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
Assistant Professor
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
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.
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
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
PhD, Associate Professor
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
PhD
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
PhD candidate
Wojciech Szymkuc
Poznan University of Technology, Poznan
"Investigating fire behaviour and residual capacity of concrete and concrete-filled tubular columns."
Keywords: structural fire engineering; lightweight concrete; elevated temperature; CFD-FEM; concrete columns
Research profile: ResearchGate Wojciech Szymkuz