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Finland and IIASA Highlights (2008-2014)

Finland and IIASA Highlights (2008-2014). September 2014. CONTENTS. Summary National Member Organization Some Leading Finnish Personalities Associated with IIASA Research Partners Research Collaborations: Selected Highlights Capacity Building Further Information. SUMMARY (2008-2014).

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Finland and IIASA Highlights (2008-2014)

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  1. Finland and IIASA Highlights (2008-2014) September 2014

  2. CONTENTS • Summary • National Member Organization • Some Leading Finnish Personalities Associated with IIASA • Research Partners • Research Collaborations: Selected Highlights • Capacity Building • Further Information

  3. SUMMARY (2008-2014)

  4. NATIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATION Finnish Committee for IIASA (appointed by the Academy of Finland): • Professor HeikkiMannila, President, Academy of Finland (Chair) • Dr. Sari Löytökorpi, General Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office (Vice-Chair) • Dr. SeijaIlmakunnas, Director, Labour Institute for Economic Research • Professor MarkkuKanninen, Director, Viikki Tropical Resources Institute, University of Helsinki • Dr. Markku Karlsson , expert from forest industry • Professor LiisaLaakso, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki • Professor Seppo Rekolainen, Director, Fresh Water Centre, Finnish Environment Institute • Professor SannaSyri, Department of Energy Technology, University of Aalto • Professor JyrkiWallenius, Department of Information and Service Economy, University of Aalto • Professor Mats Gyllenberg, University of Helsinki, represents the Finnish Committee for IIASA at IIASA’s Council • MsTiinaForsman, Science Advisor at the Academy of Finland is the NMO Secretary for Finland

  5. SOME LEADING PERSONALITIES IN FINLAND AND ASSOCIATED WITH IIASA JuhaKämäri HannuHalinen TarjaHalonen MarkkuKulmala Lea Kauppi Jorma J. Ollila

  6. RESEARCH PARTNERS • 34 institutions in Finland, including: • Academy of Finland • Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) • Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA) • Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (TEKES) • Ministry of Defence • Ministry of Employment and the Economy • Population Research Institute • Prime Minister’s Office • Universities of Aalto, of Eastern Finland, of Helsinki, of Jyväskylä • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

  7. RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS Selected Highlights: • Black carbon and the Arctic • Seven shocks and Finland • Biodiesel plants in Finland • Projecting changing population in Finland

  8. BLACK CARBON AND THE ARCTIC Stohl A, Klimont Z, Eckhardt S, Kupiainen K, Shevchenko VP, Kopeikin VM & Novigatsky AN (2013) Black carbon in the Arctic: the underestimated role of gas flaring and residential combustion emissions. Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics 13: 8833-8855

  9. SEVEN SHOCKS AND FINLANDLow probability but high impact events

  10. SEVEN SHOCKS AND FINLANDPrioritizing policies that maximize resilience Casti JL & Ilmola L (2012). 7 Shocks and Finland. Project Report, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria

  11. OPTIMAL LOCATION FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION IN FINLANDUses IIASA’s BeWhere model to identify best location by minimizing the cost of the complete supply chain. Natarajan K, Leduc S, Pelkonen P, Tomppo E & Dotzauer E (2014). Optimal locations for second generation Fischer Tropsch biodiesel production in Finland. Renewable Energy, 62:319-330

  12. PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN FINLAND To update with Finland

  13. PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN FINLANDSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  14. PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN FINLANDSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  15. PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN FINLAND To update with Finland

  16. PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN FINLANDSTALLED DEVELOPMENT

  17. PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN FINLANDSTALLED DEVELOPMENT

  18. CAPACITY BUILDING • 14 doctoral students from Finland have won places on IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Program since 2008.

  19. CAPACITY BUILDING Southern-African Young Scientist Summer Program: (SA-YSSP) • ErkkaRinne (SA-YSSP ’13/14 & VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland) developed a model to explore cost-effective ways to store energy for later use in a large-scale energy system that has variable energy generation.

  20. FURTHER INFORMATION IIASA www.iiasa.ac.at Academy of Finland http://www.aka.fi

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