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Research infrastructures

Research infrastructures enable research and knowledge to solve the challenges of our time.
Luke's diverse research infrastructures have been built up alongside decades of research work. In particular, suitable frameworks for experimental research on renewable natural resources are widely available throughout Finland.

Research infrastructures include large-scale research facilities and equipment, data resources (collections, archives and scientific data), e-infrastructures (data and information management systems and communication networks) and all the tools needed for high-quality research and innovation. In addition, the maintenance and upkeep of infrastructures and the support services provided to users are an essential part of research infrastructures.

Greenhouses, research fields, research barns, aquaculture farms, research forests, laboratories and a biobank serve a wide range of research needs, remotely, virtually and on-site. Luke is involved in both international and national networks of research infrastructures. In Finland, Luke coordinates the distributed European research infrastructure AnaEE (Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems).

Research and development work always provides new knowledge and develops infrastructures. In the near future, Luke will open its research infrastructure services to all research institutes, universities, companies and educational institutions.

International research infrastructures at Luke

The challenges of our time are being addressed in European, distributed research infrastructures. Luke is involved in enabling access to state-of-the-art research platforms and research infrastructure services. Better quality and more efficient research is on the horizon.
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National research infrastructures

Luke has been involved in several research infrastructure consortium funded by the Academy of Finland through FIRI (Finnish Research Infrastructures) funding. For example, Luke is involved in INAR RI for atmospheric and ecosystem research and FINMARI for Finnish marine research, which are part of the national roadmap for research infrastructures.
Eddy covariance devices at Maaninka experiment field during winter time