Atte Penttilä
Researcher, PhD (Social Sciences), Master of Science in Agriculture and Forestry (Agroecology)
Qualitative and quantitative research methods, ethnography, food systems, resilience, green transition, impact assessment
+358401675969 atte.penttila@e2.fi-
International expert in multidisciplinary food systems and resilience research
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Design, implementation and lead of research projects
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Experienced interviewer, speaker, and facilitator
Atte Penttilä is a researcher in applied cultural anthropology with a focus on societal change in natural resource contexts. His work explores resilience, vulnerability, and the ways rural communities and actors adapt to shifting conditions, including structural transformations and sustainability transitions.
Penttilä has extensive experience in leading research projects and working across disciplines. He currently serves as a work package co-lead in the Strategic Research Council-funded project Water and Food Futures, and as the responsible researcher in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry-funded project on farm-level environmental actions. His methodological expertise spans both qualitative and quantitative approaches. His research combines community-based perspectives, fieldwork, and the ability to analyze complex societal phenomena through diverse datasets and methods.
In recent years, his research has addressed topics such as the role of the green transition in shaping sustainable rural futures, and the situation of Ukrainian refugees and seasonal workers in Finland. Penttilä holds a PhD in applied cultural anthropology; his dissertation examined the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on international development actors and farmer organizations.
Language proficiency: Finnish, English