Eeva Primmer

Research director

Professor; Docent (Adjunct professor) in Environmental Policy at University of Helsinki; PhD in Agriculture and Forestry from University of Helsinki

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Contact information

Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi
Tel. +358 (0)295 251 521

Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)
DG´s office
Latokartanonkaari 11
FI-00790 Helsinki, Finland

Eeva Primmer in Linkedin

Duties

• Responsible for the quality, integrity and impact of Syke's research
• Deputy of director general
• Heads two cross-cutting units: Societal Change and Quality of Information 

International scholarly and science-policy activities

• Bureau Member in the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
• Member of the United Nations International Resources Panel (UN-IRP)
• Member of the Alternet Council

Research experience

• Ecosystem services, biodiversity, forests, natural resources, energy, sustainable development, sustainability transition.
• Governance and institutions  with a particular focus on the ways in which regulation, norms and values as well as organizational structures and actor constellations shape the behavior of actors.
• Policy implementation and integration of conservation and economic activities.
• Multilevel governance, networks and organizations.

Videos

• SYKE Policy Brief: It is time for sustainability transformation (YouTube)
• Eeva Primmer on science feeding to policy and forest policy in a Think Forest webinar 26 June 2023 (YouTube)

Publications

Selected articles

• Primmer, E., & Furman, E. (2024). How have measuring, mapping and valuation enhanced governance of ecosystem services?. Ecosystem Services, 67, 101612.

• Primmer, E., & Paavola, J. (2021). Insurance Value of Ecosystems: An Introduction. Ecological Economics, 184, 107001.

• Primmer, E., Varumo, L., Krause, T., Orsi, F., Geneletti, D., Brogaard, S., Aukes, E., Ciolli, M., Grossmann, C., Hernández-Morcillo, M., Kister, J., Kluvánková, T., Loft, L., Maier, C., Meyer, C., Schleyer, C., Spacek, M., Mann, C. 2021. Mapping Europe’s institutional landscape for forest ecosystem service provision, innovations and governance. Ecosystem Services, 47, 101225.

• Primmer, E., Varumo, L, Kotilainen, J.M., Raitanen, E., Kattainen, M., Pekkonen, M., Kuusela, S., Kullberg, P. Kangas, J.A., Ollikainen, M. 2019.Governing biodiversity offsetting: An institutional analysis of rights and responsibilities. Land Use Policy 81, 776-784.

• Primmer, E., Saarikoski, H., Vatn, A. 2018. An empirical analysis of institutional demand for Valuation Knowledge. Ecological Economics 152, October 2018, 152–160.

• Primmer, E., Termansen, M., Bredin, Y.K., Blicharska, M., Garcia-Llorente, M., Berry, P., Jääskeläinen, T., Bela, G., Fabók, V., Geamana, N., Harrison, P.A., Haslett, J., Cosor, G., Holst Andersen, A. 2017. Caught between personal and collective values: biodiversity conservation in European decision-making. Environmental Policy and Governance. 27(6), 588–604.

• Primmer, E., Jokinen, P., Blicharska, M., Barton, D.N., Bugter, R., Potschin, M. 2015. A framework for empirical analysis of ecosystem services governance. Ecosystem Services 16, 158-166. 

• Primmer, E., Furman, E. 2012. Operationalising ecosystem service approaches for governance: Do measuring, mapping and valuing integrate sector-specific knowledge systems? Ecosystem Services 1, 85–92.

• Primmer, E. 2011. Analysis of institutional adaptation: integration of biodiversity conservation into forestry, Journal of Cleaner Production, 19:16, 1822-1832.

All articles

• Eeva Primmer in Google Scholar