Keynote speakers

Lena Bergström: is an Associate Professor (Docent) and head of the Ecosystem Analysis unit at the Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), Institute of coastal research at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. Her research focuses on Baltic Sea ecosystem analysis and providing scientific support for ecosystem-based management, with a particular emphasis on integrated analyses, sustainable sea use, and conservation. Her work bridges scientific research and policy, aiming for ecosystem-based management processes and decisions informed by the best available science.

Pasi Eilu: is an independent consultant and an Adjunct Associate Professor (Docent) in Economic Geology. He has 40 years of professional experience in research and training on mineral deposit geology and exploration in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Greenland, Australia, and several countries in Africa, with the main focus on Precambrian metallogeny and formation of gold deposits. Pasi Eilu has worked on metallogeny, mineral deposit databases, mineral resources, mineral raw material supply, critical raw material, and mineral resource classification issues, including several EU-funded projects. 

Suvi Ruuskanen: is an Associate Professor in Environmental Physiology at the Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä. Her research is at the intersection of environmental sciences and evolutionary, physiological and molecular ecology.  Dr. Ruuskanen is broadly interested in the mechanisms underlying organismal adaptation to environmental changes, including the role of transgenerational and developmental plasticity. Her research currently has a strong focus on host-microbiome interactions in birds to understand the causes and consequences of variation in gut microbiome, from molecular mechanisms to evolutionary patterns. 

Fred Krüger: is a Full Professor at the Institute for Geography of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. He focuses on Risk and Disaster Studies, Development Geography and Urban Studies and is committed to cross-disciplinary approaches. Regional foci are on urban centers in the ‘Global North’, Eastern and Southern Africa and South-East Asia. Major research fields cover linkages between culture(s) and risk, vulnerabi­lity, livelihoods and food security, and disaster prevention and prepared­ness. Topics include sustainable and climate change resilient urban development, Green Infrastructure, Nature-based Solutions, citizenship and creativity, and urban livelihoods and life-worlds.