Nora Fagerholm
Associate Professor
ncfage@utu.fi +358 29 450 4131 +358 40 708 0642 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku Työhuone: Room 431b ORCID-tunniste: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5020-0746(external) |
Ihmisen ja luonnon vuorovaikutus; sosio-ekologiset järjestelmät; osallistavat paikkatietomenetelmät (participatory GIS, publicparticipation GIS); maisema-arvot; ekosysteemi-/maisemapalvelut; monilajinen oikeudenmukaisuus, vihreä infrastruktuuri; maisematutkimus; maisemakarakterisointi; maankäytön ja maanpeitteen muutos; osallistuva suunnittelu; 3D-virtuaalimaisemat; 3D-kaupunkimallit; kansallispuistot
aluetuntemus: Eurooppa, Tansania (Sansibar), Färsaaret
I am Associate Professor in Human-Nature Interactions and Sustainability at the University of Turku and head of the Sustainable Landscape Systems Research Group (https://sites.utu.fi/landscape/(external)).
I hold a PhD in Geography (2012) from the Department of Geography at University of Turku. I spent my main post-doctoral research phase 2014-18 at the University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management. In 2018, I have also spent a post-doctoral phase at Aalto University, Department of Built Environment. In 2018-19, I was university lecturer in geoinformatics at University of Turku.
Ongoing reserach projects:
Multispecies well-being and accessibility of urban nature in densifying cities (JustTrees, 2025-26, funded by the City of Turku Urban Research Program, https://sites.utu.fi/justtrees/)
Urban Biodiversity Parks - Co-creative platforms for enhancing biodiversity, learning and community involvement in urban ecological regeneration (2024-27, funded by EU-UIA, https://www.urban-initiative.eu/ia-cities/turku/home(external))
Multispecies transitions of cities and regions (MUST, 2023-26, funded by the the Strategic Research Council operating under the Research Council of Finland, vice-director, https://must-project.fi/(external))
Transformative Cities: Coupling citizen-inspired geospatial and transformative governance methods to promote carbon neutral and climate resilient cities by 2035 (2023-25, funded by the Reserach Council of Finland through the NextGenerationEU instrument, sub-project PI, https://transformative-cities.eu(external))
Regions for climate change resilience through Innovation, Science and Technology (RESIST, 2023-27, funded by Horizon2020, sub-project PI, https://resist-project.eu/(external))
Previous projects:
Wellbeing benefits of urban green infrastructure mapped through participation and 3D virtual landscapes (GreenPlace, 2019-24, Academy Reserach Fellow project funded by the Reserach Council of Finland, principal investigator (PI), utu.fi/greenplace(external))
Interdisciplinary analysis of ecological and social complex feedbacks and relations linked to coastal tourism: the case of the Archipelago Sea Biosphere Reserve (Intestour, 2022-24, funded by Maragarita Salasa grant, supervision of postdoctoral researcher Liliana Solé Figueras)
Drivers and Feedbacks of Changes in Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity (CHARTER, 2020-24, funded by Horizon2020, sub-project PI, www.charter-arctic.org/(external)).
Editorial roles:
Associate Editor of Landscape and Urban Planning (2024-)
Editorial Board member of Sustainability Science (2020-), Landscape and Urban Planning (2019-24), and Landscape Ecology (2019-24)
I am a geographer and landscape researcher whose work has primarily focused on place-based assessments of people's perceptions of ecosystem services and landscapes. I have expertise in participatory mapping, often referred to as Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) or Participatory GIS (PGIS).
My research interests center on a holistic understanding of human–nature interconnectedness in a spatial context, situated at the interface of the human and natural sciences. This entails a strong place-based and mixed-methods approach, addressing social, ecological, and technological dimensions to support a transdisciplinary perspective in spatial planning and the management of landscapes, resources, and nature. Recently, I have focused particularly on exploring the diverse values of urban nature and promoting multispecies justice in land use planning.
I am one of the founding members of the Participatory Mapping Institute (established in 2020, www.participatorymapping.org(external)), a global network of researchers and practitioners committed to advancing the field of public participation and participatory mapping beyond the current state of the art.
I have teaching experience since 2006 at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. I have been teaching in the fields of sustainability, PPGIS/PGIS, GIS, remote sensing, cartography, urban planning, landscape management, spatial planning, regional and development geography and sustainable development at the universities of Turku, Copenhagen, Dar es Salaam and Vaasa.
Current courses:
MAAN6070 Kestävä kehitys maantieteessä/Sustainable Development in Geography, 5 ECTS (responsible teacher)
MAAN7772 GeoAI and Participatory Mapping for Sustainability Transformations, 10 ECTS (responsible teacher)
MAAN7082 Maantieteellinen asiantuntijatyö/Geography Specialist Work, 2 ECTS (responsible teacher)
MAAN7011 Maantieteen teorian ja metodologian luennot/Lectures in theory and methodology in geography, 5 ECTS
MAAN7010 Erikoistuminen maantieteessä/Specialisation in Geography, 5 ECTS
MAAN7052 Maantieteen kollokvio/Geography Colloquium, 3 ECTS
MTDK1213 Tieteen yhteiskuntavastuun projekti/Project in Social Responsibility of Science, 5-10 ECTS (https://sites.utu.fi/tyvi/en/(external))
I also supervise Master's and Doctoral theses.
- A learning-based algorithm for generation of synthetic participatory mapping data in 2D and 3D (2022)
- MethodsX
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Analysis of pandemic outdoor recreation and green infrastructure in Nordic cities to enhance urban resilience (2022)
- npj Urban Sustainability
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Auditing an urban park deck with 3D geovisualization—A comparison of in-situ and VR walk-along interviews (2022)
- Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Combining sense of place theory with the ecosystem services concept: empirical insights and reflections from a participatory mapping study (2022)
- Landscape Ecology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Comparing landscape value patterns between participatory mapping and geolocated social media content across Europe (2022)
- Landscape and Urban Planning
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Navigating overgrazing and cultural values through narratives and participatory mapping: a socio-cultural analysis of sheep grazing in the Faroe Islands (2022)
- Ecosystems and People
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Public participation geographical information systems (PPGIS) Participatory research methods for sustainability – toolkit #1 (2022)
- GAIA
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - A methodological framework for analysis of participatory mapping data in research, planning, and management (2021)
- International Journal of Geographical Information Science
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä) - Data integration and participatory process in developing integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) in the northern Baltic Sea (2021)
- Journal of Coastal Conservation
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Exploring Senses of Place Through Narratives of Tourism Growth and Place Change (2021) Changing Senses of Place: Navigating Global Challenges Raymond Christopher M., Verbrugge Laura N. H., Fagerholm Nora, Olafsson Anton S., Magnussen Eyðfinn, Plieninger Tobias
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa) - Harnessing sensing systems towards urban sustainability transformation (2021)
- npj Urban Sustainability
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Lessons learned from participatory land use planning with high-resolution remote sensing images in Tanzania: Practitioners' and participants’ perspectives (2021)
- Land Use Policy
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Mixtures of forest and agroforestry alleviate trade-offs between ecosystem services in European rural landscapes (2021)
- Ecosystem Services
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Outdoor recreation and nature's contribution to well-being in a pandemic situation - Case Turku, Finland (2021)
- Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PGIS) to assess water, energy and food availability in a vulnerable community in Guarulhos (Brazil) (2021)
- International journal of urban sustainable development
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Perceptions of Cultural Ecosystem Services: spatial differences in urban and rural areas of Kokemäenjoki, Finland (2021)
- Landscape Research
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Radical changes are needed for transformations to a good Anthropocene (2021)
- npj Urban Sustainability
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä) - Sense of presence and sense of place in perceiving a 3D geovisualization for communication in urban planning – Differences introduced by prior familiarity with the place (2021)
- Landscape and Urban Planning
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Systematic review protocol: Review of 3D visualisations supporting communication in urban and landscape planning (2021) Eilola Salla, Jaalama Kaisa, Kangassalo Petri, Nummi Pilvi, Staffans Aija, Fagerholm Nora
(O2 Muu julkaisu ) - Vehreytttä ja rentoa oleskelutilaa kaivataan Aninkaisten konserttitalon kortteliin – Raportti 3D-näkymiä pilotoivan asukaskyselyn tuloksista ja käyttökokemuksesta (2021) Eilola Salla, Kollanen Petra, Fagerholm Nora
(D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti tai -selvitys )