Reconceptualizing Boundaries Together Towards Resilient and Just Arctic Future(s) – REBOUND
REBOUND is a six-year project (2023–2029) funded by the Finnish Strategic Research Council, focusing its research objectives on just green transition, e.g. from the viewpoints of different forms of land use in Northern Finland.
Research objectives
The success of a just green transition requires an understanding of what justice means from the point of view of different actors: how risks, benefits, and impacts are distributed and how they are considered in planning and decision-making.
What does this mean in the lives of Northern Finns, in planning and decision-making of land use activities in practice? To answer this, we need a wide range of actors and experts, and many valuable local-level views and experiences on how to respond to the environmental, social, and economic challenges brought by the green transition.
Focus on Northern Finland
The REBOUND project responds to social and economic challenges caused by climate change, biodiversity loss, and related land use changes.
Climate and environmental change and related land use challenges can be better responded to with interdisciplinary and joint planning, and thus promote socio-ecological resilience. This inclusive approach of REBOUND steers the journey towards a just and sustainable future.
The focus of the research activities is on Northern Finland, where the change in energy policy and land use caused by national climate goals and the changed geopolitical situation has already caused conflicts at the local level.
Research Team
The Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland leads the project. The Faculty of Art and Design and the Faculty of Education from the University of Lapland, the Natural Resources Institute Finland, the Finnish Environment Agency, and the University of Helsinki are also involved in the project.
The consortium is led by Principal Investigator (PI), Senior Researcher, Docent Tanja Joona, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland. Meet other researchers of the consortium here.
Funding
The project is funded by the Finnish Strategic Research Council. The Strategic Research Council of Finland finances socially significant and influential high-level science. Research is used to find concrete solutions to large societal challenges that require multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches.
Other projects under the JUST TRANSITION program can be found here.