Lämpimät onnittelut Vuoden tiedekirja -ehdokkaille!☀️ Finalistejamme ovat Teea Kortetmäen, Markku Oksasen ja Mikko Puumalan Kestävyyden filosofia, Veli-Pekka Lehtolan Kenen maa, kenen ääni?, Martti Leiwon ja Minna Seppäsen toimittama Latinan kielen historia ja Tuomas Mattilan Haamukirjoittajat.

Excited to announce the launch of a new online series! 🚀 EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY SERIES (EEPS) First talk on March 27, 1-2.30PM CET "Sustainability Research Without Sustainability" Markku Oksanen All welcome! Registration required. #environment #animals #philsky #poltheory

@yhys.bsky.social -tutkijat avaavat moninaisen tiedon hyödyntämisen mahdollisuuksia tilanteessa, jossa tieteen vapautta rajataan poliittisin ja ideologisin perustein - samalla kun tekoälypohjainen vääristely, valeuutiset ja disinformaatio lisääntyvät. Lukusuositus:

Our Perspectives on Science Seminar schedule for Spring 2026 is here. All are warmly welcome! #philsci #philsky

Couldn’t make it to HCAS Erkko Professor Kevin Durrheim’s lecture “Polarization: In Mind, Social Media and Public Life”? The full recording is now online!

How we understand time can have an impact on our ability to tackle ecological crises. The researchers in the project led by @pirjokris.bsky.social explore how the recognition of temporality relates to biocultural heritage, its production and its protection. koneensaatio.fi/en/stories/d...

YTF:n uutiskirje 1/2026! 📣 📆 23.4. YHYS Politiikkadialogi: Datatalouden materiaalinen kestävyys - ♻️ Ravinteet kiertoon -tilaisuuden yhteenveto 🔬 TET-harjoittelijamme haastatteli tutkijoita: mitä tutkija tekee ja miksi se on tärkeää? 👉 Tuoreimmat rajapintauutiset yhteistyökumppaneiltamme

Mitä on kestävyydenjälkeinen aika? Pasi Takkinen nostaa esiin isoja kysymyksiä blogikirjoituksessaan: nessling.fi/miten-kasvat...

Uutta blogissa: nessling.fi/miten-tutkij...

Russia is reinforcing its western frontier, including its border with Finland.

Building critical digital services on Finnish & European actors is a necessary step to strengthen sovereignty, security & democracy. Finland must ensure that citizens' fundamental rights do not depend on actors controlled by governments outside EU/EEA. www.kansalaisaloite.fi/fi/aloite/16...

My 1st co-author publication in #FINNISH in #VERSUS with @annamustonen.bsky.social, Timo Haapasalo, et. al. addressing the need of change current socio-ecological-technological systems which do not justify hasty decisions based on narrow understanding. www.versuslehti.fi/kriittinen-t...

The European Consumer Centre (ECC) helps people with problems related to cross-border trade.

THE #YHYS new Board 2026 met last week for the 1st time!. Congrats to our new Chair Eeva Berglung, to new and old Board members such as @annamustonen.bsky.social, @lassepeltonen.bsky.social, @alonkila.bsky.social, @corinnacasi.bsky.social, @mjauhola.bsky.social and many more! #EnvSocSci #YHYS2026

This week, the Perspectives on Science Seminar is organized together with the Helsinki Philosophy Colloquium, where @philippehune.bsky.social will give a talk titled "The concept of organism in the emergence of biology and its relationship to Kantian philosophy”. tint-helsinki.fi/2026/01/11/1...

This UNIQ+ paid summer internship would be based here @oxfordcrim.bsky.social, @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social working with our colleagues @bordercrim.bsky.social. please share with eligible UK undergraduates

Call for abstract for the 17th #NESS2026 is closing today December 8th! The 17th Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference (#NESS 2026) is at the Uppsala University (Sweden) 9-11 June 2026. It has 30 workshops for your abstract submission www.uu.se/en/departmen...

#Oulu (Finland) is a nice welcoming city where I presented my work in progress about 'Rethinking the human' at the @yhys.bsky.social #Yhys Fall #Conference 2025 at @oulu.fi nice to meet old and new #Environmental #Social #Scientists in Finland, thanks Yhys & the Local Oulu team to organizing it!

On the road for the second leg of tour, which I titled "Performing with hortnets" @aalto.fi #BioartSociety @yhsy.bsky.social #FronteVacuo Curious about the title? my next newsletter will reveal its origin margheritapevere.com

YHYS politiikkadialogi alkaa n. 9 minuutin päästä! Jos et pääse paikalle Aallon Marsioon, voi tapahtumaa seurata myös etänä täältä: www.youtube.com/live/il02imd...

Ohjelma täällä: www.ymparistotiedonfoorumi.fi/yhys-politii...

Geopoliittisen ja planetaarisen kriisin juurisyynä on produktivistinen talousjärjestelmä, joka keskittyy talouden ja tuottavuuden kasvuun. @yhys.bsky.social -juhlakirjan päätösluku osoittaa suunnan ulos antroposeenista ja ihmiskeskeisestä tutkimusorientaatiosta: edition.fi/yhys/catalog...

Also: first related event 5.6.2025 at Aalto, co-arranged w/ YHYS ry, Alue & Ympäristö, Ympäristötiedon foorumi. Still time to sign up! (The event is in Finnish though.) www.aalto.fi/fi/tapahtuma...

Minna Santaoja & @ninavnygren.bsky.social pohtivat ’muunlajisen’ elämän jäämistä yhteiskuntatieteiden ulkopuolelle ja kurottavat kohden monilajista tutkimusta, joka korostaa ihmisen ja muun luonnon yhteenkietoutuneisuutta. Hieno artikkeli: edition.fi/yhys/catalog...

The YHYS Colloquium 2024 has started at LUT University with a pre-day for the doctoral students ✨ Wonderful hosts Laura Albareda and Jessica Fishburn are welcoming a full house at the sauna seminar! #lutbiz

Tina Nyfors, Erja Laakkonen & @rubenvezzoni.bsky.social nicely open the contents of sufficiency-degrowth-kohtuus programmes addressing the planetary crisis. Most critically, we have to turn reducing the scale of societal matter-energy throughput! See the inspiring article: edition.fi/yhys/catalog...

First day of the YHYS Colloquium ending with the annual meeting and dinner. My first visit to Lappeenranta University of Technology and happy to see strong feminist commitment to environmental social science both at the campus and the event.

Yhteiskuntatieteellisen ympäristötutkimuksen seuran (YHYS) 30-vuotisjuhlakirjassa on syväanalyysini siitä, kuinka vanhat ja luutuneet yliopistot osaavat systemaattisesti hävittää yhteiskuntatieteellisen ympäristötutkimuksen ja -opetuksen: researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/publicati...

It's a wrap for the YHYS 30th Anniversary Colloquium at LUT University 🌱 During the two days, we discussed the theme of the Anthropocene and how to prevent the collapse with action and agency. Thank you organizers Jess Fishburn, Laura Albareda and Pasi Heikkurinen!

Travelling to Oulu for the 31st #Yhys Fall Colloquium 2025 (for the 1st time at @oulu.fi Univ.) 24-26.11.2025 I look forward to meet Environmental Social Science colleagues who I meet 1 time a year in @yhys.bsky.social Fall Colloquium! #yhys2025 #EnvSocSci #SocScie

The 2nd keynote YHYS Fall Colloquium 2025 on 25.11.25 at 11,00 is Patrick Devine-Wright Prof of #Geography at the Uni of Exeter. Active across local, national & international contexts, he conducts theoretically-driven research on low carbon energy transitions. experts.exeter.ac.uk/3339-patrick...

Welcome to YHYS Fall Colloquium 2025 @oulu.fi 24-26.11.2025 The 1st keynote on 24.11.2025 is Rebecca Lave who is Associate Dean for the Social & Historical Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington Her research takes a #Critical Physical Geography approach geography.indiana.edu/about/facult...

We are looking forward to seeing you in Oulu in just a few days for the 2025 #YHYS Fall Colloquium (24-26.11.2025) You can find the program here: ssl.eventilla.com/yhys2025?tab... Pre-colloquium program starts already on Sun 23.11

Are you interested in participating in the #WisdomDays2026 Conference on sustainability transformations and planetary well-being at @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social 6-8 May 2026 but you did not manage to send your abstract? DEADLINE EXTENDED until Fri. 28.11.2025!!! www.jyu.fi/en/events/wi...

Torrential rainfall in the Brazilian city of Belem flooded pavements outside the venue for the #COP30 climate talks. Scientists say climate change is making extreme weather events more common.

🌎✨ O Brasil sedia a COP30 com o compromisso de construir uma transição ecológica justa e sustentável! 👇

Protesters lay outside the #COP30 climate summit in Brazil covered in white sheets, to call attention to the deaths of activists and journalists killed while "defending land, territories and natural resources."

What would it look like if the world came together to prevent the fossil fuel industry from obstructing science-informed public policy and its implementation? UCS's Kathy Mulvey decided to imagine what a COP free from fossil fuel industry influence would look like. act.ucsusa.org/4hSh9IA

Heterogeneity and variation in cognition, language, and behavior, November 27 at HCAS and online! Read more and register: www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-...

Participate to the #survey on academic freedom! Completing the survey takes 5 minutes. The survey is anonymous and open until 10 November 2025. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Committee for Public Information (#TJNK) is an expert body under the Ministry of Education & Culture

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C #climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but #emissionscuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before #Cop30 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Saimaa ringed seals are among the most endangered seals in the world.

📜 Nordic ministers have adopted a new declaration to strengthen #resilience, robustness and civil #preparedness within regional development Nordregio supports #Nordic co-operation with #research on: ✴️ Robust regional preparedness ✳️ Psychological resilience Read more 🔗 nordregio.org/news/new-nor...

Register to the #YHYS (Finnish Soc. for Env. Soc Sci) Fall Colloquium 2025 at @oulu.fi (24-26.11.25) by 31.10, #YHYS members have FREE registration! keynotes are @Rebecca Lave #Geography prof Indiana Uni., US @Patrick Devine-Wright #HumanGeog prof @exeter.ac.uk ssl.eventilla.com/yhys2025#mai...

📢 We’re #hiring: Communication Advisor – Nordic Statistics Can you turn complex data into clear, engaging insights? Join our international team to strengthen our statistical & data-driven communication & dissemination. 📍 Location: Stockholm 🗓️ Apply by 3 Oct 2025 🔗 nordregio.org/about/career...

💡 Land-use & transport planning go hand in hand. 🚉🏙️ A new discussion paper reviews how Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden integrate land use & transport planning, sharing tools, lessons & opportunities for urban development and cross-Nordic learning. 👉 Read more: nordregio.org/publications...

Call for Abstracts extended until 19 September for @yhys.bsky.social Fall Colloquium 2025! Where: Oulu Univ. @oulu.fi When: 24-26.11.2025 Registration is open until 31 October! ssl.eventilla.com/yhys2025

Haussa kaksi päätoimittajaa Alue ja Ympäristöön Alue & Ympäristö is looking for new Chief Editors (the positions requires Finnish language skills). aluejaymparisto.journal.fi/announcement...

Luontokulttuurien tutkimuksen prof. Taru Peltola (UEF, SYKE) kirjoittaa Versuksen Tiededebatissa hydrososiaalisesta hoivasta. Kommentaattoreina Kestävän kehityksen toimikunnan pääsihteeri Eeva Furman, P-K biosfäärialueen Vilma Lehtovaara sekä arkkitehti Iida Kalakoski Tampereen yliopistosta.

Tänään 3.9. uutiskirjeessä 🌳Euroopan ympäristön tila -raportin julkistus 6.10. 𖣘 Ilmasto- ja luontotavoitteiden yhdistäminen maankäytössä 🚅Rajapintauutiset Lue täältä: ymparistotiedonfoorumi.creamailer.fi/email/689b16... Ja tilaa täältä: www.ymparistotiedonfoorumi.fi#uutiskirje