Affiliated Researchers

Christoffer Boström, Associate Professor​

• Benthic community ecology, seagrass ecosystems, plant-animal interactions ​
• Experimental ecology, seascape ecology, art-science outreach​

Yiran Chen, Doctoral student

• Revamping business models, port operations, management business ecosystems

Magnus Gustafsson, Head of Research

• Business ecosystem change, business model design, value-based sales

Giannina Hattich, Postdoctoral Researcher 

• Marine ecology, ecosystem functioning, eco-evolutionary dynamics, phytoplankton

Linnéa Henriksson, University teacher

• Public administration, local politics and government, policy implementation

Savitri Jetoo, Adjunct Professor (Docent) & Postdoctoral Fellow

• Environmental governance, multilevel governance, Great Lakes governance, Baltic Sea governance, science policy interface, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) governance, participatory governance

Otso Kortekangas, Postdoctoral Researcher

• Environmental history, Arctic history, History of the Baltic Sea Region, Transnational history

Jaana Kouri, Project Researcher

• The study of religions, relationship between people and the environment, SeaHer project, environmental heritage, animism, shamanism, environmental ethnography

Lucinda Kraufvelin, Doctoral student

• Global change, extreme events, environmental stressors, community ecology, food webs, experimental ecology

Varvara Lahtinen, Doctoral student

• Ecosystem based approach, maritime spatial planning, environmental governance, marine strategy

Silja Laine, PhD (Docent) & Postdoctoral Researcher

• Cultural history, Environmental Humanities, Urban Studies, Mobility Studies
• Seaher project

 Kai Lindström, Professor ​

• Behavioural ecology, evolutionary ecology, sexual selection, population ecology ​
• The effect of habitat structure and disturbances on the mating system and sexual selection, female competition, parental care evolution, temperature and sexual selection ​

Johan Malmberg, Doctoral student

• Sustainability and the cruise industry, environmental compensation, biodiversity and businesses
• The Sea website administrator

Marie Nordström, University Researcher​

• Food web ecology, community ecology, structural and functional community change, trophic interactions, trait-based approaches, global change ​
• Marine ecosystems, benthic ecosystems, coastal ecosystems, Arctic ecosystems 

Mikael von Numers, University teacher​

• Island biogeography, species distribution patterns, long term changes among birds and plants, species distribution modeling, conservation biology

Riikka Puntila-Dodd, Postdoctoral Researcher

• Marine ecology, invasive species, trophic interactions
• Sustainable management, management tools, ecosystem modelling

Tiina Salo, Project Researcher

• Stress ecology, species interactions, evolutionary ecology, traits, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
• Marine ecosystems, benthic ecosystems, coastal ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems

Sonja Salovius-Laurén, University Researcher ​

• Benthic ecology, eutrophication and algal-invertebrate interactions ​
• Marine mapping, marine conservation and ecosystem-based management & maritime spatial planning

Henry Schwartz, Doctoral student

• Emission abatement in shipping

Conny Sjöqvist, Project Researcher​

• Phytoplankton ecology, molecular ecology, genomics, transcriptomics, adaptation, population genetics/genomics, microbial interactions ​

Martin Snickars, University Lecturer ​

• Fish ecology, shallow vegetated ecosystems, coastal lagoons and nursery areas
• Experimental ecology, coastal ecology

Kirsi Sonck-Rautio, University Researcher

• Environmental ethnology and anthropology, Global environmental problems, political ecology, fisheries research, consumer cultures

Kristina Svels, PhD (Docent) & Senior Researcher

• Marine social science, natural resources governance, marine governance, rural sociology
• Gender in blue sectors, coastal heritage, biodiversity, fisheries governance and small-scale fisheries sector, sustainable and nature based tourism, community participation

Albert Vlodder, Doctoral student

• Maritime jurisdictions, enforcement measures, Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ)
• Law of the sea, maritime law

Irina Wahlström, Project Researcher

• Logistics, maritime transportation, ports, marine industry

Julia Öhman, Doctoral student

• Narrative studies, human-nature relationship, second homes and nature’s contribution to people