Helena Leino
About me
Short bio here.
Responsibilities
Responsible professor in Environmental Policy and Regional Studies.
Member of the Politics of Nature and the Environment research group (PONTE).
Member of Sustainable Transformation of Urban Environments, Tampere University profiling area.
Fields of expertise
urban environmental policy, urban planning, sustainable urbanisation, public participation, land use planning, biodiversity policy in cities, co-created knowledge production, living lab experiments, interpretative policy analysis.
Selected publications
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Latest publications
Fulfill the dream: advancing skateboarders’ agency through experimenting and interaction with urban infrastructure
Kyrönviita, M. & Leino, H., 25 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Urbanism.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Saving the “lungs of the city”: emerging civic action in urban environmental policy: case studies from Tampere, Finland and Worcester, Massachusetts
Laine, M., Gallo-Cruz, S. & Leino, H., 11 Sept 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Local Environment.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Visualisoinneilla vaikutetaan tulevaisuuden kaupunkikehitykseen
Kuoppa, J., Mäntysalo, R., Leino, H., Laine, M. & Lehmuskallio, A., 2025, Turun kaupunki, Kaupunkitutkimusohjelma. 8 p. (Tutkimuskatsauksia; vol. 2025, no. 4)Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Eco-gentrification in a Welfare State: How Sustainable City Development Gradually Reduces Social Equity
Leino, H., Wallin, A. & Laine, M., 2024, In: URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW. 61, 1, p. 70-93 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
From big apple to home of hockey: how scalar narratives and performative practices work in urban planning
Leino, H., 2024, In: Planning Practice and Research. 39, 3, p. 461-478Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Heating up the sauna: Analogue model unraveling the creativity of public participation
Alatalo, E., Leino, H., Laine, M. & Turku, V., 2024, In: PLANNING THEORY. 23, 1, p. 22-41Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Heterotopic diversity of coworking spaces: Providing adaptive capacity for cities
Alatalo, E., Leino, H. & Jokinen, A., Feb 2024, In: Cities. 145, 104717.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Tampereen yliopiston ympäristöpolitiikka: tutkimus ja opetus muutosten mankelissa
Jokinen, A., Jokinen, P., Laine, M. & Leino, H., 2024, Yhteiskuntatieteellinen ympäristötutkimus: Monitieteisen alan muotoutuminen Suomessa 1994–2024. Santaoja, M., Berglund, E., Sairinen, R., Peltonen, L., Heikkurinen, P. & Casi, C. (eds.). Tampere: Yhteiskuntatieteellisen ympäristötutkimuksen seura ry, p. 161-172 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
Nordic Environmental State in the Making? A Practice View of the Green Transition
Leino, H., Laine, M., Jokinen, A. & Jokinen, P., 2023, Finnish Public Administration: Nordic Public Space and Agency. Pekkola, E., Johanson, J.-E. & M. M. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 279-291 (Governance and Public Management).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Ekogentrifikaatio suomalaisessa kaupunkikehityksessä: Havaintoja Tampereelta
Translated title of the contribution :Ecogentrification in Finnish urban development. Reflections from Tampere. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review