Previous National Environmental Research Projects

The FFRC has a strong history as a pioneer in multidisciplinary environmental research and consultation. In our research projects, we have particularly concentrated on the modelling of sustainable development in addition to the development of indicators.

  • Climate Business and Energy in Finland 2050 – Scenarios and Strategies (2005–2008)
  • Collisions of Nature and Culture in Transport Policy (TRAPO) (2001–2004)
  • The Cultural Selection of Biodiversity: the Meanings and Possible Futures of Finnish Forests from the Viewpoint of Cognitive Anthropology (1998)
  • Developing Consistent Global Change Scenarios for Finland (Finsken) (1999–2002)
  • Eco-efficiency now and in the Future – comparative studies on state, sector and product (level 1: 2003–2004, level 2: 2005–2006) [see FFRC eBooks 7/2003, 8/2003, 
  • The Eco-Information Society: Criteria and Operational Possibilities (eKnowledge) (2001–2003) [see FFRC eBook 1/2004]
  • The Economic Control Strategies of Harmonization of Energy and Climate Change Politics in Finland's Environmental Policy (1997)
  • Energy and Carbon Dioxide Taxation in Finland and EU (1995–1996)
  • Environmental Attitudes in Finnish Municipalities (2007–2008)
  • Energy Futures 2030 (2013) [see FFRC eBook 1/2013]
  • Environmental Political Control in Promotion of the Use of Renewable Energy Sources (1996–1997)
  • Evaluation in Environmental Research: How to assess scientific and social impacts (2002)
  • Expert Models of Forest Biodiversity (2000–2005)
  • Foresight Analysis of the Energy Cluster in Pirkanmaa Region 2010-2020 (2005)
  • Foresight Analysis of the Environmental Cluster in Pirkanmaa Region 2015+ (2005)
  • The Function and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems in the Changing Environment: the Effects of Paradigm Shifts (AQUADIGM), (2013–2016) [see FFRC eBook 2/2016]
  • Future Alternatives of Finnish Agriculture (2001–2004)
  • From Failand to Winland (Winland) (2016–2019) [website]
  • Great Electrification in Peer-to-Peer Society (SÄVÄYS) (2018) [see FFRC-publications 1/2018 & 1/2019]
  • Green Care (2009–2013)
  • International frameworks for industrial restructuring: The impact of Russian climate policy formation for energy sector renewal – an international comparison (2005–2006)
  • The Municipalities' Environmental Barometer. An indicator system for a successful environmental policy in Finland’s municipalities and regions (1999–2001)
  • Neo-Carbon Enabling Neo-Growth Society – Transformative Energy Futures 2050 (NEO-FORE) (2014–2017) [website] [see FFRC eBooks 6/2015, 10/2015, 11/2016, 12/2015, 1/2016, 12/2016, 2/2017, 3/2017, 4/2017, 10/2017 & 11/2017]
  • Novel Protein Sources for Food Security (ScenoProt) (2015–2018) [see FFRC-publication 1/2017 and eBooks 4/2016 & 9/2017]
  • Preliminary Research on Efficiency of Norms to Decrease Energy Consumption (1995)
  • Qualitative Projection of Anticipated Futures Skills (1997–1998)
  • The role of farmers’ values and knowledge base in the nitrogen cycle (2016–2017)
  • Safeguarding the Saimaa Ringed Seal, Saimaannorppa-LIFE (2013–2018) [see FFRC eBook 1/2019]
  • Scenario Working Methods in Municipal Environmental Decision Making (1994–1995)
  • The significance of the environmental research supported by Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation in relation to Finnish and international environmental research and politics (2001)
  • Sustainability Transparency in Shipbuilding Networks (2016) [see FFRC eBooks 5/2016, 10/2016 & 9/2016]
  • Transition to a Resource Efficient and Climate Neutral Electricity System (EL-TRAN) (2016–2018)
  • TRY OUT! Experiments on circular economy and cleantech (2016–2018) [see FFRC eBook 4/2018]
  • Turku – City of Sustainable Development, KEKETU (2001–2002)