuksen kehittämishanke (project), 2016
8. Member of the Advisory Board, Searching for sustainable and competitive future for the forest sector (FORESCOF). Academy of Finland-project, 2014-2017
9. Member of the Advisory Board, Government Institute for Economic Research (VATT), Finland, 2011–2015
10. Member, International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Task Force “Foresight for Forest Sector Planning”, October 2014-2016
11. Deputy Board Member, Metsämiesten Säätiö Foundation, 2011-2020
12. Member of Scientific Advisory Board, “Future Forests” Research Program, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå University, and the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden. 2008.
13. Chairman, Finnish Forest Economics Forum, Finland, 2003 – 2006
14. Member, the Council of Scientific Advisers, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland, 2004
15. Member of the Industry Advisory Board, the Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies (CPBIS), the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. 2005 -  2006
16. Deputy co-ordinator (coordinator Sten Nilsson) of the IUFRO Task Force “Information Technology and the Forest Sector”, 2002 - 2005
17. Member of the Research Advisory Expert Group of the Finnish Forest Research Institute, 1999 – 2005.

Editorial work:

1. Editor, From Science to Policy -series, European Forest Institute, 2015-2021
2. Editor, What Science Can Tell Us -series, European Forest Institute, 2013-2019
3. Editor, Finnish Forest Sector Economic Outlook, Finnish Forest Research Institute. In 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000.

Referee in international journals: 

• American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Applied Energy, Biomass and Bioenergy, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Current Forestry Reports, Finnish Economic Journal, Forest Policy and Economic, Forest Science, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Forest Economics, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Scandinavian Economic History Review, Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, Folia Forestalia, Silva Fennica.

Policy and media activity:

• Managing the European Forest Institute (EFI) science-policy support work 2015-2020: https://efi.int/scienceandpolicy
• Coordinator of EFI ThinkForest high-level science-policy forum (2015–2020); https://efi.int/articles/thinkforest-discussions-explore-science-policy-process
• Expert statements, presentations, or memberships of expert groups of policy support. Including expert statements or advisory memberships for: the President of Finland; Prime Minister of Finland; the Finnish Government; several Committees of Parliament of Finland; Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland; Ministry of Employment and Economy, Finland; Ministry of Finance, Finland; European Parliament (Brussels); French Ministry of Agriculture, Agro-food and Forestry (Paris); Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Norway (Oslo); Government of Sweden (Stockholm); international organizations (FAO, UNECE and OECD).    
• Columnist, Metsälehti (Forestry Magazine, Finland), January 2020-December 2022; January 1998 - December 1999
• Over 100 publications directed to general public (newspaper and magazine articles)
• Over 400 media interviews (TV, radio, newspapers, magazines)

Publications (by April 2024)

• Total number of publications 266, of which 70 peer-reviewed.

Key scientific publications:

1. Hetemäki, L., D’Damato, D., Giurca, A. & Hurmekoski, E. 2024. Synergies and Trade-offs in the European Forest Bioeconomy Research: State of the Art and the Way Forward. Forest Policy and Economics. Vol. 163, June 2024. doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103204
2. Hetemäki, L., Kangas, J. & Peltola, H. (eds.). 2022. Forest Bioeconomy and Climate Change (book). Springer Publisher. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99206-4 
3. Palahí, M., Valbuena, R., Senf, C., Acil, N., Pugh, T., Sadler, J., Seidl, R., GardiForest Policy and Economicner, B., Hetemäki, L.,  Chirici, G., Francini, S., Hlásny, T., Lerink, B., Olsson, H., Olabarria, J., Ascoli, D., Asikainen, A.,  Bauhus, J., Berndes, G., Donis, J., Hanewinke, M., Jactel, H., Lindner, M., Marchetti,  M., Fridman, J., Marušák, R., Sheil, D., Tomé, M., Trasobares, A., Verkerk, H., Korhonen, M., Nabuurs, G-J., & Potapov, P. 2021.  Concerns about reported harvests in European forests. Nature 592, E15–E17 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03292-x
4. Nabuurs, G.-J., Delacote, P., Ellison, D., Hanewinkel, M., Hetemäki, L., & Lindner, M. 2017. By 2050 the Mitigation Effects of EU Forests Could Nearly Double through Climate Smart Forestry, Forests, 8, 484; https://doi.org/10.3390/f8120484
5. Hurmekoski, E. & Hetemäki, L. 2013. Studying the Future of the Forest Sector: Review and Implications for Long-Term Outlook Studies. Forest Policy and Economics, 34: 17–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2013.05.005
6. Hetemäki, L. & Nilsson, S. (eds) 2005. Information Technology and the Forest Sector. IUFRO World Series, Vol. 18, August 2005, Vienna. https://www.iufro.org/publications/series/world-series/article/2005/09/01/world-series-vol-18-information-technology-and-the-forest-sector/
7. Hetemäki, L. & Kuuluvainen, J. 1992. Estimating the Supply of and Demand for Roundwood: How to Incorporate the Data and Theory, American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 74, 1010-1018. 1992. https://doi.org/10.2307/1243199

Key science-policy publications:

1. Verker, P.J., Costanza, R., Hetemäki, L., Kubiszewski, I., Leskinen, P., Palahí, M., Nabuurs, G-J. & Potočnik, J. 2020. Climate-Smart Forestry: the missing link. Forest Policy and Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102164
2. Hetemäki, L., Hanewinkel, M., Muys, B., Ollikainen, M., Palahí, M. and Trasobares, A. 2017. Leading the way to a European circular bioeconomy strategy. From Science to Policy 5. European Forest Institute. https://doi.org/10.36333/fs05
3. Hetemäki, L. 2014. Future of the European Forest-Based Sector:  Structural Changes Towards Bioeconomy. What Science Can Tell Us, Vol. 6. European Forest Institute. https://efi.int/publications-bank/future-european-forest-based-sector-structural-changes-towards-bioeconomy
4. Hetemäki, L., Harstela, P., Hynynen, J., Ilvesniemi, H. & Uusivuori, J. (2006 eds.). The Contribution of Finland’s Forests to National Prosperity and Wellbeing in 2015. A Report on Finnish Forest Sector Development. A Summary. Working Papers of the Finnish Forest Research Institute 26. (English summary of the full report in Finnish). http://www.metla.fi/julkaisut/workingpapers/2006/mwp026-yhteenveto-en.pdf
5. Hetemäki, L. 1999. Information Technology and Paper Demand Scenarios. In: Palo, M. & Uusivuori, J. (eds.). World Forests, Society and Environment. World Forests, Vol. 1. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999, p. 31-40. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-011-4746-0_3