Mia Landauer

Dr. Mia Landauer is a senior researcher at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland (Finland), a guest research scholar in the Advancing Systems Analysis Program of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) (Austria) and an associated senior research fellow at the Institute for Security & Development Policy (Sweden). She has a Master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Geography from Finland, and a doctorate degree (Dr. nat. techn.) in Natural Resources and Life Sciences from the Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Austria. Her prior research projects have concentrated on environmental governance and climate change adaptation of urban areas, tourism, and Arctic traditional livelihoods. Her current work examines sustainable economic development in the Fennoscandian Arctic from the perspectives of social-ecological resilience and justice. She is coordinating a six-year transdisciplinary research project REBOUND on just green transition, led by the University of Lapland and funded by the Strategic Research Council of Finland. Her research approach blends environmental research, community participation, and policy analysis.