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The CREA+BIRD consortium received €400 000 EU-funding for a R&I project on birds in sustainability education

The CREA+BIRD consortium of four universities and four NGOs, received €400 000 funding for a research and innovation project on sustainability education from the Erasmus+ program of the European Commission.

Sami El Geneidy kuvattuna Puutarhurintalon edessä.

Dissertation: Financial accounting can be harnessed as the engine of sustainability transition

M.Sc.(Econ.) Sami El Geneidy developed in his doctoral research a new tool for assessing the biodiversity footprint of companies.

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Apply for a Doctoral Researcher position at the Sustainability Transformations Doctoral School

The Sustainability Transformations Doctoral School produces knowledge and understanding about just society that supports planetary well-being. Apply latest on 16 May 2024.

JYU developing sustainability education from basic to doctoral studies

The University of Jyväskylä is developing new multidisciplinary studies on sustainability transition and transformation!

Janne Kotiaho, Essi Pykäläinen ja Sami El Geneidy

JYU and the Ministry of the Environment work together to calculate the biodiversity footprint of public procurement

JYU.Wisdom (the School of Resource Wisdom) at the University of Jyväskylä has this time calculated the biodiversity footprint of public procurement.

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The carbon and biodiversity footprints of the City of Tampere have been calculated: food procurement makes up the largest biodiversity footprint

The City of Tampere, together with the University of Jyväskylä, has calculated the biodiversity and carbon footprints of the Tampere city organisation.

Nokia, University of Jyväskylä and Sitra collaborate to improve biodiversity footprint assessments

Nokia’s support, together with a project funded by the Finnish Innovation Fund, Sitra, enables the University of Jyväskylä to establish a tenure-track professorship in global biodiversity footprint assessments.

Significant ERC funding for two projects at the University of Jyväskylä: New innovations expected in molecular biology and the ethics of land use

Teea Kortetmäki and Elina Laanto received highly competitive five-year ERC Starting Grants from the European Research Council. The awarded sum for both projects amounts to almost 1.5 million euros.

Panu Halme on luonnonsuojelubiologian yliopistonlehtori. Kuva: Hanna-Kaisa Hämäläinen

How is endangerment assessed? New course builds your expertise in conservation

A new free-of-charge Nature Under Threat course has been released, complementing JYUOpen's well-received sustainability studies.

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä School have developed a method for corporations to calculate their biodiversity footprint.

Finnish scientists develop a method for corporations to assess their biodiversity footprint—an internationally groundbreaking pilot project assessed S Group’s impact on nature

Halting biodiversity loss requires companies to minimise their negative impact on biodiversity, i.

Luonnon monimuotoisuuskadosta on saatu JYU avoimeen maksuttomat, helposti lähestyttävät opinnot. Kuva: Hanna-Kaisa Hämäläinen

Endangerment is an ecological fact – new studies delve into biodiversity loss

In spring 2023, JYU Open University introduces two new courses on how and why species and ecosystems are increasingly becoming threatened, and how threat status is assessed. Nature Under Threat courses are free of charge.

The research profile of the University strengthens – the Academy of Finland grants funding for increasing well-being and competence

The Academy of Finland has granted the University of Jyväskylä 4.1 million euros for 2023–2028 for the development of key research fields.