We are happy to announce a great line-up of keynote speakers for the Oikos Finland Conference, which will be held on February 14-15 2023 in Helsinki and is jointly organized by the University of Helsinki, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), and Finnish Environment Institute (Syke).

 

The keynote speakers are:

 

Dr. Nerea Abrego

Academy Research Fellow at University of Jyväskylä

 

Prof. Bengt-Gunnar Jonsson

Professor at Mid Sweden University 

 

Dr. Aino Juslén

Unit Director of Nature Solutions at Syke (Starting January 2023; currently Director of Luomus)

 

Prof. Craig Primmer

Professor in the Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research programme at University of Helsinki

 

 

The conference will be held at Viikki campus in Helsinki and include a pre-conference workshop on February 13th. The meeting is a forum for research related to ecology and evolutionary biology. This year, the conference theme is Natural resources management and biodiversity and we welcome poster and oral presentation submissions under this theme. In addition to this, a diverse range of basic and applied research topics are encouraged. Submit your abstract by Nov 25th here.

 

More information on the conference website. 

 

 

We look forward to seeing you in Helsinki!

Local organizing committee

 

University of Helsinki

Emy Guilbault (committee chairperson), Carly Lynsdale, Emma-Liina Marjakangas, Jussi Mäkinen, Katja Rönkä, Laura Antão, Ronan O'Sullivan, Sandra Winters, Sophie van Meyel & Zowi Oudendijk

 

Syke

Aapo Kahilainen & Maria Hällfors

 

Luke

Helena Johansson & Tuomas Leinonen

 

Oikos board members

John Loehr, University of Helsinki

Jukka Forsman, Luke

Peter Kullberg, Syke