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Timo
Vuorisalo
Docent, Faculty of Science
Lecturer, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
PhD, Docent

Contact

+358 29 450 4239
+358 50 466 7152
Vesilinnantie 5
20500
Turku

Areas of expertise

Evolutionary ecology
environmental history
human-animal relationship
urban ecology

Biography

I completed my studies from the BSc level to PhD at the University of Turku, Finland. In 1989-1990 I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Indiana University, Bloomington. Since 1992 I have worked as a Senior Lecturer of Environmental Science at the Department of Biology, University of Turku.

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Teaching

I gave my first academic course (Problems in Sociobiology) in spring 1984 at the University of Turku. Since 1992 I have been responsible for coordinating the teaching of Environmental Science at the Department of Biology, University of Turku.

Research

My principal research interests include evolutionary theory, urban ecology and environmental history. I have written or co-edited several books (see my CV), most recently The Long Shadows: A global environmental history of the Second World War (together with Simo Laakkonen and Richard Tucker; Oregon State University Press, 2017), Saimaannorppa ja ihminen. Sosiaalisesti kestävän luonnonsuojelun haaste (together with Minttu Jaakkola and Lasse Peltonen; Into Kustannus Oy, Helsinki, 2018), and Suomen lintutiede 1828-1974 (together with Esa Lehikoinen, Risto Lemmetyinen and Mia Rönkä; Faros, Turku, 2020).

Publications

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