JYU.Wisdom news

The evaluation of the JYU.Wisdom community’s activities was conducted in spring 2026. The JYU.Wisdom community has successfully established a foundation for internationally recognized, interdisciplinary planetary well-being research.

Doctoral researchers in the Sustainability Transformations doctoral education pilot (SusTra), coordinated by the University of Eastern Finland, are inviting their partners and networks to join the For Biodiversity fundraiser. SusTra and the School of Reso

Professor in Applied Ecology Mikko Mönkkönen will present research-based criteria for identifying and protecting old-growth forests in Northern Europe. The event will be held on 29.9.2026 at 14:30 in Brussels, and can be followed remotely.

How to identify old-growth forests in northern Europe: advice from science? The policy brief synthesizes scientific evidence on the ecology, structure, and natural dynamics of North-European old-growth forests.

Researchers from the Optimizing Forest Industry Sustainability with Value Chain Data (OPTIMI 1) project at JSBE have studied how sustainability data can be gathered and shared reliably in value chains.

Study sustainability-themed courses from other Finnish higher education institutions through Sustainability studies network.

Researchers noticed that the abundance of common forest species and species specialized in old-growth forests was lower in landscape where large areas of clearcutting had accumulated over 20 years.

M.Sc. Mitra Salimi’s dissertation examines how consumers and online communities respond to greenwashing and other unsustainable brand behaviour.

The key finding of a peer-reviewed article published in the Wisdom Letters series of the JYU.Wisdom research community is that the cumulative effects of enewable energy projects are not investigated comprehensively enough.

The economic potential of forests should be examined more broadly. In the publication Biodiverse forests as a platform for value creation: Balancing nature, economy and fairness, researchers present seven recommendations for renewing the forest sector.

The results of the BOOST project have been used in the regulation of voluntary ecological compensation under Finland’s Nature Conservation Act and in the preparation of the Ministry of the Environment’s compensation regulation.

Researchers of the JYU.Wisdom have provided policymakers and those preparing the national restoration plan with research-based definitions for the key concepts of the Regulation. Publication summarises practical recommendations.