University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science – Yliopistonkatu 3, 00100 Helsinki.
Stephan Hauser completed a PhD in Architecture and Urban Planning in 2022 at TU Delft’s Faculty of Architecture in the Netherlands. As an environmental historian coming from a legal background, his transdisciplinary research focuses on the impact of oil companies on the development of port cities and the creation and application of regulations linked to spatial planning, and the protection of health and the environment. Many of his publications took the port cities of Dunkirk in France and Rotterdam in the Netherlands as two extreme examples of the oil industry’s influences on cities, people, and natural environments. This topic relates to his current position as a post-doctoral researcher in the project ‘forging sustainability science for societal change’ funded by HELSUS, where questions around the notions of sustainability, transitions, and justice are of particular importance. The public health focus of this research and its transferability has also been granted research funding by the Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation for 2024/2026.
Last publications
Hauser, S.J., Vadén, T., Nagatsu, M., Obeng-Odoom, F., & Eronen, J. (2024) Early knowledge but delays in climate actions: An ecocide case from both oil companies and national governments. Environmental Science and Policy.
Hauser, S. J., & Aktürk, G. (2022). Investigate past polluting activities on public health and land uses. Cities
Hauser, S. J., & Zhu, P. (2022). The Shaping of Daqing: Borderless Interactions between Oil and Urban Areas. Land
Lancrenon, D., Hauser, S.J., Le Bellec, P., & Delplanque, M. (2023) Building together and co-building the city: Do it yourself!. In Engaged Urban Pedagogy: Participatory practices for higher education in planning and place-making. UCL Press.
Aktürk, G., & Hauser, S. J. (2021). Detection of Disaster-Prone Vernacular Heritage Sites at District Scale: The Case of Fındıklı in Rize, Turkey. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
