{"id":446,"date":"2026-05-21T10:41:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T07:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/corporate-forest\/?page_id=446"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:46:48","slug":"about-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/corporate-forest\/en\/about-project\/","title":{"rendered":"About Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id446_61f77b-69 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id446_61f77b-69 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id446_61f77b-69 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id446_61f77b-69 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id446_61f77b-69 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id446_61f77b-69 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id446_61f77b-69 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column446_615aaf-11 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column446_615aaf-11 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column446_615aaf-11 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column446_615aaf-11 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column446_615aaf-11 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column446_615aaf-11 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column446_615aaf-11{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column446_615aaf-11 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column446_615aaf-11 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column446_615aaf-11\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is <em>Corporate Forest<\/em>?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.6\"><em>Corporate Forest<\/em> is an interdisciplinary research project that bridges disciplinary boundaries by combining computational analysis, socio-legal research, and a posthumanist perspective. Its aim is to understand why the protection of forests and forest species from human activities so often fails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.6\">Forest loss is not merely an ecological problem, but it is also shaped by the ways in which forests are discussed, defined, and classified in laws and regulations. These frameworks influence which forms of harm become possible, permitted, or invisible.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column446_70799c-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);}.kadence-column446_70799c-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column446_70799c-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column446_70799c-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column446_70799c-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column446_70799c-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column446_70799c-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{background-color:var(--global-palette7, #EDF2F7);}.kadence-column446_70799c-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column446_70799c-b4{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column446_70799c-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column446_70799c-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column446_70799c-b4\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.6\">The research project is based on the idea of the <em>multidimensionality of law<\/em> and on examining these different dimensions through a mixed-method approach.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id446_2bd253-56 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id446_2bd253-56 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id446_2bd253-56 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id446_2bd253-56 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id446_2bd253-56 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id446_2bd253-56 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id446_2bd253-56 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column446_e4c04d-84 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column446_e4c04d-84 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column446_e4c04d-84 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column446_e4c04d-84 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column446_e4c04d-84 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column446_e4c04d-84 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column446_e4c04d-84{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column446_e4c04d-84 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column446_e4c04d-84 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column446_e4c04d-84\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Future of Forest Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading446_3427b1-f6, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading446_3427b1-f6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading446_3427b1-f6\"]{line-height:1.6;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading446_3427b1-f6 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading446_3427b1-f6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading446_3427b1-f6\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading446_3427b1-f6 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading446_3427b1-f6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading446_3427b1-f6\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading446_3427b1-f6 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading446_3427b1-f6\">By analyzing legal and political texts on a broad scale, the project uncovers subtle patterns and structures that allow the exploitation of forests to persist even when protection has been set as a goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The future of our forests is in our hands. In the project, we aim to envision future forest regulation. Such regulation that supports the preservation of biodiversity, enables the multiple uses of forests, and does not place humans on a pedestal above other species, but rather alongside them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id446_9223f3-e6 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id446_9223f3-e6 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id446_9223f3-e6 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id446_9223f3-e6 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id446_9223f3-e6 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id446_9223f3-e6 > 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The posthumanist approach makes visible the assumptions embedded in law and opens up possibilities for developing forest use toward multispecies well-being and ecological sustainability.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-2 kt-pane446_391f5d-9b\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">Sosiology of Law<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Socio-legal research examines law as part of society\u2014not merely as a system of rules, but as a social institution shaped by power relations, politics, and practical action. 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