BIODIFUL Biodiversity Respectful Leadership

Due to the accelerating biodiversity crisis, the future of humanity is threatened. Reversing nature’s deterioration requires transformative change at multiple levels. Accordingly, the objective of BIODIFUL is to facilitate the transformation towards biodiversity respectful activity via individual, organizational, and societal leadership. Empirically, BIODIFUL examines biodiversity-respectful leadership in food system and nature-based recreation.
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Project duration
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Core fields of research
Sustainable business and economics
Research areas
Sustainable Business and Economy
Faculty
School of Business and Economics

Project description

The multidisciplinary project is a consortium formed by four universities and research institutions, combining natural and social sciences in active dialogue. Securing biodiversity requires broad change and leadership across all sectors of the economy and society. The scientific and societal goal of the BIODIFUL consortium is to radically transform and reshape business thinking, institutional practices, and consumer behaviour towards leadership that respects biodiversity. 

The BIODIFUL -project consists of where biodiversity-respecting leadership is examined from different perspectives. Within these research packages, future scenarios that enhance biodiversity and well-being are created. Leading actions leading to these scenarios are identified, biodiversity-respecting management and leadership practices and consumer behaviour are promoted, institutional drivers and barriers for the necessary change are identified, and methods for assessing biodiversity impacts are developed.

Biodiful research framework

Researchers from the at the contribute expertise in biodiversity research and environmental education to the consortium, complemented by the diverse knowledge of researchers from the . The University of Turku also involves researchers from the Turku School of Economics, , and food science specialists from the . Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics contributes researchers in environmental management, marketing, and consumption. Sustainability researchers come from . 

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