CURRICULUM VITAE 01/2018. Director, professor

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE 01/2018 Director, professor Ruralia Institute Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry University of Helsinki PERSONAL INFORMATION Name Kurki, Sami Petri Year and place of birth 7 th of August 1967, Finland Marital status Married, two children b. 1993, 1995 EDUCATION AND TRAINING PhD (ecology) 1998 University of Turku, Finland Title of docent (landscape ecology) University of Eastern Finland Specialist Qualification in Management (JET), Deep Lead program 2010 CURRENT POSITION Director, professor Ruralia Institute Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry University of Helsinki PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE Vice-director, professor (Director of the Seinäjoki unit) Ruralia Institute, University of Helsinki Research Director, professor (Entrepreneurship and rural development) Ruralia Institute, University of Helsinki

2 Research Program Manager University Association of South Ostrobothnia, Finland Developing a concept (EPANET) for university-industry co-operation, for further information see e.g. Postdoctoral Researcher Academy of Finland / University of Turku (Integrating landscape ecology into forest planning; FIBRE -consortium led by professor Timo Pukkala) Researcher (PhD project) Research grant; Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation (The effects of human-induced landscape changes on interspecific interactions; together with professor Harto Lindén) Researcher University of Turku (Projects: Forest biodiversity in Russia, Local ecological knowledge and sustainable development; together with professors Yrjö Haila and Erkki Haukioja) Biodiversity consultant (Several assignments with Indufor Inc. and Biota BD Inc.) Research assistant (Short-term contracts with University of Turku, Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute RKTL and Finnish Agricultural Research Centre MTT) EXAMBLES OF OTHER RECENT ROLES AND ASSIGNMENTS Korpisaari Foundation (Etelä-Pohjanmaan opisto) member of the board, chair of the board since present Finnish Organic Research Institute (Luomuinstituutti) member of the board, chair of the board since present University Consortium of Seinäjoki (UCS) member of the executive group, chair years 2007, 2012, 2013, present Helsinki institute for Sustainability Science HELSUS vice member of the board present

3 University Association of South Ostrobothnia (EPKY) , member of the board Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute (RKTL) vice-chair of the board Nature and Game Management Trust, Finland chair of the expert panel Taita Research Station (Kenya), University of Helsinki member of the advisory board present Finnish Rural Network Innovation Thematic Group member University college, University of Helsinki 2009 member Since 2000 chair and member in several project steering groups (~ 70), international (e.g. EU Cost actions) and national networks focusing on university-industry co-operation, regional and rural development, innovation processes and networks, sustainable transformations, forest and nature-based entrepreneurships, innovative food chain development, wildlife management, large carnivore policy, forest biodiversity conservation etc. Also a member in the advisory groups of three private SMEs. AWARDS Artturi Leinonen -culture prize (5000 ) for the development of EPANET concept 2011 (university industry co-operation) together with Professor Markku Sotarauta RESEARCHER S EDUCATION AND EVALUATION Mentor of post doc researchers Kaj Zimmerbauer Merja Lähdesmäki Mari Pohja-Mykrä Co-supervisor of PhD thesis Kaj Zimmerbauer, University of Helsinki, Department of Geography Jukka Bisi, University of Oulu, Department of Geography Merja Lähdesmäki, University of Jyväskylä, Department of Management Anne Matilainen, University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences 2014-

4 Susanna Keskinarkaus, University of Helsinki, Department of Econ. and Man Timo Suutari, University of Tampere, Department of Regional Sciences Petteri Puska, University of Vaasa, Department of Marketing Faculty opponent/pre-examiner of PhD thesis University of Turku, Department of Biology 2017 University of Vaasa, Department of Regional Sciences 2015 University of Tampere, School of Management and Leadership 2013 University of Eastern Finland, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Forestry 2012 University of Oulu, Department of Biology 2010 University of Joensuu, Faculty of Social and Regional Sciences 2009 University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biosciences 2009 University of Helsinki, Department of Geography 2008 University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forest Sciences 2006 University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology 2005 University of Turku, Section of Ecology 2004 Evaluator for the title of docent University of Eastern Finland, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies 2015 University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry 2010 University of Turku, Department of Geography 2008 Evaluator for the professorship/research director position Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute 2010 University of Aberdeen, Department of Geography 2009 Examples of roles as an evaluator (EU funded and other research) EU FP 7 call: Regions of Knowledge (6 days consultancy) 2009 EU FP 7 call: Regional Development (10 days consultancy) 2008 Ministry of Environment, Sweden (research proposals) 2008, 2011, 2014 Ministry of Education, Estonia (evaluation of 15 research groups) 2003 Peer reviewer in several journals in the fields of landscape ecology, wildlife management, innovation processes and rural development EXAMBLES OF RESERCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS (Principal Investigator) Attracted external funding as PI: million /year ( ); all together over 60 R&D projects Academy of Finland, Tekes (4 projects) - Mainstreaming green economy legitimation of organic production and consumption (PI) - The role of trust in building and developing successful business relationships (PI)

5 - Social and Economic Sustainability of Future Working Life: Policies, Equalities and Intersectionalities in Finland (WeAll) strategic research funding (PI of the Ruralia team) European Union, Research Framework Programs (3 projects) - FOODCOMM, Key factors influencing economic relationships and communication in European food chains. EU 6th framework research program (Germany, Spain, Poland, Ireland, UK, Finland). (PI) - SUPPLIERS, Supply chains linking food SMEs in Europe s lagging rural regions. EU 5th framework research program (UK, France, Poland, Greece, Ireland, Finland). (PI) - ASPIRE, Aspatial peripherality, innovation and the rural economy. EU 5th framework research programme (UK, Spain, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Finland). (Member of the Ruralia team) European Union, Interreg programs (4 projects) - North Hunt, Development of sustainable hunting tourism in Northern Periphery EU INTERREG, Northern Periphery Program (Scotland, Sweden, Island, Finland). (PI, coordinator of the project consortium) European Union, Structural Funds e.g. ESR & EAKR (> 10 projects) - AB Seinäjoki Creating innovation community for boosting bio-economy Several projects focusing on Innovation networks in the food sector European Union, Rural Development Fund (> 10 projects) - The innovation network and new possibilities for NWFP (non-wood forest products) sector New forest based value-chains in South-Ostrobothnia Green Care Regional and National level (three projects) Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Environment (> 10 projects) - Wildlife management policy research and evaluation (PI of 8 different projects during years with total budget of over 1,0 million euros) - Rural Innovation networks and Critical mass RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTRESTS Sustainability science, Regional development, Triple helix and science - society interaction, Rural urban innovation networks, Nature-based entrepreneurship, Innovations in food chains, Social sustainability and conflict management in land use and biodiversity conservation, Landscape ecology and forest management, Wildlife management and hunting tourism, Evolutionary psychology and sustainable consumer behavior, Bridging natural and social sciences PUBLICATIONS Over 100 research articles and other research based publications (see e.g. Google Scholar for further information) Published in ecological journals like Ecology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Oikos, Oecologia, Ecography, European Journal of Wildlife Research. but also in other journals like Journal of Rural Studies, Journal of Environmental Psychology, Forest Ecology and Management, Psychology and Marketing and Appetite