Docent (Adjunct Professor) in Sustainability Science, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki
PhD in Sustainability Science, Bio and Environmental Sciences, HELSUS affiliated, currently employed by the Institute of Atmospheric and Earthsystem Research, University of Helsinki
I am currently employed as a postdoctoral researcher to; a) EMME-CARE and Edu4Clim projects, which are EU funded and based at INAR (Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research) at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
My role in both projects is to participate in project coordination and to conduct my own postdoc research and coauthor other sub-research projects.
I also act as a member of a coordinator team of the Climate University network and have some teaching responsibilities at selected CU courses.
Contact:
Email: firstname.lastname@helsinki.fi
Researcher in Sustainability Science:
Thinker of the philosophy of sustainability, societal transformations, complex systems and the overpowering vacuum of the mainstream in a global society/economy.
Doer of design as problem solving and actions as manifestations of ideologies.
An activist of social sustainability, such as didactics of critical thinking, societal integration, and economic equality.
Degrees/certificates:
Title of Docent in Sustainability Science @ University of Helsinki, 2026
PhD in Sustainability Science @ University of Helsinki, 2023
ISSP Sustainability Associate (International Society of Sustainability Professionals Accreditation), 2015
M.A. in Creative Sustainability @ Aalto University, 2015
B.A. in Design @ Lahti Institute of Design, 2010
Selected publications:
Salovaara Janne J. & Hagolani-Albov S. (2025) “A greener future cannot be bought: On the paradoxes of practising contemporary consumption-driven sustainability” in Futures (OA)
Salovaara Janne J. et al. (2025) “The potential and actuality of sustainability agency of university faculty and staff” in Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy (OA)
Salovaara Janne J. (2024) “Phronesis in climate change and sustainability education and practice: Importance of the immeasurable goodness of a professional” in Sustainable Development (OA)
Salovaara Janne J. & Hagolani-Albov S. (2024) “Sustainability agency in unsustainable structures: Rhetoric of a capable transformative individual”, in Discover Sustainability (OA)
Salovaara Janne J. (2022) “Sustainability Alumni at Work—Interviews on Educated Sustainability Professionalism” in Sustainability (MDPI) (OA)
Salovaara, J. J., & Hagolani-Albov, S. (2022) “Inescapable Path Dependency and Unbreakable Barriers: The Overpowering Presence of Capitalism in Sustainability Transformation” in Tvergastein Journal (OA)
Salovaara Janne J. & Soini Katriina (2021) “Educated professionals of sustainability and the dimensions of practices” in The International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (OA)
Salovaara Janne J., et al. (2021) “Perceptions of interconnected sustainability: Students’ narratives bridging transition and education” in Journal of Cleaner Production (OA)
Salovaara Janne J., et al. (2020) “Sustainability science in education: analysis of master’s programmes’ curricula” in Sustainability Science (OA)