Transport Research Finland 2026
11.9.2026, 9.00 – 11.00 (EEST), Webinar 1
18.9.2026, 9.00 – 11.00 (EEST), Webinar 2
Transport Research Finland was organized for the sixth time
#TRFI creates networking opportunities among researchers and between research organizations and industry. The webinar brings together research clients and researchers, as well as research organizations and companies in Finland and across the world.
The event was free for participants. Event was organized by Finnish Road Association and Finnish Association of Civil Engineers RIL.
Recording of the September 11 Webinar can be found below
Please use the chapters to find a desired presentation.
Slide decks are available under programme (for those who have shared their slides to organizers).
Recording of the September 18 Webinar can be found below
Please use the chaptersto find a desired presentation. Slide decks are available under programme (for those who have shared their slides to organizers).
Programme of the 11.9.2026 Webinar – Slide decks available
Aalto University 11.9.2026 at 9-10.00
Brief Introduction to Aalto University research
- Hannah Hook: Schoolyard and school street interventions in four European cities
- Yanjun Fang: Research on urban residents’ 15-minute travel in Finland to promote sustainable mobility and study of urban amenity inequality
- Lukas Junghanns: The impact of cycling activism on urban transport planning: Case Helsinki
- Isabel Scherer: What makes a successful cycling planner: Insights from Oulu
- Sanandam Bordoloi: Feasibility of biogenic carbon derivatives as fillers for road asphalt binders
Discussion (10 min)
Please find biographies of the Aalto University speakers here.
Tampere University 11.9.2026 at 10-11.00
Brief Introduction to Tampere University research
- Hanna Sandell: The role of impact evidence in decision-making
- Dr. Arman Hamidi: Application of Traffic Speed Deflection Devices in structural evaluation of pavements
- Erika Kallionpää: Reducing emissions from urban logistics, Kaupunkilogistiikan päästöjen vähentämisestä (MADLESS-projektin tuloksia)
- Valtteri Nurminen: Business impacts of the tramway corridor, Raitiotien vaikutuksista yrityksiin raitiotiekäytävässä (SmartRail3-projektin tuloksia).
Erika Kallionpää is a University Instructor at the Transport Research Centre Verne at Tampere University. She has experience in several research projects related to transportation and logistics. Her research interests focus on the environmental performance of supply chains and sustainability of transportation and urban logistics. She is currently completing her doctoral dissertation on emissions reporting in logistics
Valtteri Nurminen is a project researcher at the Research Center Verne at Tampere University and a doctoral researcher at Aalto University. His research explores how knowledge about residents’ everyday practices, mobility patterns, and lived experiences can support more sustainable urban planning. His work includes studies on the Tampere Tram and the Light Rail Line 15 (Raide-Jokeri).”
Programme of the 18.9.2026 Webinar – Slide decks available
LUT University
- Introduction
- Brief introduction to LUT University. Green transition in transport and logistics in construction.(Müge Tetik)
- Short Presentations
- Adoption of renewable fuels in construction logistics from a socio-technical perspective (Müge Tetik)
- Smooth logistics for sustainable transport: a simulation-driven approach to capacity planning (Rasmus Suojansalo)
- Organising the green transition in transport and logistics: Why technology alone is not enough? (Natalia Lyly)
- Designing sustainable hydrogen supply chains: implications for transport systems (Danyal Aghajani)
- Future outlook: Renewable fuels, electrification, and digitalization for low-emission transport and logistics (Müge Tetik)
- Discussion
- Q&A: What does it take to advance the green transition from a civil engineering perspective?
Rasmus Suojansalo, Junior Researcher, Department of Electrical Engineering, LUT University. Linkedin
Rasmus Suojansalo is a Junior Researcher in Electrical Engineering at LUT University, focusing on high-power charging systems, battery technologies, and electrified heavy-duty transport.
Danyal Aghajani, Junior Researcher, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, LUT University. Linkedin
Danyal Aghajani is a Junior Researcher in Industrial Engineering and Management at LUT University, focusing on sustainable energy transition, heavy-duty transport electrification, hydrogen supply chains, and techno-economic decision making.
Dr. Natalia Lyly, Postdoctoral researcher, LUT Business School. Linkedin
Dr. Natalia Lyly is a Postdoctoral researcher in Business School. Her research focuses on sustainable urban mobility, sustainability transitions, institutional design, and organized system change. Her recent work addresses sustainability transition research, system change, and the role of expectations and hype in enabling structural change toward sustainability.
Dr. Müge Tetik, Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Civil Engineering, LUT University. Linkedin
Dr. Müge Tetik is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Civil Engineering at the School of Energy Systems, LUT University. She received her Doctor of Science (Technology) degree from Aalto University. Her research focuses on construction logistics, sustainable construction transport management, and digitalization in the built environment. Her main research interests include logistics capacity planning, digital twins and data-driven construction, information flows, and sustainable construction logistics, with particular emphasis on emissions reduction and coordination across supply chains.
University of Oulu
Prof. Rauno Heikkilä – Towards automated infrastructure construction
Research Director Otto Hänninen – Health impacts of transport emissions
DI Valtteri Ahonen – Perspectives on Sustainable and Smart Mobility
DI Veikko Pekkala – Developing rural logistics
Contact
Finnish Road Association:
Liisa-Maija Thompson, liisa-maija.thompson@tieyhdistys.fi, +358 40 567 4999
Finnish Association of Civil Engineers RIL:
Ville Raasakka, ville.raasakka@ril.fi, +358 50 366 8687