Application for HELSUS Membership
Dear Applicant,
Welcome to apply for a Membership within the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS).
When applying, there are two categories to choose from:
1. HELSUS Member: For researches who have completed a Doctoral Dissertation and work with sustainability science related issues in the University of Helsinki.
2. HELSUS Doctoral Researcher: For PhD students working with sustainability science topics within the University of Helsinki.
WHY TO BECOME A HELSUS MEMBER?
As a HELSUS Member, you will:
- gain a double affiliation (e.g. Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, Faculty of Science)
- be part of an interdisciplinary research community with vibrant new activities
- establish new contacts both nationally and internationally
- be eligible to apply for HELSUS funds for fellowships, visitors’ program and seed funding (HELSUS members from the HELSUS faculties only)
HELSUS faculties are Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry and Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy and Faculty of Theology.
CRITERIA FOR HELSUS MEMBERS:
- A researcher with a doctoral degree, affiliated to University of Helsinki
- Research focuses on complex sustainability problems and/or sustainability transformation, and maybe connected one of the research areas of HELSUS (urban, Arctic, Global South, consumption and production, theory and methodology).
- Plans for future research directions towards sustainability science
- Evidence of past and ongoing research (published in peer-review articles)
CRITERIA FOR HELSUS DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS:
- PhD Students in the field of sustainability science
THE VISION OF THE INSTITUTE
is to become a nationally leading and internationally highly acknowledged sustainability research and education centre, that enables and empowers societies to transform towards sustainability.
If you wish to read more about HELSUS, its tasks and principles, please visit our website: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-institute-of-sustainability-science/about/the-institute.
For HELSUS Member applicants (group 1), we ask you to attach a list of publications (max 3 pages). To do this, please click the box at the end of the page, submit the form and you can add your attachment on the next page. If you wish, you can save and continue the form on a later note.
HELSUS Membership applications will be evaluated four times a year by the HELSUS Steering Group with representatives from faculties of social science, arts and humanities, law, science, agriculture and forestry and biological and environmental sciences. The application form will be continuously open and available online.
For more information, please contact: helsus@helsinki.fi
Thank you for applying!
- HELSUS Steering Group