Ilona Mettiäinen
Ilona Mettiäinen is an Arctic environmental social scientist based at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland and University of Tampere in Finland. Her research examines how Arctic communities and Indigenous Peoples co-design place-based, situated responses to climate change, particularly adaptation and climate interventions. Her work integrates physical and social science perspectives with local and Indigenous knowledge, with a strong emphasis on public engagement and amplifying Arctic voices around climate interventions including SRM and cryospheric interventions. She co-authored the AGU (2024) ethical framework principles for climate intervention research, and currently she investigates responsible SRM research governance in the EU Horizon Europe funded Co-CREATE project (2024-2026). In 2017, she traversed the Northwest Passage as a member of the Arctic 100 expedition.
