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Eija Meriläinen is a postdoctoral researcher, affiliated with the Department of Human Geography at Örebro University (Sweden), University College London (United Kingdom) and Hanken School of Economics (Finland). She studies (1) diverse urban spaces, from ‘shrinking’ municipalities in sparsely populated regions to the socio-spatial margins of the metropolis, and (2) disasters, crises, and other disruptions within and across these spaces. Housing is one of her key research topics.
Ongoin independent research projects focused on Northern Finland:
• ‘Making home in the mono-industrial urban region’ (2022—2026)
• ‘Rights to/of the forest in climate change related disaster governance in the Barents region’ (2019—2025)
Education information
Doctor of Science (Economics and Business Administration), Business Economics, svenska handelshögskolan, Finland, 2020Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- 519 Social and economic geography
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Nature–society relations in disaster governance frameworks
Meriläinen, E., 04.03.2025, In: Disasters. 49, 2, e12678.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Climate Change, Community Action, and Health in the Anglophone Caribbean: A Scoping Review
Myhre, S. L., Scobie, M., Meriläinen, E., Kelman, I. & Gopinathan, U., 12.01.2024, In: Public Health Reviews. 44, 13 p., 1605843.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review
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Climate change, disasters and humanitarian action
Kelman, I. & Meriläinen, E., 02.2024, Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality. Roth, S., Purkayastha, B. & Denskus, T. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, p. 338-351 14 p. (Elgar Handbooks on Inequality).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Intersecting Participatory Action Research and Remote Sensing for Climate Change, Health, and Justice
Peters, L. E. R., Kelman, I., Hoek, J. V. D., Meriläinen, E. & Shannon, G., 2024, Climate Justice and Public Health : Realities, Responses, and Reimaginings for a Better Future. Srikanth, R. & Thompson, L. (eds.). Amherst: University of Massachusetts press, p. 66-87 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Think global, act local: using a translocal approach to understand community-based organisations’ responses to planetary health crises during COVID-19
Shannon, G., Basu, P., Peters, L. E. R., Clark-Ginsberg, A., Herrera Delgado, T. M., Gope, R., Guanilo, M., Kelman, I., Noelli, L., Meriläinen, E., Riley, K., Wood, C. & Prost, A., 10.2023, In: The Lancet Planetary Health. 7, 10, p. e850-e858Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
Open AccessFile5 Citations (Scopus)
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Cascading Innovation Upstream the Supply Chain through Procurement Processes
Kovacs, G. (Project participant), Haavisto, I. (Project participant), Storsjö, I. (Project participant), Kachali, H. (Project participant), Meriläinen, E. (Project participant), Kaasinen, K. (Project participant) & Forss, L. (Project participant)
01.01.2015 → 31.12.2016
Project: Externally funded project
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Wine supply chain practices
Kovacs, G. (Project participant), Spens, K. (Project participant), Storsjö, I. (Project participant), Meriläinen, E. (Project participant), Tatham, P. (Project participant) & Vaillancourt, A. (Project participant)
01.01.2014 → 31.12.2018
Project: Other project
Activities
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Organising for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (MOOC)
Solitander, N. (Other role), Fougère, M. (Other role), Sandberg, M. (Other role), Annala Tesfaye, L. (Other role), Meriläinen, E. (Other role), Tesfaye Gemechu, Y. (Other role) & Wilén, K. B. (Other role)
2020 → …Activity: Other › Types for other activities - Other activities, including coordination
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University of Gothenburg
Meriläinen, E. S. (Visit abroad)
01.04.2019 → 21.06.2019Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visit to other institution
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Rawlsian Social Contract in Disaster Governance
Meriläinen, E. S. (Speaker)
10.04.2018 → 14.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Universidad de Buenos Aires
Meriläinen, E. S. (Visit abroad)
06.04.2018Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visit to other institution
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Universidad Católica Argentina
Meriläinen, E. S. (Visit abroad)
04.04.2018Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visit to other institution
Press/Media
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Resiliens är det nya modeordet - tilltron till staten en orsak till Finlands kristålighet: "Staten behövs för att ställa saker till rätta"
17.05.2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Katastrofit vahvistavat vahvoja ja heikentävät heikkoja – miten käy koronakriisin jälkeen?
05.05.2020 → 10.05.2020
8 Media contributions
Press/Media: Press / Media