Sustainable Societies

Below are some of the researchers within the Baltic University Programme working with Sustainable Societies. The theme is coordinated by a theme coordinator.

BUP theme coordinator

Professor
Joakim Ekman
Södertörn University

"I mainly do research on political developments in the Baltic states and Central and Eastern Europe"

Keywords: public opinion; political participation; democracy; authoritarian regimes

Researchers

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Agata Basińska-Zych
WSB University in Poznan, Poznan

"health and wellbeing cannot be achieved without sustainable development"

Keywords: health behaviours and wellbeing, sustainable tourism development, tourism and leisure policy, physical activity and leisure, social policy and local development, quality of life, healthy and sustainable cities

Research Profile: ResearchGate Agata Basińska-Zych

Jagielloninan University PhD
Jaroslaw Dzialek
Jagiellonian University

"Cultures and climates differ all over the world, but people are the same. They’ll gather in public if you give them a good place to do it." (words by Jan Gehl)

Keywords: sustainable campus; placemaking; sustainable local and regional development; social capital; flood risk management; natural hazards

Research profile: ResearchGate Jaroslaw_Dzialek.

Associate professor
Ildikó Asztalos Morell
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Keywords: gender; rural; poverty; migration; food sovereignty; Romani studies; intersectionality; welfare regimes; agriculture; social justice

Research profile: SLU Staff.

Annija Apsite PhD
Annija Apsīte
University of Latvia

"First there has to be a healthy society to build a healthy economy"

Keywords: work and life balance; sustainability; burnout; job satisfaction

Dorota Kamrovska-Zaluska Assistant Professor PhD., Eng, MArch
Dorota Kamrowska-Zaluska
Gdansk University of Technology

Keywords: Smart sustainble cities; codesign; urban regeneration; data driven urbanism; smart mobility

Research profile: ORCID Dorota Kamrowska-Zaluska.

PhD, Project Researcher
Olena de Andres Gonzalez
Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

Keywords: leadership; management; blue economy

Dr.
Stefan Ewert
University of Greifswald

"Peatland conservation is a crucial aspect of the transformation to sustainability in the Baltic Sea Region."

Keywords: agricultural policy; Baltic Sea region; paludiculture; peatland conservation; transformation to sustainability

Research profile: Google Scholar Stefan Ewert

PhD Student
Bárbara Maria Fritzen Gomes
HAW - Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

"Business incubators as a SDGs promoter"

Keywords: incubators; SDGs; sustainability; universities; entrepreneurship

Research profile: ResearchGate Barbara_Fritzen_Gomes

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Anna Verbytska
Chernihiv Polytechnic National University, Chernihiv

"Local actions - global solutions"

Keywords: social responsibility, social marketing, social entrepreneurship, SDGs

Anna's Research Profile on Linkedin

PhD Student
Alireza Tabrizikahou
Poznan University of Technology, Poznan

"Keep Going"

Keywords: Energy Management; CO2 Emission Mitigation; Shape Memory Alloys; Smart Materials; Structural Dynamics

Research profile: ResearchGate Alireza Tabrizikahou

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Ruslan Gunko
Novia University of Applied Sciences, Vaasa

"Transdisciplinarity is the core of changes."

Keywords: people-nature relationships; environmental democracy; sustainable development; climate change mitigation; transdisciplinary approach; citizen science