
Vastaranta Research Syndicate
Group description
We consider forest-based bioeconomy as a phenomenon that we try to understand and then use this scientific understanding for the greater good in the digitalized information societies. Most of the things that are happening in forest-based bioeconomy can be conceptualized as interactions between nature, humans and machines. To us, this conceptual framework has opened a new kind of way to perceive spatiotemporal events and processes in digitalized societies. Thus, considering nature-human-machine interactions, forest-based bioeconomy is providing a challenging and complex environment for many research explorations. From this perspective, we are currently exploring: 1) how new technology can be used to develop new knowledge and improve human actions in space and time, 2) how machinery and knowledge-work could be automated in a way that humans do not have to do monotonous tasks, and 3) how nature is adapting to human actions. In our research, geoinformatics play an essential role. Geospatial technologies, spatial data, digitalization and knowledge leadership are all combined in these themes and provide essential tools for us.
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Professors
Senior Researchers
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Ninni Saarinen
Senior ResearcherSchool of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology -
Ville Kankare
Senior ResearcherSchool of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology
Post-doctoral Researchers
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Tuomas Yrttimaa
Postdoctoral ResearcherSchool of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology -
Samuli Junttila
Senior ResearcherSchool of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology
Doctoral Researchers
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Maryam Poorazimy
Doctoral ResearcherSchool of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology -
Ghasem Ronoud
Early Stage ResearcherSchool of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology -
Nivedhitha Ajithkumar
Doctoral ResearcherSchool of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology -
Marina Peris Llopis
Doctoral ResearcherSchool of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology -
Noora Tienaho
Doctoral ResearcherSchool of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology -
Johanna Jääskeläinen
Doctoral ResearcherSchool of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology -
Antti Polvivaara
Doctoral ResearcherSchool of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology