ARI LEHTINEN

Professor

My teaching and research activities focus on 'politics of nature' issues, both in terms of planetary developement and in connection to local/regional urban planning. As a geographer I have promoted socioenvironmental thinking and approaches.

My 'politics of nature' research is much focused on Arctic and Boreal development issues, examined both as local/regional and transnational/planetary questions. A particular target has been Joensuu, a provincial city in Eastern Finland, in which context signs and options of sustainable city planning are identified, examined and promoted. In research practices I have applied and upgraded 'environmental action research' methods. As a geographer, I encourage research activities that deal with contemporary socioenvironmental concerns and which also include societal participation.

Contact info

Organization

Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, Geography

Email

ari.lehtinen@uef.fi

Phone

+358 50 372 8373

Keywords

displacement dissociations in space endemic landscapes environmental action research extinctions imperial compression northern natures politics of nature socioenvironmental crises