I am an environmental sociologist and political ecologist. My research brings feminist and decolonial perspectives to forest governance and socio-ecological transformations. I focus on the diverse material and affective relationships that people establish with forests and plants, such as bamboo, as key spaces for more just and caring socio-ecological transformations. Through qualitative and ethnographic methods, I examine the unequal power relations that shape, enable, and limit these processes.
I am currently researching the plural values of bamboo and its role in bioeconomy transformations across diverse social and geographical contexts. I am studying ecological care and justice in bamboo design and consumption, as part of the EnVi(r)oCare project (Research Council of Finland, 2023–2027). Previously, I conducted postdoctoral research on bamboo production and value chains in Laos at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), within the framework of the Just GLOBE project on global bioeconomy. I received my PhD from the University of Eastern Finland for my research on community forestry in the Sierra Sur region of Oaxaca, Mexico.