Annika Lonkila

Annika Lonkila

Postdoctoral Researcher
Unit
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department / Division
Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Room number
OPK 212
Email
annika.p.lonkila@jyu.fi
Mobile
+358505608774
Postal address
Keskussairaalantie 2
Fields of science
519 Social and economic geography
520 Other social sciences
517 Political science
513 Law

Biography

I am an environmental social scientist and legal scholar with focus on the politics of sustainability transformation. I work as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Jyväskylä. 

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Research interests

My research focuses on the following topics:

  • politics and power dynamics in sustainability transformations
  • just transformation and multispecies justice
  • sustainable food systems and food and agricultural policy
  • environmental politics and environmental law

Publications

Publication
2025

Deliberating justice in food systems transformation pathways: a transdisciplinary approach applied in Finland

Environmental Research : Food Systems.
Kaljonen, Minna
Tribaldos, Theresa
Kortetmäki, Teea
Niemi, Jyrki
Huttunen, Suvi
Paalanen, Laura
Salminen, Jani
Aro, Riikka
Burlandy, Luciene
Heikkinen, Mari
Huan-Niemi, Ellen
Härkänen, Tommi
Irz, Xavier
Karttunen, Kaisa
Knuuttila, Marja
Kyttä, Venla
Lehtonen, Heikki
Lonkila, Annika
Lähteenmäki-Uutela, Anu
Maluf, Renato S.
Paloviita, Ari
Puupponen, Antti
Saarinen, Merja
Sares-Jäske, Laura
Savolainen, Hannu
Selänniemi, Marjatta
Tapanainen, Heli
Toivonen, Marjaana
Turunen, Anni
Virkkunen, Henri
Wejberg, Henrik
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Research groups

Research group

Food System Studies

Our aim is to produce research that helps decision makers understand how environmental, social and political changes impact on the food system and, hence, for the food security, health, and well-being of citizens.

Projects

Hyvinvoinnin paradigmat ja kestävyysmurroksen mahdollisuus
Project

Well-being paradigms and the possibility of a sustainability transition

Kone Foundation's four-year research project on sustainable well-being and the sustainability transition
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Project

COHAB – Environmental Landscape Ethics: A Theory of Cohabitability

COHAB will establish environmental landscape ethics and theory of cohabitability by creating interdisciplinarily constructed, ecology-informed theoretical argumentation, methods, and conceptual tools.