KAISA VAINIO

Early Stage Researcher

PhD. student in the Department of Forest Sciences

MA in Cultural Anthropology

Coordinator of the SOBIO network at UEF on social scientific bioeconomy focused research.

Coordinator of the human-forest relations..

I'm doing my PhD study in the Trees near us-project, which studies the relations between humans and trees. I examine the personal affection humans have for individual trees and cultural relationship with trees. In my study I cover tree-relationships from several angles, such as nature-connectivity, ownership, memories, sensoral experiences, care, connections to previous generations, spirituality and Finnish forest-relationship.

Research interests:
- Cultural studies of environment
- Sosiocultural bioeconomy research
- Arctic Studies
- Cross-Border cooperation and cultural exchange (Finland-Russia)

Contact info

Organization

Faculty of Science and Forestry, School of Forest Sciences

Email

kaisa.vainio@uef.fi

Phone

+358 50 478 0465

Keywords

anthropocene bioeconomy cultural anthropology environmental humanities forest culture forest relations non-human relationships post-humanism russian culture transdisiplinary studies

Research groups and research projects

Trees Near Us, a study on the relations between humans and trees, which is a transdisciplinary research that combines approaches of science, humanities and arts. Project is run in Finland and Holland in 209-2023. The project is Funded by Kone Foundation from the thematic grant call: Our vital neighbours.