Tuija Mononen
Senior Researcher
Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
tuija.mononen@uef.fi | +358 50 372 8627
I work as a senior researcher in environmental policy, and I have a title of docent in University of Lapland (sustainable natural resources policy). I have been involved in agri-food research in social sciences since 1994 and mining research since 2009, and I am a head of CEMMS (Research center for Mining, Minerals, and Society). My academic interest covers food issues (especially development, meanings and actors of organic production), food policy, food security, rural research and actor networks. In mining research my interests cover societal issues of mining industry, community experiences and impacts of mining, activism, social movements, actor-networks, green transition, CRMs, and environmental justice.
I was a chair of the Finnish Society for Rural Researchers and Developers in 2008-2013, member of Finnish Rural Policy Committee in 2008-2011, member of National Rural Network in 2012-2013, and the member of the board of Finnish Society for Social Scientific Environmental research in 2014-2015.
I have been a member of Scientific Committee of Nordic conferences for Rural research since 2011 and a representative of Northern Europe in International Sociological Association’s RC 40 (Sociology of Food and Agriculture) in 2017-20.
In addition to refereed articles and edited books, I have also written numerous popular texts and given interviews in national media. I am familiar with food, rural and mining research networks globally.
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Kaivoskiistojen ratkaisun avain: paikallinen oikeudenmukaisuus
Mononen, Tuija; Leino, Johanna; Kotilainen, Juha M; Kivinen, Sonja; SIhvonen, Jukka. 2024. MustRead. : . -
Kuullaan, muttei kuunnella: Kyselytutkimus luonnonvarojen kestävästä käytöstä ja oikeudenmukaisuudesta suomalaisilla maaseuduilla
Leino, Johanna; Mononen, Tuija; Sihvonen, Jukka; Kivinen, Sonja. 2024. Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Reports and studies in social sciences and business studies. . Itä-Suomen yliopisto -
Local governance of the mining industry—five Finnish examples
Mononen, Tuija; Sihvonen, Jukka; Sairinen, Rauno; Tiainen, Heidi. 2023. Resources policy. 82: -
Yhteistä ja yksityistä hyvää: kokemuksia kaivostoiminnan ympäristöoikeudenmukaisuudesta maaseuduilla
Leino, Johanna; Kivinen, Sonja; Mononen, Tuija; Sihvonen, Jukka. 2023. Alue ja ympäristö. 52: 1-24 -
Metal Sourcing For a Sustainable Future
Renn, Ortwin; Gloaguen, Richard; Benighaus, Christina; Ajjabou, Leila; Benighaus, Ludger; Del Rio, Virginia; Gómez, Javier; Kauppi, Sari; Keßelring, Michaela; Kirsch, Moritz; Komac, Marko; Kotilainen, Juha; Kozlovskaya, Elena; Lyytimaki, Jari; McCallum, Cathryn; Mononen, Tuija; Nevalainen, Jouni; Peltonen, Lasse; Ranta, Jukka-Pekka; Ruiz, Stephane; Russill, Jon; Wagner, Frank. 2022. Earth science, systems and society. 2: -
Social and environmental impacts of mining activities in the EU
Mononen, Tuija; Kivinen, Sonja; Kotilainen, Juha M.; Leino, Johanna. 2022. . . European Parliament -
The Local Culturalisation of Pro-Environmental Policy: Cultural responses to organic farming in Sardinia and Finnish Kainuu
Häyrynen, Simo; Farinella, Domenica; Mononen, Tuija. 2022. International journal of sociology of agriculture and food. 28: 23-39 -
Mining in the Newspapers: Local and Regional Media Representations of Mineral Exploration and Mining in Finland, Germany, and Spain
Lyytimäki, Jari; Benighaus, Ludger; Gomez, Javier; Benighaus, Christina; Kauppi, Sari; Kotilainen, Juha M; Mononen, Tuija; del Rio, Virginia. 2021. Mining, metallurgy & exploration. 38: 1831-1843 -
Mining with social license: Case study of Kylylahti mine in Northern Karelia, Finland
Mononen, Tuija; Sairinen, Rauno. 2021. The Extractive Industries and Society. 8: 100744 -
Rural protests and the mining industry in Finland
Mononen, Tuija; Björn, Ismo. Teoksessa: Devlin, John F(toim.) , 2020. Social movements contesting natural resource development. s. 151-166. Routledge