Environment and Law Research Programme, 2005-2008
Evaluation Report
Evaluation report has been published in Academy of Finland´s publication series (11/09 Environment and Law Research Programme. Evaluation Report). The report is available on Academy of Finland´s www-pages (http://www.aka.fi/en-gb/A/Academy-of-Finland/Academy-publications/Publication-series/) in .pdf-form or can be ordered form Academy´s Communications Unit, viestinta(at)aka.fi.
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The Academy of Finland runs the Environment and Law Research Programme between 1.1.2005 - 31.12.2008. The total funding of the programme is 2.5 million euros. In total there are 45 researchers of environmental law, private law, environmental economy, environmental policy, environmental sociology, environmental philosophy and forestry working in seven different research projects.
The research projects share common themes such as
- effectiveness of environmental instruments,
- public participation in environmental decision-making,
- management of environmental conflicts and
- changing instruments of environmental governance.
The aims of the Environment and Law Research Programme are to strengthen research on the legal and social systems and practices concerning the environment and natural resources; to promote and deepen multidisciplinary research approaches in studies of environmental law; and to support and generate national and international networks of cooperation between universities, research institutes and different disciplines.
The Research Programme is the run by the Research Council for Culture and Society while the the Research Council for Biosciences and Environment and the Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering participate in the programme.
The Reseach Programme is co-ordinated by the Department of Law at the University of Joensuu. The scientific co-ordinator is Professor Tapio Määttä and the co-ordination secretary is researcher Leila Suvantola.