Transport Research Finland 2026

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
• Tiia Loponen: Using field measurements to encourage the use of track‑friendly railway rolling stock
• 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).
  

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).”

LUT University

1. Introduction
   • Brief introduction to LUT University. Green transition in transport and logistics in construction.(Müge Tetik)
2. 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)
3. 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

Professor Rauno Heikkilä
Introduction to the University of Oulu and its key research areas.

Professor Heikkilä is a Professor of Digitalized Construction and Mining Operations in the Faculty of Technology at the University of Oulu. He is Head of the Structures and Construction Technology Research Unit. He received his Doctor of Technology degree in 1996 from the University of Oulu. His main research interests include construction technology, engineering mechanics, information modelling (BIM), automation and robotics in the construction of roads, railways, fairways, bridges, buildings, and mining operations.