Luke's professorial lectures
The professorial lecture series celebrates and welcomes professorial nominees at Luke. The lectures provide an excellent opportunity to learn about frontier research and future directions of the newly appointed professors, and offer a holistic overview of the research carried out in Luke’s strategic focus areas.
The lectures are open to all interested participants and given in a popularised way on Teams and in English.
Welcome!
Next lecture 3.5. at 9.00–10.00
Katja Lähtinen, Research Professor in Business Development and Economics, Bioeconomy and environment
Businesses and sustainability – Roles of actors in a systemic change
Companies as developers and suppliers of product-service systems are key contributors for the development of circular bioeconomy. However, abreast with businesses also other actors have roles in the sustainability change. The lecture addresses the potential for circular bioeconomy development by pondering the roles of businesses and other actors to support or hinder uptake of new product-service solutions in the society.
Jussi Lintunen, Associate Professor in Renewable Resource Economics and Policy, Bioeconomy and environment
Environmental economics, climate policy, and forests
The lecture gives a short introduction to the viewpoints of environmental economics on climate policy related to land-use and forest sector. After the introduction, a couple of clarifying cases are discussed.
Chair: Antti Asikainen, Executive Vice President, Research
Past lectures:
Fall 2023
3.11.2023
Mauricio Acuna, Research Professor in Automation and AI in Forest Operations, Production Systems
Industry 4.0 technologies for more sustainable forest-based value chains
Matti Pastell, Research Professor in Future Farming Technologies, Production Systems
Smart Farming: better decisions and verifiability
Chair: Anu Kaukovirta, Vice President, Production Systems
15.9.2023
Laura Uusitalo, Research Professor in Sustainable Fisheries, Natural Resources unit
Ensuring sustainable fisheries in a changing world
Jukka Forsman, Research Professor in Population Ecology, Natural Resources unit
Enhancing the coexistence between wildlife and humans
Spring 2023
10.2.2023
Jari Hyväluoma, Research Professor in agricultural water management, Natural Resources
Soil structure as a cornerstone for soil processes and functions
Hannu Fritze, Research Professor in soil biota and soil biological processes, Natural Resources
The bright future behind
Chair: Sirpa Thessler, Vice President, Natural Resources
Fall 2022
19.12.2022
Seija Tuulentie, Research Professor in Arctic Sustainable Livelihoods, Bioeconomy and Environment
Co-creation of knowledge – challenges and possibilities
Petteri Packalen, Research Professor in Remote Sensing of Forests, Bioeconomy and Environment
What can be achieved by remote sensing of forests?
Chair: Jani Lehto, Vice President, Bioeconomy and Environment
Spring 2022
18.3.2022
Mikko Peltoniemi, Research Professor, Bioeconomy and Environment
Forests under changes - expectations, demands and improving models
Pasi Rikkonen, Research Professor, Bioeconomy and Environment
Foresight on circular bioeconomy
Chair: Jani Lehto, Vice President, Bioeconomy and Environment
4.4.2022
Kristiina Lång, Research Professor, Bioeconomy and Environment
Role of cultivated soils in climate change mitigation in Finland
Lauri Mehtätalo, Research Professor, Bioeconomy and Environment
Current and future needs for forest planning systems and related models
Chair: Jani Lehto, Vice President, Bioeconomy and Environment
9.5.2022
Heikki Lehtonen, Research Professor, Bioeconomy and Environment
Economic analysis and modelling of sustainability transitions in agriculture and food sector
Juha Kantanen, Research Professor, Production Systems
Genomic biodiversity of farm animal species
Chairs: Jani Lehto, Vice President, Bioeconomy and Environment & Anu Kaukovirta, Vice President, Production Systems
20.5.2022
Taina Pennanen, Research Professor, Natural Resources
Soil microbes and their contribution to ecosystem functions
Pasi Rautio, Research Professor, Natural Resources
Multiple challenges in multiple use of forests - is there a room for silviculture in future forests?
Chair: Sirpa Thessler, Vice President, Natural Resource
