Riikka
Saarimaa
Research Coordinator, Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC)
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Areas of expertise
Cultural and Futures Studies
Qualitative Research and Methodology
Participatory Methodology
Futures Workshops
Scenario Process
Futures of Food
Cultural Models of Forests
Biography
I have Master of Arts degree in Cultural Studies/ Comparative Religion and have studied also Futures studies in the Univeristy of Turku in Finland. Since my Master´s thesis, which dealt cultural models of forests of the forest professionals, I have been focusing to study futures of food. I have participated to several research and development projects on futures of food consumption. My other interests concern e.g. forest and sustainability issues. Through participation in several research and development projects in Finland Futures Research Centre at the University of Turku I have experience in other areas as well. I have also been coordinating academic and international Futures Conferences of FFRC and FFA.
Publications
Multi-actor support received by children for physical activity : hearing children’s voices (2025)
Global Health Promotion
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Futures of Technologies - Mutual Shaping of Socio-Technical Transformations : Book of Abstracts (2025)
(C2 Toimitustyö tieteelliselle kokoomateokselle)Futures Research Methods as Tools to Navigate in a Turbulent World (2025)
Futures & Foresight Science
(B1 Vertaisarvioitu muu artikkeli (esim. pääkirjoitus, letter, comment) tieteellisessä lehdessä)
Futures of Natural Resources : Book of Abstracts of the 24th Futures Conference, 4 June Online and 13-14 June 2024, Turku, Finland (2024)
(D6 Toimitustyö vertaisarvioimattomalle tieteelliselle konferenssijulkaisulle)Harrastussetelillä vauhtia lasten ja nuorten harrastustoimintaan Turussa! (2022)
Style-uutiskirje
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))