Eeva FURMAN

Eeva Furman is the director of the Environmental Policy Center at the Finnish Environment Institute

Eeva Furman is the director of the Environmental Policy Center at the Finnish Environment Institute (www.syke.fi). Her background is in marine biology, and the last twenty years she has researched and developed environmental governance, biodiversity governance, sustainable development and planetary health. Her core interest is science-policy-society, co-creation of sustainability transformations as well as active citizenship. She has strong international networks and engages actively with science and society. She co-authored The Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) with 14 other scientists – the report was handed to the heads of UN’s member states in the general assembly held in September 2019. She has been chairing Finland´s expert panel for sustainable development since 2016.