Matti Kojo

From Promises to Practice: Finnish Cities as Testbeds for Just Small Modular Reactor Implementation

2026

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Kojo Matti, Lehtonen Markku, Vainio Anni, Litmanen Tapio

Energy transition

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

SMRSiMa: SMR Waste Management and Siting: Summary Report

2026

Publication type

D4 Published development or research report or study

Author(s)

Naumer Sami, Keto Paula, Kojo Matti, Kiviluoma Niina, Hietava Jaakko, Gotcheva Nadezhda, Kähkönen Topias, Reijonen Heini, Aaltonen Ismo, Airola Merja, Juutilainen Pauli, Tornberg Sarah, Vainio Anni

Energy transition

Nuclear Energy and Engineering

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

Drivers and constraints in an emerging rural biogas system: actors’ perceptions from Northern Savonia

2025

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Aro Kalle, Kojo Matti, Rikkonen Pasi, Rasi Saija

Business and society

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

Electrifying stories: The economy, the environment and global change in news media discourse on the developing Finnish battery industry

2025

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Sipinen Sanni, Silvast Antti, Kojo Matti

Energy transition

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

Energy trilemma in times of crisis: The changing sociotechnical imaginaries of nuclear energy in Finland and Poland

2025

Publication type

A3 Book section, chapters in research books

Author(s)

Surwillo Izabela, Kojo Matti

Energy transition

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

Exploring gender insights on the perceived safety and acceptability of small modular reactors

2025

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Kiviluoma Niina, Savela Nina, Kojo Matti

Energy transition

Sociology and Political Science

Social Sciences

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

Residents' opinions on the options for managing nuclear waste from SMRs: The case of four largest cities in Finland

2025

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Author(s)

Kojo Matti, Tornberg Sarah, Lehtonen Markku, Litmanen Tapio, Kiviluoma Niina, Kari Mika

Business and society

Energy transition

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

The Impact of Three Crises on the Hegemony of Finland's Nuclear Power Elite

2025

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Husu Hanna-Mari, Talala Roosa, Kojo Matti

Energy transition

Sociology and Political Science

Social Sciences

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

LUT School of Energy Systems

Clean transition, dirty waters? Argumentative discourse analysis of Finnish media coverage on the pCAM-factory plans in Hamina

2024

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Author(s)

Sipinen Sanni, Kojo Matti, Silvast Antti

Etelä-Savon vetylaaksoselvitys

2024

Publication type

D4 Published development or research report or study

Author(s)

Räisänen Otto, Karjunen Hannu, Sikiö Päivi, Lassila Jukka, Hyypiä Jaakko, Salmelin Markus, Tynjälä Tero, Kivimaa Aleksi, Silvast Antti, Kojo Matti, Inkeri Eero, Laaksonen Petteri

Business and society

Energy transition

Energy Engineering and Power Technology

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

LUT School of Energy Systems

News media representations: the cases of Kotka-Hamina and Vaasa regions' battery clusters

2024

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Author(s)

Sipinen Sanni, Kojo Matti, Silvast Antti

Other focus area

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

Pienydinvoima oikeudenmukaisessa energiasiirtymässä

2024

Publication type

D2 Article in a professional research book (incl. editor’s introduction)

Author(s)

Vainio Anni, Kojo Matti

Energy transition

Sociology and Political Science

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

Pohjois-Savon vetylaaksoselvitys

2024

Publication type

D4 Published development or research report or study

Author(s)

Karjunen Hannu, Sikiö Päivi, Lassila Jukka, Räisänen Otto, Hyypiä Jaakko, Salmelin Markus, Tynjälä Tero, Kivimaa Aleksi, Silvast Antti, Kojo Matti, Inkeri Eero, Laaksonen Petteri

Business and society

Energy transition

Energy Engineering and Power Technology

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

LUT School of Energy Systems

SMRSiMa - SMR Siting and Waste Management, VTT, GTK, LUT

2024

Publication type

D2 Article in a professional research book (incl. editor’s introduction)

Author(s)

Naumer Sami, Keto Paula, Gotcheva Nadezhda, Kojo Matti, Hietava Jaakko, Juutilainen Pauli, Aaltonen Ismo, Kiviluoma Niina, Rinta-Hiiro Ville, Tornberg Sarah, Schatz Timothy, Karvonen Taina, Vainio Anni, Airola Merja

Energy transition

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

SMRSiMa: SMR Waste Management and Siting Waste Management and Societal Engagement

2024

Publication type

Other

Author(s)

Naumer Sami, Keto Paula, Gotcheva Nadezhda, Kojo Matti, Juutilainen Pauli, Kiviluoma Niina, Rinta-Hiiro Ville, Tornberg Sarah, Schatz Timothy, Vainio Anni, Airola Merja, Lehtonen Markku, Litmanen Tapio, Kari Mika

Energy transition

Energy

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

(De)politicization through safetization? Decision-making on nuclear waste management in Finland and France

2023

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Author(s)

Kojo Matti, Lehtonen Markku, Kari Mika, Litmanen Tapio

Energy transition

Sociology and Political Science

Nuclear Energy and Engineering

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

An open dialogue culture and transformative policy process for sustainability: exploratory case study of Finland

2023

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Nakamura Hidenori, Rask Mikko, Kojo Matti

Energy transition

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

Institutionalizing a promise: The case of small modular reactor regulation in Finland

2023

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Author(s)

Kojo Matti, Lehtonen Markku, Kari Mika, Litmanen Tapio

Energy transition

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

Mitkä periaatteet ohjaavat mahdollisten pienydinvoimaloiden ydinjätehuoltoa? Suurten kaupunkien asukkaat kannattavat keskittämistä

2023

Publication type

D1 Article in a trade journal

Author(s)

Kojo Matti, Litmanen Tapio, Kiviluoma Niina, Kari Mika

Energy transition

Sociology and Political Science

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

Naapuriksi pienydinvoimala?

2023

Publication type

D1 Article in a trade journal

Author(s)

Kojo Matti, Tornberg Sarah, Kari Mika, Vainio Anni, Litmanen Tapio, Lehtonen Markku

Energy transition

Nuclear Energy and Engineering

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

Societal engagement on SMRs and SMR waste management

2023

Publication type

Other

Author(s)

Kojo Matti, Kiviluoma Niina, Gotcheva Nadezhda, Airola Merja

Energy transition

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

Technology hype, promises, and expectations: The discussion on small modular reactors in the Finnish newspaper ‘Helsingin Sanomat’ in 2000–2022

2023

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Kari Mika, Lehtonen Markku, Litmanen Tapio, Kojo Matti

Energy transition

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

Warranted Trust or Over-Trust? The Miracle of Finnish Nuclear Waste Repository Siting

2023

Publication type

D2 Article in a professional research book (incl. editor’s introduction)

Author(s)

Lehtonen Markku, Kojo Matti

Energy transition

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

‚Wir haben eine Lösung‘: Einlösung des Versprechens zur nationalen Verantwortung für die Entsorgung nuklearer Abfälle

2022

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Kojo Matti, Lehtonen Markku, Litmanen Tapio, Kiviluoma Niina

Energy transition

Sociology and Political Science

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

Kaukolämpöä pienydinvoimalla? Pääkaupunkiseudun asukkaiden näkemykset osallistumisesta ja päätöksenteosta

2022

Publication type

D1 Article in a trade journal

Author(s)

Kojo Matti, Kiviluoma Niina, Litmanen Tapio

Energy transition

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

Luvatusta ydinvoiman piristysruiskeesta on jäljellä hakattu Hanhikivi

2022

Publication type

E1 Popularised article, newspaper article

Author(s)

Kojo Matti, Vainio Anni

Energy transition

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

Techno-scientific promises and residents’ perceptions on small modular reactors

2022

Publication type

Other

Author(s)

Kojo Matti, Lehtonen Markku, Litmanen Tapio, Kiviluoma Niina

Biography

Researcher information

Publications and other content

From Promises to Practice: Finnish Cities as Testbeds for Just Small Modular Reactor Implementation

SMRSiMa: SMR Waste Management and Siting: Summary Report

Drivers and constraints in an emerging rural biogas system: actors’ perceptions from Northern Savonia

Electrifying stories: The economy, the environment and global change in news media discourse on the developing Finnish battery industry

Energy trilemma in times of crisis: The changing sociotechnical imaginaries of nuclear energy in Finland and Poland

Exploring gender insights on the perceived safety and acceptability of small modular reactors

Residents' opinions on the options for managing nuclear waste from SMRs: The case of four largest cities in Finland

The Impact of Three Crises on the Hegemony of Finland's Nuclear Power Elite

Clean transition, dirty waters? Argumentative discourse analysis of Finnish media coverage on the pCAM-factory plans in Hamina

Etelä-Savon vetylaaksoselvitys

News media representations: the cases of Kotka-Hamina and Vaasa regions' battery clusters

Pienydinvoima oikeudenmukaisessa energiasiirtymässä

Pohjois-Savon vetylaaksoselvitys

SMRSiMa - SMR Siting and Waste Management, VTT, GTK, LUT

SMRSiMa: SMR Waste Management and Siting Waste Management and Societal Engagement

(De)politicization through safetization? Decision-making on nuclear waste management in Finland and France

An open dialogue culture and transformative policy process for sustainability: exploratory case study of Finland

Institutionalizing a promise: The case of small modular reactor regulation in Finland

Mitkä periaatteet ohjaavat mahdollisten pienydinvoimaloiden ydinjätehuoltoa? Suurten kaupunkien asukkaat kannattavat keskittämistä

Naapuriksi pienydinvoimala?

Societal engagement on SMRs and SMR waste management

Technology hype, promises, and expectations: The discussion on small modular reactors in the Finnish newspaper ‘Helsingin Sanomat’ in 2000–2022

Warranted Trust or Over-Trust? The Miracle of Finnish Nuclear Waste Repository Siting

‚Wir haben eine Lösung‘: Einlösung des Versprechens zur nationalen Verantwortung für die Entsorgung nuklearer Abfälle

Kaukolämpöä pienydinvoimalla? Pääkaupunkiseudun asukkaiden näkemykset osallistumisesta ja päätöksenteosta

Luvatusta ydinvoiman piristysruiskeesta on jäljellä hakattu Hanhikivi

Techno-scientific promises and residents’ perceptions on small modular reactors

Living next-door to an SMR – Five important aspects on justice and nuclear power

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