413 results on '"Toppinen, A."'
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2. Beliefs on environmental impact of wood construction
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Anders Roos, Elias Hurmekoski, Liina Häyrinen, Jaakko Jussila, Katja Lähtinen, Cecilia Mark-Herbert, Emil Nagy, Ritva Toivonen, and Anne Toppinen
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Forestry - Abstract
People have different beliefs about the environmental impact of forest products. This quantitative web-survey study investigated public beliefs in Finland and Sweden about the environmental and climate impacts of using wood as a construction material for multi-story buildings. It was conducted with consumer panels reflecting the average populations of the two countries. The study analyzed factors affecting beliefs that multi-story Wood Buildings: (1) contribute to mitigating global warming, and (2) adversely impact biodiversity and the climate. It used consumer panel and multivariate statistics. Favorable climate-related beliefs were associated with Finnish nationality, male gender, age, children in household, university degree, and beliefs that climate change is induced by humans and causes weather disasters. Beliefs that wood buildings drive global warming and harm biodiversity were associated with non-rural residence, female gender, young age, children in household, low income, and beliefs that climate change causes weather disasters. No associations were recorded for current residence types. These findings highlight the importance of the wood construction industry to improve, document, and communicate to the public its impact on climate and biodiversity. They also indicate how market information can be formulated and targeted to communicate an accurate environmental image of wood construction.
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- 2023
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3. Branding Wooden Multi-storey Construction – Real-Estate Agents as Gatekeepers for Enhancing Consumer Value in Housing
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Anne Toppinen, Liina Häyrinen, Katja Lähtinen, Ritva Toivonen, Jaakko Jussila, and Charlotta Harju
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040101 forestry ,Ecology ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,021107 urban & regional planning ,Forestry ,Real estate ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,02 engineering and technology ,Value (economics) ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,Business ,Marketing - Abstract
Branding Wooden Multi-storey Construction – Real-Estate Agents as Gatekeepers for Enhancing Consumer Value in Housing
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- 2023
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4. Impact of prospective residents’ dwelling requirements on preferences for house construction materials
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Anders Roos, Hans-Fredrik Hoen, Francisco X. Aguilar, Antti Haapala, Elias Hurmekoski, Jaakko Jussila, Katja Lähtinen, Cecilia Mark-Herbert, Tomas Nord, Ritva Toivonen, and Anne Toppinen
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Housing preferences ,product attributes ,sustainability ,timber housing ,wood construction ,Husbyggnad ,General Materials Science ,Building Technologies - Abstract
This study investigated peoples requirements for multi-story housing attributes and preferences for apartments in wooden-structure versus steel/concrete-structure multi-story buildings. Data came from an online survey conducted in Finland and Sweden that screened for respondents who expressed a preference for living in an apartment, as compared with a low-rise dwelling. Responses were analyzed using exploratory factor and regression analyses. Swedish respondents assigned significantly higher requirements to factors related to environmental and social sustainability performance than Finnish respondents. Requirements in both countries were described across three factors: environmental and social sustainability, quality, and design. Factor scores differed between socioeconomic sub-groups, particularly regarding quality, between urban and non-urban respondents. Preferences to live in an apartment in a wooden building were positively associated with respondents requirements for environmental and social sustainability, and negatively with requirements for quality-related attributes. Opposite relationships were found in the Swedish sample for apartments in non-wooden structure houses. Design requirements had no significant association with preferences for a specific material in load-bearing structures for multi-story buildings, in either country. The findings can contribute toward enhanced marketing efforts and customized value propositions to increase the social acceptability of multi-story wooden buildings and advance climate-related goals within the housing sector. Funding Agencies|Swedish government research council for sustainable development (FORMAS) [Brg1928]; Nordic Forest Research
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- 2022
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5. Sinclair, Neil. Practical Expressivism: A Metaethical Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. Pp. 320. $105.00 (cloth)
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Teemu Toppinen
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Philosophy - Published
- 2022
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6. Co-developing sustainability – a consumer-inclusive approach to wooden housing business in Finland
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Eliisa Kylkilahti, Minna Autio, Viktor Harvio, Ulrika Holmberg, and Anne Toppinen
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Urban Studies ,Sociology and Political Science ,Environmental Science (miscellaneous) - Published
- 2022
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7. Oppimisanalytiikan hyödyntäminen erityisopetuksessa
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Toppinen, T. (Teemu)
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Erityispedagogiikka - Abstract
Tiivistelmä. Oppimisanalytiikka on oppijoista ja oppimisympäristöistä kerätyn tiedon analysointia oppimisen tukemiseksi ja ymmärtämiseksi. Erityisopetus on oppimisen tukemista ja arviointi sekä diagnostiikka ovat erityisopetuksellisia työtapoja. Oppimisanalytiikka kehittää uusia menetelmiä ja työkaluja diagnostisiin tarpeisiin. Pedagogisia oppimisanalytiikan käyttökohteita ovat oppimisen yksilöllistäminen, oppijoiden itsereflektion kehittäminen sekä opetuksen suunnittelu. Erityisopetuksellisessa soveltamisessa esiin nousi oppimisympäristöjen tutkiminen ja kehittäminen, oppijoiden itsereflektion kehittäminen sekä oppimispelien analytiikka.Learning analytics in special education. Abstract. Learning analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and supporting learning. Special education focuses on supporting learning and assessment and diagnostics are special educational work methods. Learning analytics develops new methods and tools for diagnostic needs. Pedagogical uses of learning analytics include personalization, learner’s self-reflection development and learning design. In special educational application, research and development of learning environments, learner’s self-reflection development and analytics of serious games.
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- 2023
8. Paradoxical tensions in exploiting data to implement circular economy in the textile industry
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Päivi Luoma, Esko Penttinen, Petri Tapio, Anne Toppinen, Doctoral Programme in Sustainable Use of Renewable Natural Resources, Department of Forest Sciences, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability, Forest Economics, Business and Society, University of Helsinki, Department of Information and Service Management, University of Turku, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University
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Ecology ,Circular economy ,Sustainability ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Environmental Chemistry ,General Medicine ,Digitalization ,Paradoxical tension ,512 Business and Management ,Textile industry - Abstract
Funding Information: Open Access funding provided by University of Helsinki including Helsinki University Central Hospital. The Metsämiesten Säätiö Foundation is gratefully acknowledged for funding Päivi Luoma's work in this research [Grant Numbers 20VE070MO, 21VE049KE]. Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s). Increasing utilization of data, enabled by digitalization, constitutes a major driver toward circular economy but is not without potential paradoxical tensions. A two-round disaggregative Delphi study and analysis of the qualitative material generated in it explored these tensions. They were found to cohere around three themes: consumer concurrence, business transparency, and technology relevance. The first theme is connected with consumers’ behavior and their perceptions as to data’s value, the transparency one involves alignment of business interests and practices with data-driven developments, and the third pertains to the actual environmental impact of digital technologies used to initiate data-driven circular economy. Business decision-making should address both the positive and the negative effects, in both the short and long term. Insight as to these tensions supports discovering how businesses can successfully utilize data in their efforts promoting circular economy within the complex reality of dynamically changing business environments.
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- 2023
9. Is a sustainability transition possible within the decision-support services provided to Finnish forest owners?
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Tuomo Takala, Minna Tanskanen, Maria Brockhaus, Teija Kanniainen, Jukka Tikkanen, Ari Lehtinen, Teppo Hujala, Anne Toppinen, International Forest Policy, Helsinki Inequality Initiative (INEQ), Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Forest Economics, Business and Society, and Department of Forest Sciences
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Economics and Econometrics ,4112 Forestry ,Sociology and Political Science ,Forestry ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law - Published
- 2023
10. Sustainable Futures and the Changing Role of Business in Society
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Anne Toppinen, Robert Kozak, Dalia D’Amato, D’Amato, Dalia, Toppinen, Anne, Kozak, Robert, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Forest Sciences, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability, and Forest Economics, Business and Society
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512 Business and Management ,1172 Environmental sciences - Abstract
Publisher Copyright: © 2023 selection and editorial matter, Dalia D‘Amato, Anne Toppinen and Robert Kozak; individual chapters, the contributors. Drawing from the lessons penned in the chapters of this book by international scholars and practitioners, we offer some final reflections on the role of business in the broader context of a rapidly changing society. We focus on the elements that emerge and recur in several chapters, including key theoretical approaches and core areas of tension around the role of business in sustainability transformations.
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- 2022
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11. The value of data for environmental sustainability as perceived by the customers of a tissue-paper supplier
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Luoma, Päivi, Rauter, Romana, Penttinen, Esko, Toppinen, Anne, University of Helsinki, University of Graz, Department of Information and Service Management, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University
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forest industry ,value of data ,tissue paper ,environmental sustainability ,customer value - Abstract
Funding Information: The Metsämiesten Säätiö Foundation [grant number 21VE049KE] and Kaute‐säätiö [grant number 20220113] are gratefully acknowledged for funding Päivi Luoma's work in this research. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management published by ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. To manage their increasingly ambitious environmental agendas successfully, companies need better and more versatile data, yet the elements and mechanisms through which businesses and the environment benefit from data remain poorly understood. A single-case-study setting was designed for examining the perceived value of data for environmental sustainability as seen by the customers of a tissue-paper supplier. The findings, from material collected during interviews with customers in 2022, showcase the multifaceted nature of data's value for business operations and associated ability to support decisions and activities that encourage environment-informed choices and environmental improvements. Also, fully exploiting data's potential for environmental sustainability requires greater volume and detail of product-specific data, transparency of value chains and environmental impacts, and data's better management and sharing. The emerging insight related to the value of data strengthens understanding of how companiescould, with data, support their customers' environmental performance.
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- 2023
12. Unmasking the eukaryotic DNA virome in humans
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Pyöriä, Lari, Pratas, Diogo, Toppinen, Mari, Hedman, Klaus, Sajantila, Antti, Perdomo, Maria F, and Perdomo, Maria
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- 2023
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13. Forest owners as political actors
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Jukka Tikkanen, Minna Tanskanen, Maria Brockhaus, Teppo Hujala, Tuomo Takala, Anne Toppinen, Ari Aukusti Lehtinen, Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability, Department of Forest Sciences, International Forest Policy, Helsinki Inequality Initiative (INEQ), Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), and Forest Economics, Business and Society
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Productivism ,Discourse analysis ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Geography, Planning and Development ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,0507 social and economic geography ,02 engineering and technology ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Agonism ,Critical discourse analysis ,Politics ,De-politicisation ,Political science ,512 Business and Management ,1172 Environmental sciences ,media_common ,Ecological citizenship ,4112 Forestry ,Non-metric multi-dimensional scaling ,05 social sciences ,021107 urban & regional planning ,Environmental ethics ,15. Life on land ,16. Peace & justice ,Democracy ,Environmentalism ,Re-politicisation ,Ideology ,050703 geography - Abstract
Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors Conflicting interests make forests an inevitably political issue. We examine the political roles that Finnish forest owners take as decision-makers and citizens. Inspired by post-political theories of democracy, we examine forest owners’ aim of open, constructive treatment of the controversies between views, ideologies and actors. Our data consisted of a survey (n = 452) informed by an interview (n = 24). We applied a mixed-method critical discourse analysis. The forest owners produced four alternative discourses of forest-related controversies, the major controversy being that between productivism and environmentalism. The ‘involved discourse’ positioned itself in between these two ideologies, although closer to the former. From this position, it expressed an eagerness to discuss any issue with anyone. The ‘pragmatist discourse’ criticised ideological environmentalism but did not perceive its own productivist ideology. The ‘receding discourse’ perceived its own environmentalist ideology and criticised the productivist one but was not eager to discuss forest policy issues. The ‘uninvolved discourse’ excluded controversies, and thus the political dimension, from a forest owner's life. The involved discourse was closest to the constructed ideal of respectful, agonist, re-politicisation of forest issues. Recognition of one's own ideology while being comfortably close to the hegemonic view of the forest seemed to be the main factor behind this orientation. Yet, political views that challenged the status quo and demanded a transformative change towards sustainability were pushed into a silent antagonism. A major forest policy challenge is how to bring forest owners with these transformative ideas – the proponents of ecological citizenship – into the sphere of agonist re-politicisation.
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- 2021
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14. Unmasking the Tissue-Resident Eukaryotic DNA Virome in Humans
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Lari Pyöriä, Diogo Pratas, Mari Toppinen, Klaus Hedman, Antti Sajantila, Maria F Perdomo, Medicum, Virus infections and immunity, HUS Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District, Department of Virology, PaleOmics Laboratory, Department of Forensic Medicine, HUSLAB, and Klaus Hedman / Principal Investigator
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Transplantation ,Anelloviruses ,Gut virome ,Respiratory-tract ,Genetics ,1182 Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology ,Metagenomics ,Microbiome ,Infection ,Polyomavirus ,Lung ,Virus - Abstract
Background Little is known on the landscape of viruses that have taken residence within our cells, nor on the interplay with the host imperative for their persistence. However, a lifetime of interactions conceivably have an imprint on our physiology and immune phenotype. Importantly, current metagenomics-insights on the healthy human virome are derived from bodily fluids, which are only a proxy of the true prevalence of human eukaryotic viruses within tissues. Most significantly, the virome’s systemic composition across the different organs of an individual has thus far remained uncharted. Results In this work, we revealed the genetic make-up of the eukaryotic human DNA virome in the body and showed that each organ (colon, liver, lung, heart, brain, kidney, skin, blood, hair) has unique viral compositions. By integration of quantitative (qPCR) and qualitative (hybrid-capture sequencing) analysis, we identified the DNAs of 17 viruses, primarily herpes-, parvo-, papilloma- and anello-viruses (>80% prevalence), typically persisting in low copies (mean 540 copies/ million cells). The within-sample diversities (a-diversity) were highest in the lung, liver, colon, and kidney. We assembled in total 70 viral genomes (>90% breadth coverage), distinct in each of the individuals, and identified high sequence homology across the organs. Moreover, we detected variations in virome composition and distribution in two individuals with underlying malignant conditions. Conclusions Our findings reveal unprecedented prevalences of viral DNAs in human organs. We showed that bodily fluids, although accessible to sampling, fail to deliver a comprehensive view of the numerous intracellular viruses colonizing our tissues. Our data demonstrate how a multi-organ approach is essential for analyzing differing virome compositions in various disease states. This atlas provides a fundamental ground for the studies of correlates to disease, and for the interpretation of next-generation sequencing data in clinical virology. Ultimately, our findings call for investigation of the crosstalk between human DNA viruses, the host, and other microbes, as it predictably has a significant impact on our health.
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15. 'It all depends on the project'-A business ecosystem in residential wooden multistory construction in Finland
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Anne Toppinen, Anniina Aaltio, Katja Lähtinen, Jaakko Jussila, Ritva Toivonen, Department of Forest Sciences, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability, Forest Economics, Business and Society, and Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
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Urban Studies ,Business ecosystem ,Carbon storage ,Circular economy ,Project management ,216 Materials engineering ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Building and Construction ,512 Business and Management ,Wood ,Construction - Abstract
Using wood in multistory apartment construction (WMC) has a climate-positive advantage with buildings acting as long-term carbon storage. Business ecosystem (BE) development around WMC is needed to accelerate the adoption of wooden materials in the conservative construction industry. As the business actors around WMC are essentially different from those using other building materials, new knowledge must be built from the project level. This study uses a qualitative interview approach among actors from three pioneering urban building projects to address their perceptions of building with wood regarding a project-based BE. Based on the thematic analysis, sources of both tangible and intangible value creation were found to arise from building with wood. A higher degree of prefabrication associated with WMC was seen in all projects to influence the reorganization of logistics, enabling faster building processes and lean material use. No strong sustainability-driven culture could be identified in any of the projects. Results further flag the sensitivity and importance of management and coordination skills in targeting improvements of the construction business based on WMC. In the bigger picture, there is still room for further research at regional and global level on business model changes in building with this renewable and recyclable material.
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16. Innovating for Sustainability: Attributes, Motivations, and Responsibilities in the Finnish Food Packaging Ecosystem
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Lotta Ruippo, Hanna Koivula, Jaana Korhonen, Anne Toppinen, and Eliisa Kylkilahti
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General Engineering - Abstract
Without food packaging, the global food supply chain could not function. Packaged food products are protected in transportation and retail, reducing food waste. Packaging is also a visible feature of environmental debates, as concerns over solid waste have become a part of public discussion. Responding to both challenges requires the packaging sector to develop and adopt sustainable innovations. This study seeks to understand the role of sustainability in food packaging innovation through expert interviews. The results of this study aid in clarifying actor roles for innovation processes in the packaging sector through encouraging collaboration and integrating socioeconomic dimensions of sustainability into innovation. The findings suggest that actors are primarily concerned with the ecological sustainability of packaging while economic or social factors in sustainable innovation play a more minor role. Finally, the study finds that much responsibility over developing innovations is placed on governmental organizations and brand owners in the food and beverage industry.
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17. A tale of five cities: The role of municipalities in the market diffusion of wooden residential multistory construction and retrofits
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A. Viljanen, K. Lähtinen, V. Kanninen, and A. Toppinen
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Economics and Econometrics ,Sociology and Political Science ,Forestry ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law - Published
- 2023
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18. A Little Chapter on the Big Picture
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Robert Kozak, Anne Toppinen, Dalia D’Amato, D’Amato, Dalia, Toppinen, Anne, Kozak, Robert, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Forest Sciences, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability, and Forest Economics, Business and Society
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512 Business and Management ,1172 Environmental sciences - Abstract
Publisher Copyright: © 2023 selection and editorial matter, Dalia D‘Amato, Anne Toppinen and Robert Kozak; individual chapters, the contributors. Businesses are extractive in nature, reliant on the bounty of natural capital and related ecosystem services that our planet offers. Equally perplexing is the role that governance and policy mechanisms play in fostering an enabling environment for sustainable businesses to thrive. The past decades have seen an undeniable shift towards the use of private sector policy innovations, like finance- and market-driven tools and third-party certification schemes, being utilised to address critical issues related to environmental degradation and the overall health of our planet, as articulated in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Results have been, at best, mixed in terms of curbing global deforestation, emissions, or environmental degradation, even when these efforts are part of larger governmental or intergovernmental initiatives. One mechanism that shows a good deal of promise is the hybrid organisation. These are businesses with a societal purpose, which focus not on profit maximisation, but on creating a meaningful sustainability orientation.
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- 2022
19. Cultural motives affecting tea purchase behavior under two usage situations in China: a study of renqing, mianzi, collectivism, and man-nature unity culture
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Lei Wang, Anne Toppinen, and Lingyun Tong
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Consumption (economics) ,Pragmatism ,050402 sociology ,Tea ,Nutrition. Foods and food supply ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Culture ,Collectivism ,Chinese culture ,Purchase behavior ,0504 sociology ,Usage situations ,Anthropology ,0502 economics and business ,Sustainability ,050211 marketing ,TX341-641 ,Sociology ,Product (category theory) ,Marketing ,China ,Chinese tea ,Food Science ,media_common - Abstract
Tea should be perceived more as a cultural product than a fast-moving consumer good with its roots deep in different cultures across nations. Nevertheless, consumer demands on tea have not been explored sufficiently from a cultural perspective. This research aims to examine motives that are driving Chinese tea consumption on two usage occasions, under the influence of the Chinese renqing, mianzi, collectivism, and man-nature unity culture. Linkage was established between Chinese culture and consumer motives. The factor analysis on 280 respondents identified five consumer psychological motives. Further logistic regression analysis suggested consumer motives and usage situations were related. The contribution of the findings is summarized. On one hand, this study adds to the limited understandings on consumer motives of tea in an emerging country from the cultural aspect. On the other hand, deep understandings of brand chasing, sustainability, and pragmatism motives should businesses to better serve consumers.
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- 2021
20. Opettajaidentiteetin rakentuminen varhaiskasvatuksen opettajankoulutuksessa
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Toppinen, H. (Heini)
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Kasvatustiede, erityisesti varhaiskasvatus - Abstract
Tiivistelmä. Tässä kandidaatin tutkielmassa tarkastelen opettajaidentiteetin rakentumista varhaiskasvatuksen opettajankoulutuksessa. Tutkielma on toteutettu kirjallisuuskatsauksena eli aiempia tutkimustuloksia yhteen kokoamalla. Opettajaidentiteetin rakentuminen on yksi opettajankoulutuksen tärkeimmistä tehtävistä. Opettajaidentiteetti pitää sisällään ammatillisen ja persoonallisen puolen. Etenkin opettajaidentiteetin persoonallista puolta pidetään tärkeänä, sillä varhaiskasvatuksen opettajan työ vaatii luovuutta, persoonallisuutta ja kykyä tarkastella omia arvoja ja uskomuksia. Muuttuva työelämä edellyttää lisäksi joustavaa ja muutoksiin kykenevää opettajaidentiteettiä. Opettajaidentiteetin rakentuminen opettajankoulutuksessa ei ole yksiselitteistä sillä ensinnäkin käsitykset opettajana olemisesta eivät ole välttämättä kaikilta osin yhteneväisiä. Opettajan työ on kulttuurisesti määrittyvää eli yhteiskunnassa tapahtuvat muutokset vaikuttavat opettajan työhön ja siinä oleviin sisältöihin sekä myös opettajaidentiteetin rakentumiseen. Kaikenlainen epävakaus yhteiskunnassa ja muutokset työelämässä vaikuttavat siis niin ikään opettajaidentiteetin vakauteen. Opettajaidentiteettiä voidaan kuitenkin tukea muun muassa narratiivisten metodien avulla. Narratiivisten metodien hyöty opettajaidentiteetille on osoitettu monissa tutkimuksissa. Narratiivisen metodin avulla opettajaidentiteettiä on mahdollista eheyttää. Lisäksi narratiivisten metodien avulla voidaan lisätä muun muassa itsevarmuutta, toimijuutta, ymmärrystä itsestä ja muista sekä sitä kautta uusien toimintatapojen löytämistä työhön. Opettajaidentiteetin avulla työstä voi löytää syvempää tarkoitusta, mikä luo vuorovaikutukselle syvyyttä. Työstä voi löytää myös nautintoa ja mielekkyyttä flow:n avulla. Flow tarkoittaa sellaista tilaa, jossa ihminen on niin uppoutunut tekemiseen, että aika tuntuu kulkevan kuin itsestään ja tekeminen vie mukanaan. Flow:n avulla opettajaidentiteettiä on mahdollista monipuolistaa, sillä jokaisen flow kokemuksen jälkeen käsitys itsestä ja siitä mihin uskoo pystyvänsä, laajenee. Flow:n avulla voidaan tuoda ratkaisuja opettajan työssä ilmeneviin mahdollisiin haasteisiin. Flow nimittäin lisää aktiivisuutta toimia haastavissa tilanteissa. Aktiivisuus puolestaan lisää tyytyväisyyttä ja nautinnollisuutta työssä. Flow:lla on merkittävä rooli hyvinvoinnin ja onnellisuuden kokemisessa. Lisäksi flow lisää stressin- ja paineensietokykyä. Flow antaa uudenlaisen näkökulman opettajaidentiteetille, sillä flow:ssa yhdistyy parhaimmillaan juuri se, mitä opettajankoulutuksella pyritään tuottamaan. Flow:n avulla opettajaidentiteettiä on mahdollista laajentaa sekä lisätä opettajan halua tarttua erilaisiin haasteisiin sekä kehittää itseään
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21. How motivation, opportunity, and ability impact sustainable consumption behaviour of fresh berry products
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Lingyun Tong, Anne Toppinen, Lei Wang, and Sami Berghäll
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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,Strategy and Management ,Building and Construction ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,General Environmental Science - Published
- 2023
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22. Intermediaries to accelerate the diffusion of wooden multi-storey construction in Finland
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Anne Toppinen, Heini Vihemäki, Ritva Toivonen, Department of Forest Sciences, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability, Forest Economics, Business and Society, and Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
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ORGANIZATIONS ,MULTILEVEL PERSPECTIVE ,Social connectedness ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,TRANSITIONS ,SECTOR ,02 engineering and technology ,010501 environmental sciences ,Environmental Science (miscellaneous) ,01 natural sciences ,POLICY CHANGE ,SUSTAINABILITY ,Intermediary ,11. Sustainability ,021108 energy ,512 Business and Management ,Materials ,TYPOLOGY ,EMISSIONS ,Legitimacy ,Industrial organization ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,4112 Forestry ,BARRIERS ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,BUILDINGS ,Qualitative interviews ,Citizen journalism ,Advocacy ,Intermediation ,15. Life on land ,Market ,Policy ,13. Climate action ,Sustainability ,Low-carbon ,Business ,Social Sciences (miscellaneous) - Abstract
Intermediaries can potentially help reduce institutional lock-ins that slow down sustainability transitions by influencing policy processes, because of their connectedness and often high level of legitimacy. In this paper, we analysed intermediaries seeking to accelerate the diffusion of wooden multi-storey construction (WMC) in Finland, their roles and engagement in policy processes. Increasing the use of wood in construction has high policy support nationally, backed up with climate and forest policies. Yet, market diffusion has been slow. The data consist of qualitative interviews of intermediaries and other actors, participatory observation and a review of secondary materials. The results reveal a complex set of intermediaries, including systemic, niche and regime-based ones. The intermediaries are characterised by multiple goals, partly overlapping roles and means of policy influencing. The low degree of coordination among the intermediaries and the differences in their agenda for transition are critical challenges which limit the effectiveness of their actions.
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- 2020
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23. A study of Finnish primary school teachers’ experiences of their role and competences by implementing the three-tiered support
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Matilda Lindell, Gunilla Eklund, Christel Sundqvist, and Heidi Toppinen
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Medical education ,General education teachers ,Competencies ,Health Professions (miscellaneous) ,Three-tiered support systems ,Education ,School teachers ,Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Pedagogiske fag: 280 [VDP] ,Inclusive education ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Support system ,Psychology ,Competence (human resources) - Abstract
This study aimed to investigate Finnish primary school teachers’ experiences of the three-tiered support system, which was launched in 2010–2011 with the goal of promoting the inclusive approach in Finnish compulsory school. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with eight teachers in Finland, and the analysis was based on a thematic analytical approach. Results show that the teachers experienced having a central role in providing continuous support to pupils with different learning disabilities within the support system. Generally, they had a positive assessment of the system, which they saw as a natural part of their regular job. Nevertheless, they expressed facing challenges, such as the extended documentation and too little time for supporting all pupils in the class. The support from colleagues (i.e. special education teachers) was seen as very important, although their experience of consultation time was limited. Regarding the teachers’ competences in handling the system, it was evident they had developed relevant skills by collaborating with the special education teacher and by being active themselves. Despite the challenges, the results show that Finnish primary teachers experienced the support system as a possible and practicable way of supporting pupils with learning disabilities. Paid Open Access
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- 2020
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24. Endless November? Citizen Beliefs Concerning Wood As A Construction Material Under Extreme Weather Events
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Anni Vehola, Elias Hurmekoski, Katja Lähtinen, Enni Ruokamo, Anders Roos, Ritva Toivonen, and Anne Toppinen
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Climate change places great pressure on the construction sector to decrease its greenhouse gas emissions and to create solutions that perform well in changing weather conditions. In the urbanizing world, wood construction has been identified as one of the opportunities for mitigating these emissions. Our study explores citizen opinions on wood usage as a building material under expected mitigation and adaptation measures aimed at a changing climate and extreme weather events. The data are founded on an internet-based survey material collected from a consumer panel from Finland and Sweden during May–June 2021, with a total of 2015 responses. By employing exploratory factor analysis, we identified similar belief structures for the two countries, consisting of both positive and negative views on wood construction. In linear regressions for predicting these opinions, the perceived seriousness of climate change was found to increase positive views on wood construction but was insignificant for negative views. Both in Finland and Sweden, higher familiarity with wooden multistory construction was found to connect with more positive opinions on the potential of wood in building, e.g., due to carbon storage properties and material attributes. Our findings underline the potential of wood material use as one avenue of climate change adaptation in the built environment. Future research should study how citizens’ concerns for extreme weather events affect their future material preferences in their everyday living environments, also beyond the Nordic region.
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25. Citizen beliefs concerning wood as a construction material under extreme weather events
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Anni Vehola, Elias Hurmekoski, Katja Lähtinen, Enni Ruokamo, Anders Roos, Ritva Toivonen, Anne Toppinen, Department of Economics and Management, Department of Forest Sciences, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability, Forest Economics, Business and Society, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Suomen ympäristökeskus, and The Finnish Environment Institute
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sopeutuminen ,IMPACTS ,rakentaminen ,Global and Planetary Change ,4112 Forestry ,Ecology ,residential building ,ääri-ilmiöt ,GREEN ,mielipiteet ,Forestry ,PRODUCTS ,climate change ,kansalaiset ,extreme weather ,adaption ,ilmastonmuutos ,BUILDING SECTOR ,sääilmiöt ,citizen data ,puurakentaminen ,climate change adaptation ,wood - Abstract
Climate change places great pressure on the construction sector to decrease its greenhouse gas emissions and to create solutions that perform well in changing weather conditions. Our study explores citizen perceptions on wood usage as a building material under expected mitigation and adaptation measures aimed at a changing climate and extreme weather events. The data are founded on an internet-based survey material collected from a consumer panel from Finland and Sweden during May–June 2021, with a total of 2015 responses. By employing exploratory factor analysis, we identified similar belief structures for the two countries, consisting of both positive and negative views on wood construction. In linear regression models for predicting these beliefs, the perceived seriousness of climate change was found to increase positive views on wood construction but was insignificant for negative views. Both in Finland and Sweden, higher familiarity with wooden multistory construction was found to connect with more positive views on the potential of wood in building, e.g., due to carbon storage and material properties. Our findings underline the potential of wood material use as one avenue of climate change adaptation in the built environment. Future research should study how citizens’ concerns for extreme weather events affect their future material preferences in their everyday living environments, also beyond the Nordic region.
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- 2022
26. Public perceptions of using forests to fuel the European bioeconomy: Findings from eight university cities
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Arttu Malkamäki, Jaana E. Korhonen, Sami Berghäll, Carolina Berg Rustas, Hanna Bernö, Ariane Carreira, Dalia D'Amato, Alexander Dobrovolsky, Blanka Giertliová, Sara Holmgren, Cecilia Mark-Herbert, Mauro Masiero, Emil Nagy, Lenka Navrátilová, Helga Pülzl, Lea Ranacher, Laura Secco, Tuuli Suomala, Anne Toppinen, Lauri Valsta, Jozef Výbošťok, Jonas Zellweger, Sociology, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability, Department of Forest Sciences, Forest Economics, Business and Society, Metsänomistaja 2020, Doctoral Programme in Sustainable Use of Renewable Natural Resources, and Lauri Valsta / Principal Investigator
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Economics and Econometrics ,4112 Forestry ,Risk perception ,Lay perception, Legitimacy, Network analysis, Public discourse, Risk perception, Socio-technical transition ,Sociology and Political Science ,GREEN ,Forestry ,GOVERNANCE ,SCIENCE ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,URBAN ,POLICY ,Lay perception ,Socio-technical transition ,ERA ,PERSPECTIVES ,Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (Peace and Conflict Research and Studies on Sustainable Society) ,MANAGEMENT ,511 Economics ,Public discourse ,Network analysis ,Legitimacy - Abstract
The political project on bioeconomy strives to address multiple societal aspirations, namely combine economic growth with environmental sustainability in some socially acceptable manner. The contradictions between the goals and the concrete plans to increase production, processing, and consumption of forest biomass in Europe have however raised sustainability concerns within and beyond its borders. While political actors articulate such contradictions differently and compete for traction for their viewpoints in the public discourse, little is known about how citizens of urban areas perceive this discourse. Conceptualising perception as a multidimensional construct, data from eight European university cities (Bordeaux, Bratislava, Freiburg, Helsinki, Padua, St. Petersburg, Uppsala, Vienna) are statistically analysed to explore its dimensions, the communities of like-minded citizens forming across those dimensions, and the traits associating with membership in each such community. Five communities across six dimensions from biocentrism through distributional aspects to adherence to political goals are identified: adherent-environmentalist, adherent-governmentalist, critical-reformist, critical-agriculturalist, and indifferent. City of residence and perceived familiarity with bioeconomy clearly interact with perception. There is however considerable variation in communities within and across the eight cities, suggesting deeper social tension beyond the public discourse. Much of the within-community variation remains unexplained, though, calling for more work locally. Implications for forest policy are derived.
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- 2022
27. Private Governance of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Findings from Nordic Forest Companies
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Dalia D'Amato, Brent Davis Matthies, Thomas Hahn, Anne Toppinen, Department of Forest Sciences, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability, and Forest Economics, Business and Society
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1172 Environmental sciences - Abstract
This study examines the role of business organizations in co-governing biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) using a phenomenon-based approach and bridging business management literature, ecosystem services literature and environmental governance literature. The empirical analysis includes twelve Nordic forest corporations considered market leaders in Finland, Sweden and Norway. Using content analysis of corporate sustainability reports and managerial interviews, we recorded 127 company-led measures addressing BES and we categorized them into seventeen types (e.g., land use planning and restoration, mobilization of financial resources for conservation, partner auditing, capacity building and consultation with stakeholders). For each BES measure, we also identified the BES issues being addressed (e.g., climate regulation, soil maintenance, cultural values); company motivation (i.e., compliance, strategic, profit-seeking); the stakeholders/beneficiaries involved (e.g., employees, forest owners, experts, local communities, public administration, NGOs); and the private governance instruments used for implementing the measure (i.e., regulatory, economic, information and rights-based instruments). The findings suggest that practices such as monetary valuation, biodiversity offsets and green bonds are emerging as profitable or strategically interesting options for Nordic forest companies. However, well-established practices, such as forest inventory, partner auditing and land sparing, continue to be the backbone of private BES governance among the leading companies examined. Although not directly motivated by compliance, private governance measures are largely nested in legislation. The contribution of this study includes reflections of relevance for both the scholarly and managerial realms. From a scholarly perspective, we further elaborate an understanding of BES management and governance from an organizational perspective. From a managerial perspective, we provide and discuss an overview of potential measures that forest companies can implement to address biodiversity and other socio-ecological issues at the land-use level.
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- 2022
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28. Wooden multi-storey construction market development – systematic literature review within a global scope with insights on the Nordic region
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Jaakko Jussila, Emil Nagy, Katja Lähtinen, Elias Hurmekoski, Liina Häyrinen, Cecilia Mark-Herbert, Anders Roos, Ritva Toivonen, and Anne Toppinen
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Forestry ,SD1-669.5 - Abstract
Climate change sets high pressures on the construction industry to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Due to the carbon storage properties and potential to use renewable resources efficiently, wooden multi-storey construction (WMC) is an interesting alternative for the construction industry to enhance sustainable development combined with the aesthetic and well-being benefits of wood perceived among many consumers. For forest industry firms, industrial wood construction is a possibility to seek for business opportunities and bring socio-economic benefits for local economies. Despite positive drivers, WMC still remains a niche even in the forest-rich countries.The purpose of our study is to add understanding on the WMC market development by conducting a systematic literature analysis on international peer-reviewed studies from the past 20 years. Our special focus is on the role of WMC in the housing markets studied from the perspectives of the demand, supply and local governance factors. As specific aims, we 1) synthesize the key barriers and enabling factors for the WMC market growth; 2) identify the actors addressed in the existing studies connected to the WMC market development, and 3) summarize research methods and analytical approaches used in the previous studies. As a systematic method to make literature searches in Web of Science and Scopus for years 2000â2020, we employed PRISMA guidelines. By using pre-determined keywords, our searches resulted in a sample of 696 articles, of which 42 full articles were after selection procedure included in-depth content analysis. Our results showed cost-efficiency gains from industrialized prefabrication and perceived sustainability benefits by consumers and architects enabled a WMC market diffusion. The lack of experiences on the WMC, and path dependencies to use concrete and steel continue to be key barriers for increased WMC. Although our research scope was the global WMC market development, most of the literature concerned the Nordic region. The key actors covered in the literature were businesses (e.g., contractors, manufacturers and architects) involved in the wood construction value-chains, while residents and actors in the local governance were seldomly addressed. Currently, case studies, the use of qualitative data sets and focus on the Nordic region dominate the literature. This hinders the generalizability of findings in different regional contexts. In the future, more research is needed on how sustainability-driven wood construction value-chains are successfully shaping up in different geographical regions, and how they could challenge the dominant concrete-based construction regime.
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- 2022
29. Kestävyystieteen instituutti Helsus
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Toppinen, Anne, Halonen, Tarja, Korhonen-Kurki, Kaisa, Niemelä, Jari, Pietikäinen, Janna, Kestävyystieteen instituutti (HELSUS), Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability, Metsätieteiden osasto, and Metsäekonomia, liiketoiminta ja yhteiskunta
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1172 Ympäristötiede - Published
- 2022
30. A Tale of Five Cities: Role of Municipalities in Market Diffusion of Wooden Residential Multistory Construction and Retrofits
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Anne Viljanen, Katja Lähtinen, Vesa Kanninen, and Anne Toppinen
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History ,Polymers and Plastics ,Business and International Management ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering - Published
- 2022
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31. Wooden multi-storey construction market development - systematic literature review within a global scope with insights on the Nordic region
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Jussila, Jaakko, Nagy, Emil, Lahtinen, Katja, Hurmekoski, Elias, Hayrinen, Liina, Mark-Herbert, Cecilia, Roos, Anders, Toivonen, Ritva, Toppinen, Anne, Department of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability, and Forest Economics, Business and Society
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4112 Forestry ,PERCEPTIONS ,construction industry ,municipality ,BARRIERS ,BUILDINGS ,consumer ,urbanization ,SUBSTITUTION ,sustainability ,DIFFUSION ,TIMBER FRAME HOUSES ,PRODUCTS ,LEGITIMACY ,ATTITUDES ,512 Business and Management ,forest-wood value-chain ,SWEDISH ARCHITECTS - Abstract
Climate change sets high pressures on the construction industry to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Due to the carbon storage properties and potential to use renewable resources efficiently, wooden multi-storey construction (WMC) is an interesting alternative for the construction industry to enhance sustainable development combined with the aesthetic and well-being benefits of wood perceived among many consumers. For forest industry firms, industrial wood construction is a possibility to seek for business opportunities and bring socio-economic benefits for local economies. Despite positive drivers, WMC still remains a niche even in the forest-rich countries.The purpose of our study is to add understanding on the WMC market development by conducting a systematic literature analysis on international peer-reviewed studies from the past 20 years. Our special focus is on the role of WMC in the housing markets studied from the perspectives of the demand, supply and local governance factors. As specific aims, we 1) synthesize the key barriers and enabling factors for the WMC market growth; 2) identify the actors addressed in the existing studies connected to the WMC market development, and 3) summarize research methods and analytical approaches used in the previous studies. As a systematic method to make literature searches in Web of Science and Scopus for years 2000-2020, we employed PRISMA guidelines. By using pre-determined keywords, our searches resulted in a sample of 696 articles, of which 42 full articles were after selection procedure included in-depth content analysis. Our results showed cost-efficiency gains from industrialized prefabrication and perceived sustainability benefits by consumers and architects enabled a WMC market diffusion. The lack of experiences on the WMC, and path dependencies to use concrete and steel continue to be key barriers for increased WMC. Although our research scope was the global WMC market development, most of the literature concerned the Nordic region. The key actors covered in the literature were businesses (e.g., contractors, manufacturers and architects) involved in the wood construction value-chains, while residents and actors in the local governance were seldomly addressed. Currently, case studies, the use of qualitative data sets and focus on the Nordic region dominate the literature. This hinders the generalizability of findings in different regional contexts. In the future, more research is needed on how sustainability-driven wood construction value-chains are successfully shaping up in different geographical regions, and how they could challenge the dominant concrete-based construction regime.
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- 2022
32. Exploring the unknowns : State of the art in qualitative forest-based sector foresight research
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Elias Hurmekoski, Anne Toppinen, Aleksi Heiskanen, and Annukka Näyhä
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0106 biological sciences ,Economics and Econometrics ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Sociology and Political Science ,metsäteollisuus ,metsäala ,Stakeholder engagement ,Context (language use) ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,01 natural sciences ,Globalization ,11. Sustainability ,Regional science ,Adaptive management ,systemaattiset kirjallisuuskatsaukset ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,liiketoimintaympäristö ,taloudelliset ennusteet ,Forestry ,Foresight ,ennusteet ,15. Life on land ,Futures studies ,13. Climate action ,Information and Communications Technology ,Preparedness ,Sustainability ,Transition ,Business ,Forest-based sector ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
The forest-based sector is facing one the greatest transitions in its history in the face of global megatrends. Globalization, sustainability challenges and the ICT sector have put the world in a new light. Whereas some of the recent developments have resulted in challenges for the traditional forest industry, many positive expectations and opportunities are also seen to arise in the form of the transition to a sustainable bio-economy. However, to be able to fully seize the opportunity, the industry has to navigate through contingency where preparedness can have a major impact. Foresight as a strategic approach can help to prepare and sensitize decision-makers to be prepared for the future. Foresight is a process aimed at understanding the various and alternative developments of the future better. In this review, we aim to find out what the state-of-the-art of qualitative foresight in the context of forest-based sector is. Forest sector foresight remains a nascent stream in peer-reviewed literature despite the small increase in articles since 2010. Foresight has been applied relatively evenly across the sub-sectors, attention having been predominantly on adaptive approaches. Foresight studies could be classified based on their objectives and types of output into three main categories: Identifying Drivers and Trends, Management of Change and Visioning. Notably, almost all the scientific foresight literature deals with sectoral level, and lacks organisational points of view. Foresight could also provide an opportunity to include stakeholder engagement beyond business-as-usual, which seems to remain currently relatively marginal. The findings suggests that foresight in the forest sector is not entirely novel, but still developing. Many opportunities to fully capture the potential lie ahead and micro level perspectives could be enhanced in the literature. peerReviewed
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- 2022
33. Cultural motives affecting tea purchase behavior under two usage situations in China: a study of renqing, mianzi, collectivism, and man-nature unity culture
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Tong, Lingyun, Toppinen, Anne, Wang, Lei, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Department of Forest Sciences, Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability, and Forest Economics, Business and Society
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education ,5141 Sociology - Published
- 2021
34. Unmanned Aircraft Systems - Education Activities in Finland, UCNDrone Perspective
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Vadim Kramar, Rajeev Kanth, Arto Toppinen, Mohammed Rabah, Eero Immonen, Marjut Koskela, Juha Erkkilä, Tomi Westerlund, Hannu Tenhunen, Jouni Isoaho, Toomas Lybeck, Antti Perttula, Kalle Tammi, Maria Sjöholm, Ville Arffman, Laura Ruotsalainen, Antti Tikanmäki, Juha Röning, Department of Computer Science, SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT EMERGING FROM THE MERGER OF CUTTING-EDGE CLIMATE, SOCIAL AND COMPUTER SCIENCES, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), and Spatiotemporal Data Analysis
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UA ,education ,UAV ,Telecommunication ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,TK5101-6720 ,UAS ,drone ,113 Computer and information sciences - Abstract
Unmanned Aircraft Systems-relevant education is a rapidly evolving domain-specific topic that needs wide expertise in ICT. That kind of topic is very difficult for a single research group to gain overall competence and keep the courses updated within a rapidly evolving education topic. This paper gives an overview of the education and research activities of Finnish universities that are members of the UAS (Drone) University Collaboration Network project funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.
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35. Savonia's Teaching, Research and Development Activities on Unmanned Aircraft Systems
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Rajeev Kanth, Patryk Wojtowicz, Arto Toppinen, Asmo Jakorinne, Juhani Rouvali, and Teemu Rasanen
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Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,UAS Environmental Applications ,Telecommunication ,TK5101-6720 ,Snow-Depth Measurement - Abstract
In this article, we have presented the teaching, research, and development-related activities on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) carried out at the Savonia University of Applied Sciences. We aim to demonstrate a few applications such as snow-depth measurement, mapping of gas leaks and operation of bio-waste composting pits, and the feasibility study for installing bird warning balls on the power grids. Also, we have highlighted the major ongoing UAS project activities, education, and future directions.
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- 2021
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36. 'Mentaalinen myötätuuli':alakouluikäisen itsetunnon tukeminen koululiikunnassa
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Toppinen, J. (Jaakko)
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Tiivistelmä. Käsittelen tieteelliseen kirjallisuuteen pohjautuvassa tutkielmassani alakouluikäisen itsetunnon tukemista koululiikunnassa. Aiheen valinnan taustalla ovat ennen kaikkea henkilökohtaiset mutta myös yhteiskunnalliset motiivit. Nyky-yhteiskunnassa jo lapsilta edellytetään hyvää itsetuntoa, joten opettajan on ensiarvoisen tärkeää olla tietoinen, mitkä tekijät alakouluikäisen itsetuntoon vaikuttavat ja millä keinoilla sitä voidaan tukea ja vahvistaa. Tutkimuksessani pyrin vastaamaan kahteen kysymykseen: 1. Millainen vaikutus koululiikunnalla on alakouluikäisen itsetunnon kehittymiseen? 2. Miten opettaja voi tukea alakouluikäisen itsetuntoa koululiikunnassa? Itsetunnon ja sen lähikäsitteiden määritelmät ovat hyvin tutkijakohtaisia, joten pyrin tutkielmassa yhdistelemään useiden eri kirjoittajien näkemyksiä. Avaan itsetunnon käsitettä sekä hyvän itsetunnon merkitystä. Itsetunnon lukuisista lähikäsitteistä tuon tutkielmassa esille minäkäsityksen eli minäkuvan käsitteen. Muita keskeisiä käsitteitä tutkielmassani ovat ennen kaikkea liikuntakasvatus ja -pedagogiikka. Lisäksi esittelen itse luomani käsitteen, mentaalinen myötätuuli, joka kiteyttää koko tutkielman perusajatuksen. Tutkielmassa totean keräämäni aineiston perusteella, että koululiikunnalla on vaikutus alakouluikäisen itsetuntoon. Olen eritellyt mielestäni neljä keskeisintä osa-aluetta, jotka ovat avainasemassa itsetuntoa tukevassa koululiikunnassa. Nämä neljä ovat 1. onnistumiset ja realistiset tavoitteet, 2. koettu pätevyys, 3. arviointi ja palaute sekä 4. ilmapiiri ja vuorovaikutus. Pureudun jokaiseen nostamaani osa-alueeseen syvemmin ja tarjoan lisäksi konkreettisia keinoja, joita kuka tahansa opettaja voi hyödyntää jokapäiväisessä liikunnanopetuksessaan. Itsetunnon mittaamiseen ja luotettavan aineiston keräämiseen liittyy monenlaisia haasteita, minkä vuoksi itsetuntoon liittyviä tutkimuksia etenkin lasten parissa on tehty niin vähän. Tutkielmani tavoitteena on ennen kaikkea pyrkiä lisäämään tietoisuutta alakouluikäisen itsetunnosta ja siihen vaikuttavista tekijöistä koululiikunnassa, mutta myös kannustaa niin aloittavia kuin kokeneempiakin opettajia reflektoimaan muun muassa omia kohtaamis- ja vuorovaikutustaitojaan sekä käyttämiään opetusmetodeja tai -menetelmiä liikuntatunneilla.
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- 2021
37. Pathways to a forest-based bioeconomy in 2060 within policy targets on climate change mitigation and biodiversity protection
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Anne Toppinen, Markku Ollikainen, Minna Autio, Eliisa Kylkilahti, Anni Tuppura, Tiia-Lotta Pekkanen, Arttu Malkamäki, Satu Pätäri, Jenni Miettinen, Lassi Linnanen, Jukka Luhas, Mirja Mikkilä, Jaana Korhonen, Katja Lähtinen, Department of Economics and Management, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability, Consumer Studies Research Group, Environmental and Resource Economics, Academic Disciplines of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Forest Economics, Business and Society, Department of Forest Sciences, and Department of Education
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Economics and Econometrics ,Sociology and Political Science ,INNOVATION ,020209 energy ,Climate change ,02 engineering and technology ,010501 environmental sciences ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Diversification (marketing strategy) ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,Path dependence ,FUTURE ,11. Sustainability ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Systemic risk ,Sustainability challenges ,512 Business and Management ,Environmental planning ,Multi-stakeholder dialogue ,1172 Environmental sciences ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,4112 Forestry ,Forestry ,15. Life on land ,Bioeconomy transition ,ERA ,Climate change mitigation ,Value network ,13. Climate action ,Sustainability ,Participatory backcasting ,511 Economics ,Business ,Backcasting - Abstract
While climate change and biodiversity loss have exposed humanity to major systemic risks, policymakers in more than 40 countries have proposed the transition from a fossil-based to a bio-based economy as a solution to curb the risks. In the boreal region, forests have a prominent role in contributing to bioeconomy development; however, forest-based bioeconomy transition pathways towards sustainability and the required actions have not yet been identified. Participatory backcasting was employed in this study to 'negotiate' such pathways among Finnish stakeholders by 2060 in three forest-based value networks: forest biorefineries, fibre-based packaging and wooden multistorey construction. There are many alternative pathways, ranging from incremental to more radical, to a forest-based bioeconomy within a framework of ambitious climate and biodiversity targets. Path dependence can support incremental development on bioeconomy transition pathways, and this should be considered when planning transition towards sustainability. Orchestration of the more radical changes requires actions from legislators, raw material producers, consumers and researchers, because the possibilities for business development vary between different companies and value networks. The envisioned actions between the pathways in and across the networks, such as forest diversification and diverse wood utilisation, can offer cobenefits in climate change mitigation and biodiversity protection.
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- 2021
38. Innovation governance in the forest sector : Reviewing concepts, trends and gaps
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Weiss, Gerhard, Hansen, Eric, Ludvig, Alice, Nybakk, Erlend, Toppinen, Anne, Department of Forest Sciences, University Management, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability, Forest Economics, Business and Society, and Doctoral Programme in Sustainable Use of Renewable Natural Resources
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Literature review ,Wood industry ,4112 Forestry ,Forestry ,Social innovation ,Bioeconomy ,POLICY ,INDUSTRY ,AGROFORESTRY ,SUSTAINABILITY ,RURAL-DEVELOPMENT ,SYSTEMS ,1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology ,KNOWLEDGE ,STRATEGY ,512 Business and Management ,State-of-art ,1172 Environmental sciences - Abstract
Innovation in the forest sector is a growing research interest and within this field, there is a growing attention for institutional, policy and societal dimensions and particular when it comes to the question of how to support innovativeness in the sector. This Special Issue therefore focuses on governance aspects, relating to and bridging business and political-institutional-societal levels. This includes social/societal factors, goals and implications that have recently been studied under the label of social innovation. Furthermore, the emergence of bioeconomy as a paradigm and policy goal has become a driver for a variety of innovation processes on company and institutional levels. Our article provides a tentative definition of & ldquo;innovation governance & rdquo; and attempts a stateof-art review of innovation governance research in the forest sector. For structuring the research field, we propose to distinguish between organizational/managerial, policy or innovation studies. For the forestry sector, specifically, we suggest to distinguish between studies focusing on (i) innovative governance of forest management and forest goods and services; on (ii) the governance of innovation processes as such, or (iii) on specific (transformational) approaches that may be derived from combined goals such as innovation governance for sustainability, regional development, or a bioeconomy. Studies in the forest sector are picking up new trends from innovation research that increasingly include the role of societal changes and various stakeholders such as civil society organizations and users. They also include public-private partnership models or participatory governance. We finally should not only look in how far research approaches from outside are applied in the sector but we believe that the sector could contribute much more to our general scientific knowledge on ways for a societal transformation to sustainability.
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- 2021
39. Strategic Management Towards Competitive Advantage—Patterns of Internationalization in the Finnish and Swedish Sawmill Industries
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R. Hänninen, Anne Toppinen, Jyri Hietala, and Matleena Kniivilä
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Sustainable development ,Ecology ,Supply chain ,Forestry ,Context (language use) ,Competitive advantage ,Internationalization ,media_common.cataloged_instance ,Strategic management ,Business ,Economic geography ,European union ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,Qualitative research ,media_common - Abstract
The two Nordic European Union countries, Finland and Sweden, have common features and similarities based on their rich forest resources and sizable sawmill industry with internationalization mainly through exports. We compared the Finnish and Swedish sawmill industries and market developments since 1990 and discussed the most eminent country and firm-level differences. In this context, we conducted an academic literature review on strategic approaches of sawmill industries in these countries and mapped the drivers of competitiveness that we could identify from the studies published between years 1990 and 2019. In our study, drivers of competitiveness were identified to stem dominantly from the firm-level strategic decisions and use of internal resources and capabilities, whereas the factors related to the external environment were found to be less prominent. From a methodological perspective, the use of qualitative methods has become more common towards the present date, while the use of mixed approaches is very rare. Research on sawmill industry strategies is quite versatile, but more comparative studies are needed to increase understanding of the developments and state of complex sawmill business that is influenced by a myriad of internal and also external factors.
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- 2019
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40. 'From nude calendars to tractor calendars': the perspectives of female executives on gender aspects in the North American and Nordic forest industries
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Eric Hansen, Pipiet Larasatie, Gintare Baublyte, Anne Toppinen, and Kendall Conroy
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040101 forestry ,Tractor ,Global and Planetary Change ,business.product_category ,Ecology ,Gender diversity ,05 social sciences ,Forestry ,Gender studies ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,Social behaviour ,Workforce diversity ,5. Gender equality ,Work (electrical) ,Team diversity ,0502 economics and business ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,Corporate social responsibility ,Sociology ,business ,050203 business & management - Abstract
Increasing gender diversity is no longer just the right thing to do, but also the smart thing to do. Although there is general literature about gender diversity and the perspectives of females in top management and leadership, there are, however, very few forest sector specific studies. This exploratory study utilizes interviews to better understand how female executives in North America and the Nordic countries of Finland and Sweden perceive the impact of the situation of gender diversity in the forest industry. Respondents also provide career advice for young females entering or considering entry into the industry. Female executives in both regions agree that although the forest sector is still seen as a male-oriented industry, there are signs of increasingly positive attitudes regarding industry and company culture towards the benefits of greater gender diversity; however, the described changes represent an evolution, not revolution. Interestingly, despite the status of Nordic countries as leaders in bridging the gender gap, respondents from this region believe that there is significant progress yet to be made in the forest industry, especially at the entry level. With respect to career development, North American respondents suggested that young females should consider sacrificing their social life and leisure time activities, whereas Nordic respondents instead emphasized personal supports or using exit strategy from an unsupportive company or boss.
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41. Consumers’ perceptions on the properties of wood affecting their willingness to live in and prejudices against houses made of timber
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Charlotta Harju, Katja Lähtinen, and Anne Toppinen
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040101 forestry ,0106 biological sciences ,Sustainable development ,media_common.quotation_subject ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,Business development ,01 natural sciences ,Comprehension ,010608 biotechnology ,Perception ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,General Materials Science ,Business ,Marketing ,media_common - Abstract
Multi-storey wood building (MSWB) provides options to enhance sustainable development. Despite this, no comprehension exists on how consumer perceptions differ regarding (1) willingness to live in ...
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42. 'Being one of the boys': perspectives from female forest industry leaders on gender diversity and the future of Nordic forest-based bioeconomy
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Anne Toppinen, Dalia D'amato, Jaana Korhonen, Gintare Baublyte, Department of Forest Sciences, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability, and Forest Economics, Business and Society
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Economic growth ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Higher education ,Gender diversity ,media_common.quotation_subject ,education ,COMPANIES ,GREEN ,ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ,01 natural sciences ,Ecosystem services ,SUSTAINABILITY ,5. Gender equality ,Political science ,512 Business and Management ,Empowerment ,bioeconomy ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,media_common ,040101 forestry ,4112 Forestry ,business.industry ,WOMEN ,Forestry ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,career roles ,Forest sector ,Sustainability ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,gender diversity ,Forest industry ,business - Abstract
Women working in the Nordic forest sector are underrepresented in top leadership positions, despite the female share increasing in higher education programs. Little research exists on this ...
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43. Measurement of Snow-Depth Using Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Radar Sensors
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Henry Tarvainen, Jukka Heikkonen, Eemeli Tolppanen, Arto Toppinen, Petri Selkivaara, and Rajeev Kumar Kanth
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Continuous-wave radar ,Snow ,Geology ,Remote sensing - Published
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44. Innovative and Efficient Teaching Methodology for Digital Communication Systems Using an e-Learning Platform
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Arto Toppinen, Jukka Heikkonen, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Rajeev Kumar Kanth, Jukka-Pekka Skön, and Kari Lehtomäki
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Multimedia ,Computer science ,Teaching method ,E-learning (theory) ,Communications system ,computer.software_genre ,computer - Published
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45. A hybrid pipeline for reconstruction and analysis of viral genomes at multi-organ level
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Diogo Pratas, Klaus Hedman, Lari Pyöriä, Maria F. Perdomo, Mari Toppinen, Antti Sajantila, Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Klaus Hedman / Principal Investigator, Virus infections and immunity, HUSLAB, Helsinki University Hospital Area, Department of Forensic Medicine, and PaleOmics Laboratory
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Mitochondrial DNA ,Computer science ,multi-organ sequencing ,AcademicSubjects/SCI02254 ,Sequence assembly ,Health Informatics ,Sequence alignment ,Genome, Viral ,Computational biology ,mitochondrial DNA ,SOFTWARE ,Genome ,SEQUENCE ,DNA sequencing ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,efficient pipeline ,Technical Note ,Humans ,JC polyomavirus ,030304 developmental biology ,genome analysis ,0303 health sciences ,Base Sequence ,parvovirus B19 ,Genomics ,Pipeline (software) ,Computer Science Applications ,READ ALIGNMENT ,viral genomes ,Ancient DNA ,Tissue tropism ,AcademicSubjects/SCI00960 ,3111 Biomedicine ,Sequence Alignment ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Background Advances in sequencing technologies have enabled the characterization of multiple microbial and host genomes, opening new frontiers of knowledge while kindling novel applications and research perspectives. Among these is the investigation of the viral communities residing in the human body and their impact on health and disease. To this end, the study of samples from multiple tissues is critical, yet, the complexity of such analysis calls for a dedicated pipeline. We provide an automatic and efficient pipeline for identification, assembly, and analysis of viral genomes that combines the DNA sequence data from multiple organs. TRACESPipe relies on cooperation among 3 modalities: compression-based prediction, sequence alignment, and de novo assembly. The pipeline is ultra-fast and provides, additionally, secure transmission and storage of sensitive data. Findings TRACESPipe performed outstandingly when tested on synthetic and ex vivo datasets, identifying and reconstructing all the viral genomes, including those with high levels of single-nucleotide polymorphisms. It also detected minimal levels of genomic variation between different organs. Conclusions TRACESPipe’s unique ability to simultaneously process and analyze samples from different sources enables the evaluation of within-host variability. This opens up the possibility to investigate viral tissue tropism, evolution, fitness, and disease associations. Moreover, additional features such as DNA damage estimation and mitochondrial DNA reconstruction and analysis, as well as exogenous-source controls, expand the utility of this pipeline to other fields such as forensics and ancient DNA studies. TRACESPipe is released under GPLv3 and is available for free download at https://github.com/viromelab/tracespipe.
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46. The Role and Value of Data in Circular Business Models – a Systematic Literature Review
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Päivi Luoma, Anne Toppinen, and Esko Penttinen
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HF5001-6182 ,Business - Abstract
Purpose: A systematic review of the literature on circular business models was performed, for synthesis of what it reveals about the role and value of data in those models. The increasing quantity of supply-chain and life-cycle data available has potential to be a significant driver of circular business models. The paper describes the current state of knowledge and identifies avenues for further research related to use of various forms of data in the models. Design: A systematic review of literature on the use of data in circular business models was carried out, to inform understanding of the existing body of knowledge and provide a firm foundation for further research. Findings: The literature reviewed indicates that the understanding of the role and value of data in circular business models is fragmented. Nonetheless, data and related technologies, services, and platforms are commonly seen as drivers and enablers of circular economy. Among the further research opportunities are work on collaboration in capturing the value of data in circular business models and on data as a source of business-model innovation. Value: The work provides new insight on transforming data-driven value creation into good business and represents one of the first comprehensive reviews addressing data’s value in a networked circular-economy context. It aids in understanding what data-driven circular business models enable, how companies can create new circular business, and how the emergence of such networked business can be accelerated.
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- 2021
47. Development of a forest-based bioeconomy in Finland: Insights on three value networks through expert views
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Katja Lähtinen, Satu Pätäri, Jenni Miettinen, Markku Ollikainen, Minna Autio, Mirja Mikkilä, Lassi Linnanen, Eliisa Kylkilahti, Anni Tuppura, Anne Toppinen, Tiia-Lotta Pekkanen, Jukka Luhas, Jaana Korhonen, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability, Department of Forest Sciences, Forest Economics, Business and Society, Department of Economics and Management, Environmental and Resource Economics, Consumer Studies Research Group, and Department of Education
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Collaborative research method ,Knowledge management ,PERCEPTIONS ,020209 energy ,Strategy and Management ,SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITIONS ,Renewal ,02 engineering and technology ,WOOD ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,Politics ,SUPPORT ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,0505 law ,General Environmental Science ,Research method ,4112 Forestry ,Consumption practices ,CONSTRUCTION ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,Corporate governance ,05 social sciences ,CONSUMPTION PRACTICES ,GOVERNANCE ,POLICY MIXES ,Bioeconomy ,Incentive ,Transformational leadership ,Value network ,Forest sector ,050501 criminology ,Survey data collection ,Business ,TECHNOLOGICAL-INNOVATION SYSTEMS ,CONSENSUS ,Regulation - Abstract
It is uncertain how the traditional forest sector can respond to the changing political environment, evolving markets, and global environmental problems. This study focuses on the development of forest-based bioeconomy (BE) in Finland from the perspective of three forest-based value networks (wooden multistory construction, fiber-based packaging, and biorefining) and thus breaks the tendency of siloed discussions. The study of expert opinions applies a collaborative interdisciplinary research method that combines group discussions and follow-up survey data. The results indicate that transformational regulation, proper incentives, and ways of increasing interaction at the business-consumer interface are required to support the creation of new practices and the destruction of old practices in the industry renewal. (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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48. Citizen views on wood as a construction material: results from seven European countries
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Anne Toppinen, Noora Viholainen, Florencia Franzini, Camilla Widmark, Anders Q. Nyrud, Hans Fredrik Hoen, Katja Lähtinen, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Forest Bioeconomy, Business and Sustainability, Department of Forest Sciences, and Forest Economics, Business and Society
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040101 forestry ,Global and Planetary Change ,4112 Forestry ,PERCEPTIONS ,Ecology ,citizen ,FRAME MULTISTORY CONSTRUCTION ,Forest Science ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,wood construction ,Forestry ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,02 engineering and technology ,end user ,perception ,Economy ,021105 building & construction ,TIMBER ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,Business ,ATTITUDES ,multi-story wooden buildings ,Embodied energy - Abstract
Multi-story wooden buildings are hailed as a favorable means toward reducing the embodied energy of the construction sector. However, the sector’s path-dependent nature hinders acceptance of using wood in multi-story construction. As a result, research predominantly focuses on examining the perceptions of construction professionals to identify means of breaking the path dependency. We propose using citizens’ perceptions about the use of wood to inform professional decision makers. Our research thus aims to answer two questions: What are citizens’ perceptions about using wood as a construction material, and are there country-based cultural differences between these perceptions? To elicit this spectrum of citizen views, an online survey was deployed in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyze 6633 open-ended responses to the survey. Respondents held multi-faceted opinions about the physical properties, environmental, social, and economic aspects of using wood as a construction material. Citizens from Finland, Norway, and Sweden expressed discernably different perspectives about the acceptability of using wood than did citizens from Austria, Denmark, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Overall, respondents from all countries expressed high approval for the use of wood in construction.
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49. The Human Bone Marrow Is Host to the DNAs of Several Viruses
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Toppinen, Mari, Sajantila, Antti, Pratas, Diogo, Hedman, Klaus, Perdomo, Maria F., Virus infections and immunity, Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital Area, Department of Forensic Medicine, HUSLAB, Klaus Hedman / Principal Investigator, and PaleOmics Laboratory
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11832 Microbiology and virology ,virome ,hematopoietic disorders ,viruses ,human bone marrow ,human papillomavirus 31 ,3111 Biomedicine ,DNA viruses ,transplantation - Abstract
The long-term impact of viruses residing in the human bone marrow (BM) remains unexplored. However, chronic inflammatory processes driven by single or multiple viruses could significantly alter hematopoiesis and immune function. We performed a systematic analysis of the DNAs of 38 viruses in the BM. We detected, by quantitative PCRs and next-generation sequencing, viral DNA in 88.9% of the samples, up to five viruses in one individual. Included were, among others, several herpesviruses, hepatitis B virus, Merkel cell polyomavirus and, unprecedentedly, human papillomavirus 31. Given the reactivation and/or oncogenic potential of these viruses, their repercussion on hematopoietic and malignant disorders calls for careful examination. Furthermore, the implications of persistent infections on the engraftment, regenerative capacity, and outcomes of bone marrow transplantation deserve in-depth evaluation.
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50. The Human Bone Marrow Is Host to the DNAs of Several Viruses
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Mari Toppinen, Antti Sajantila, Diogo Pratas, Klaus Hedman, and Maria F. Perdomo
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virome ,hematopoietic disorders ,viruses ,human bone marrow ,human papillomavirus 31 ,DNA viruses ,Microbiology ,QR1-502 ,transplantation - Abstract
The long-term impact of viruses residing in the human bone marrow (BM) remains unexplored. However, chronic inflammatory processes driven by single or multiple viruses could significantly alter hematopoiesis and immune function. We performed a systematic analysis of the DNAs of 38 viruses in the BM. We detected, by quantitative PCRs and next-generation sequencing, viral DNA in 88.9% of the samples, up to five viruses in one individual. Included were, among others, several herpesviruses, hepatitis B virus, Merkel cell polyomavirus and, unprecedentedly, human papillomavirus 31. Given the reactivation and/or oncogenic potential of these viruses, their repercussion on hematopoietic and malignant disorders calls for careful examination. Furthermore, the implications of persistent infections on the engraftment, regenerative capacity, and outcomes of bone marrow transplantation deserve in-depth evaluation.
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