Funded projects by CNESS

Claydon, A. (14,000€)

Research: Towards a global network for black carbon governance

The politics of knowledge in black carbon mitigation: Policy entrepreneurship of Finnish actors and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition. Environmental Science & Policy. Vol. 161, 2024,103881

Castano de la Rosa, R. (20,000€)

Postcode survey: COVID-19 and individual home energy-use and travel habits: understanding long-term environmental implications

• Better understanding of how the corona pandemic has affected energy use in housing and movement, through residents’ survey.

• Supported the writing process of our newly funded AKA project T-winning Spaces 2035: Winning spatial solutions for future work and the HE proposal.

• Better understanding of the research topic of transport poverty within the VERNE group’s current work.

Mäkinen, S., Repo, S., Systä, K. & Vilkko, M. (19,000€)

Datasets creation: Energy research data repository

Energy research data repository

Aspila, A. (15,000€)

Research: Nordic system platform – full-scale and push-out tests

“Bending, vibration and push-out tests of slim-floor steel-timber composite beams – Nordic system” submitted to Data in Brief

Aalto, P. (3,700€)

Research visit to Japan (Hokkaido University Arctic Research Centre):
1) hard-to-electrify areas;
2) electrification of energy systems

Pami´s personal success story

Alasuutari, P., Saari, U. & Qureshi, A. (7,400€)

Research visit to Germany (University of Stuttgart and Faunhofer IAO Stuttgart), France (Université Paris-Saclay) and Norway (NTNU): Electric vehicles and social change

“Epistemic governance of road transport electrification: An analysis of expert interviews” submitted to Science, Technology & Society

Aalto, P. & Hanhijärvi, M. (9,700€)

Research funding: 1) Cross-border electricity interconnections 2) The geopolitics of hydrogen

Pami´s personal success story

Wang, Y. (3,500€)

Research visit to Iceland (University of Iceland): Arctic resources and East Asia – Perspectives for the energy transition (conference) and data collection

“The Arctic for China’s Green Energy Transition”, The Arctic Institute – Center for Circumpolar Security Studies, 2023 and an academic presentation, “The Arctic for China’s Energy Security and Green Transition”, presented at the Arctic Circle Assembly 2023 (19-21 October, Reykjavik).

Yue´s personal success story

Xiaozhou, L. (4,500€)

Research visit to the US (Baylor University): Energy-Aware Architectural Degradation for Microservice-based Systems

“Analyzing organizational structure of microservice projects based on contributor collaboration”, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented System Engineering (SOSE), Athens.

Aalto, P. (5,000€)

Incoming researcher Masatoshi Murakami from Japan

Book: Determination of Finland: International Security and NATO’s Membership of Finland

Muth, C.J. (1,000€)

Research visit to Japan (Meiji Gakuin University) to join the workshop on Technology, Maritime Conflicts and Sustainability in East Asia

Semi-Infinity: Japan’s Deep-Sea Resources Against the Backdrop of China’s Rare Earth. In: Midford, P., Bailey, J.L., Levy, K., Moe, E. (eds) Navigating East Asian Maritime Conflicts: Technological Change, Environmental Challenges, Global and Regional Responses. Palgrave Studies in Maritime Politics and Security. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Amr, A. (5,000€)

Research visit to the UK (Belfast): Unpacking Interstitiality of Belfast –
A Socio-Spatial and Environmental Framework for Sustainable Transformation

Manuscript 1: Reconstructing connectivity and overcoming the edge condition; The case of Belfast

Manuscript 2: The process of becoming: Representations of spatial transition in post-conflict Belfast

Babak, A. (4,000€)

Research visit in Germany (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology): Research in the field of Hydrothermal liquefaction process

Manuscript: “Investigating the influence of reaction atmosphere on the product quality and phase separation in the hydrothermal liquefaction of Black Liquor”

Goel, A. (3,100€)

Research visit to Germany (Technische Universität Darmstadt): Exploring the potential of Chemical Looping Gasification for sustainable fuel production from diverse waste streams

Manuscript 1: Performance evaluation of biomass chemical looping gasification using a 5kWth fluidized bed reactor. Part 1: High-quality syngas production using industrial waste as oxygen carrier

Manuscript 2: Performance evaluation of biomass chemical looping gasification using a 5kWth fluidized bed reactor. Part 2: Comparative analysis of chemical looping and conventional gasification technologies

Lintusaari, H. and Kooh Andaz, A. (5,400€)

Research visit (including doctoral courses) to Sweden (Lund University): Particles and Health

Henna´s personal succes story

Ali´s personal success story

Aalto, P. (9,800€)

Research visit to Norway – (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and NTNU Trondheim): Monograph bookproject and collaboration

Pami´s personal success story

Saari, U. (15,000€)

Research visit to Japan (University of Tokyo): Global Sustainability-Oriented Technology Development and Innovation Management

Manuscript 1: “Circular economy innovation – Policies driving industrial development via R-strategies” considering Research Policy (simmer/autumn 2024)

Manuscript 2: “Capabilities for ecosystem orchestration of sustainable circular economy innovations: The case of battery second-life solutions” considering Journal of Cleaner Production (autumn/end of 2024)

Konttinen, J. & He, C. (8,500€)

Research visit to China (Nanjing Agricultural University) and incoming researchers Lujiang Xu and Zhen Fang from China (Nanjing Agricultural University): Biomass Fractionation, Separation and Lignin Valorization towards Future Biorefineries

Currently in progress

Kilpeläinen, S. (5,600€)

Transcription costs: AIM – Transcription of 80 oral history interviews to ensure archiving of data at FSD

• Offering the full data set for archiving at FSD (thus ensuring preservation of data and access in the future)

• A set of peer-reviewed articles during 2024/2025 building on the data set (all in progress):

Manuscript 1: “The changing landscape of warmth – A study on the evolution of domestic heating in Finland”

Manuscript 2: “Understanding a just heating transition in the Nordic context”

Manuscript 3: “Heating transitions in Finland, Romania, Sweden and the UK: who are we leaving behind”

Simolin, T. & Solja, L. (15,000€)

Survey costs (master thesis and white paper): Secondary usage of batteries in EVs

Currently in progress

Aalto, P. (300€)

Incoming researcher Jordan Carlson from Japan/Canada

Seminar on hydrogen, ammonia & decarbonization

Guest lecture at Tampere University on marine power in Canada

He, C. (1,800€)

Incoming researcher Jihui Yuan from Japan

Seminar on urban thermal environment and building energy conservation

Alasuutari, P. (65,000€)

CNESS flagship research funding
(first year)

Electric Vehicles and Social Change

Alasuutari, P. (85,000€)

CNESS flagship research funding
(second year)

Electric Vehicles and Social Change