Lasse Peltonen

Lasse works as professor of environmental governance and conflict resolution at University of Eastern Finland. He is the co-director of the UEF Masters program in Environmental Policy and Law and holds a PhD in Environmental Policy (University of Tampere, Finland). Lasse has worked in various Finnish and European research projects on environmental governance, including urban planning conflicts, climate change adaptation and related local and regional challenges. Lasse’s current work focuses on conflict resolution and collaborative processes in environmental / natural resources decision-making and planning. Apart from his academic role, Lasse is the co-founder (together with Jonna Kangasoja) of Akordi Oy, a pioneering not-for-profit consultancy specializing in complex and conflictual environmental processes. Since its beginning in 2013, Akordi has conducted process design, facilitation, mediation and capacity building (training) in the fields of natural resource management (forests, water, mining), nature conservation and wildlife management, urban and regional planning, renewable energy, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.