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 |
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/).
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)
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/)
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)
Regions for climate change resilience through Innovation, Science and Technology (RESIST, 2023-27, funded by Horizon2020, sub-project PI, https://resist-project.eu/)
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)
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/).
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), 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/)
I also supervise Master's and Doctoral theses.
- Community inhabitants’ values and benefits in dynamic tropical forest landscapes – Participation and spatial analysis in landscape knowledge integration (2012) Fagerholm Nora
(G5 Artikkeliväitöskirja) - Community stakeholders' knowledge in landscape assessments - Mapping indicators for landscape services (2012)
- Ecological Indicators
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Consequences of land cover transitions on the sustainability of coral rag forests in Zanzibar, Tanzania. (2012)
- Helsingin Yliopiston Maantieteen Laitoksen Julkaisuja Ja Raportteja
(B3 Vertaisarvioimaton artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa) - Osallistavaa kartoitusta Sansibarilla (2012)
- Positio
(D1 Artikkeli ammattilehdessä) - Dynamic land use and land cover changes and their effect on forest resources in a coastal village of Matemwe, Zanzibar, Tanzania (2011)
- Land Use Policy
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Land cover changes and their effect on forest resources in Zanzibar, Tanzania (2011) Käyhkö Niina, Fagerholm Nora, Mzee Abbas, Khamis Miza
(B3 Vertaisarvioimaton artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa) - Mapping and characterising children's daily mobility in urban residential areas in Turku, Finland (2011)
- Fennia : International Journal of Geography
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Kirja-arvostelu: Meghan Cope & Sarah Elwood (toim.): Qualitative GIS. A mixed methods approach. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2009 (2010)
- Terra: Maantieteellinen Aikakauskirja
(B1 Vertaisarvioimaton kirjoitus tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Sansibarin saaren trooppinen metsämaisema (2010) Sansibar - maustesaari muutoksessa Fagerholm N, Käyhkö N
(B2 Vertaisarvioimaton kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa) - Sansibar - maustesaari muutoksessa. Turun maantieteellisen seuran julkaisuja 2 (2010) Fagerholm N, Orjala M, Ivaska I, Sitari T (toim. )
(C2 Toimitustyö tieteelliselle kokoomateokselle) - Ympäristökokemuksista kulttuurista herkkyyttä kaupunkien suunnitteluun (2010)
- Terra: Maantieteellinen Aikakauskirja
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä) - Participatory mapping and geographical patterns of the social landscape values of rural communities in Zanzibar, Tanzania (2009) Fagerholm Nora, Käyhkö Niina
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Turkulaisen nuoren viheralue − yläkouluikäiset osallisina viheralueiden suunnittelussa (The green area of the adolescent in Turku − the pupils of secondary school as participants of green area planning) (2006) Fagerholm Nora
(G2 Pro gradu, diplomityö, YAMK-opinnäytetyö) - Kierrätys jätehuollossa − eurooppalainen näkökulma (Recycling in waste management – European perspective) (2003) Fagerholm Nora
(G1 Ammattikorkeakoulututkinnon opinnäytetyö, kandidaatintyö )