See below for information on a very interesting conference in Jyväskylä in May!
Cheers,
Heikki
Welcome to Wisdom Days: Science for Sustainability Transformations – Abstract submission is now open!
Join the first Wisdom Days research conference, bringing together multi-, trans-, and interdisciplinary scholarship on sustainability transformations.
Event dates: 6-8 May 2026
Location: University of Jyväskylä, Finland (on-site)
The multidisciplinary conference will foster scientific discussions on topics related to sustainability transformations and planetary well-being. The programme includes international keynote speakers,
talks, workshops, a poster session, and many opportunities for discussion. Facilitating new connections and co-creating knowledge in a respectful environment are at the heart of the event.
The main theme is Sustainability transformations, with the following sub-themes:
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Transformations (Understanding and advancing sustainability transitions)
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Production/consumption systems and the economy
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Diversity in world and worldviews (biodiversity and multispecies relations)
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Sustainable and Planetary Well-being
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Action, arts, and agency (Co-creating sustainability)
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Nature Positive Universities
We welcome scholarship across all disciplines. Come present your research and shape impactful change!
Read more about the conference here!
The Call for Papers is open from 1 September until 14 November 2025
The proposals should be related but not necessarily limited to the sub-themes of the conference. We accept proposals for talks, speed-talks, posters, and workshops.
The conference is hosted by the University of Jyväskylä School of Resource Wisdom (JYU.Wisdom) and the Sustainability Transformations Doctoral Education pilot (SusTra).
Best regards on the behalf of the organizing committee,
Laura S. Tuominen, PhD
Research Coordinator,
School of Resource Wisdom
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
tel.: +358503081135
e-mail: laura.s.tuominen@jyu.fi
Editorial assistant
Wisdom Letters - Towards Planetary Well-being

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Heikki Helanterä
Professor
Ekologian ja genetiikan tutkimusyksikkö / Ecology and Genetics Research Unit
Oulun Yliopisto / University of Oulu / Finland
heikki.helantera@oulu.fi
+358 50 4700 545