Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1433235 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Veli-Pekka |
| FAMILY NAME | Tynkkynen |
| SIGNATURE | TYNKKYNEN V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9006-753X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Rethinking energy materialities in the shadow of Russia's war on Ukraine
The Geopolitics of Renewables in Kazakhstan and Russia
This article examines recent renewable energy initiatives in two hydrocarbon rich states of Eurasia: Kazakhstan and Russia. The global nature of challenges surrounding energy and natural resource use demand that sustainability and “energy transition” policies be understood as geopolitical issues, which are increasingly (re)defining political relations among and within states. Existing research and media coverage of international energy politics i…
Could Russia Embrace an Energy Transition
By examining how power is constructed and maintained in Russia with the help of hydrocarbons—oil and gas—this article shows why this system is detrimental to Russia in the context of global environmental, technological, and geopolitical changes. While promoting a hydrocarbon culture as central to national identity, the Kremlin has failed to adapt to the global transition toward renewable energy. But external actors such as the European Union coul…
Energy materiality
This jointly authored essay reviews recent scholarship in the social sciences, broadly understood, that focuses on the materiality of energy. Although this work is extraordinarily diverse in its disciplinary and interdisciplinary influences and its theoretical and methodological commitments, we discern four areas of convergence and divergence that we term the locations, uses, relationalities, and analytical roles of energy materiality. We trace t…
Russia's Far North
Introduction: Contested Russian Arctic Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen Part 1: Energy and economy Chapter 1. Economic Development of the Arctic Regions of Russia Shinichiro Tabata, Tomoko Tabata Chapter 2. Perspectives of Oil and Gas Development in the Russian Arctic Masumi Motomura Chapter 3. Northern Sea Route (NSR) shipping, current status and its feasibility Natsuhiko Otsuka, Toru Tamura, Masahiko Furuichi Chapter 4. Planning for a Sustainable Arctic: R…
Climate Denial Revisited
In this paper we examine the recent public discourse on climate change in Russia, with a special focus on the arguments denying the anthropogenic climate change. We scrutinize the ways in which denial arguments presented in the public media are tied to the changing Russian political and economic context, especially the steeper authoritarian turn in governance during President Putin’s third term, or Putin 2.0, and discuss the implications that the…
Arctic air pollution
The Arctic is a sentinel of global change. This region is influenced by multiple physical and socio-economic drivers and feedbacks, impacting both the natural and human environment. Air pollution is one such driver that impacts Arctic climate change, ecosystems and health but significant uncertainties still surround quantification of these effects. Arctic air pollution includes harmful trace gases (e.g. tropospheric ozone) and particles (e.g. bla…
Energy as Power—Gazprom, Gas Infrastructure, and Geo-governmentality in Putin’s Russia
This study unfolds the normalizing narrative that is constructed via the Gazifikatsiia Rossii promotional video released by Gazprom. The analysis reveals that the practiced geo-governmentality of gazifikatsiia derives its power from geographical imaginaries of Russia. This bipartite energopower and geo-governmentality receives its essence from the positive and negative materialities of hydrocarbons, the ability to do both “good” and “bad”, which …
Russia’s climate policies and local reality
In their latest report, the IPCC acknowledges the importance of local governments in conducting climate change (CC) adaptation measures. However, the role of local governments has not been widely discussed in the CC policy literature. In this paper, we attempt to bridge this gap by utilizing the unique interview data from 14 Russian localities, the results of which revealed three key findings. First, the federal government of Russia recognizes th…
Climate Denial Revisited
In this paper we examine the recent public discourse on climate change in Russia, with a special focus on the arguments denying the anthropogenic climate change. We scrutinize the ways in which denial arguments presented in the public media are tied to the changing Russian political and economic context, especially the steeper authoritarian turn in governance during President Putin’s third term, or Putin 2.0, and discuss the implications that the…
Energy as Power—Gazprom, Gas Infrastructure, and Geo-governmentality in Putin’s Russia
This study unfolds the normalizing narrative that is constructed via the Gazifikatsiia Rossii promotional video released by Gazprom. The analysis reveals that the practiced geo-governmentality of gazifikatsiia derives its power from geographical imaginaries of Russia. This bipartite energopower and geo-governmentality receives its essence from the positive and negative materialities of hydrocarbons, the ability to do both “good” and “bad”, which …
The Geopolitics of Renewables in Kazakhstan and Russia
This article examines recent renewable energy initiatives in two hydrocarbon rich states of Eurasia: Kazakhstan and Russia. The global nature of challenges surrounding energy and natural resource use demand that sustainability and “energy transition” policies be understood as geopolitical issues, which are increasingly (re)defining political relations among and within states. Existing research and media coverage of international energy politics i…
Rethinking energy materialities in the shadow of Russia's war on Ukraine
Russia’s climate policies and local reality
In their latest report, the IPCC acknowledges the importance of local governments in conducting climate change (CC) adaptation measures. However, the role of local governments has not been widely discussed in the CC policy literature. In this paper, we attempt to bridge this gap by utilizing the unique interview data from 14 Russian localities, the results of which revealed three key findings. First, the federal government of Russia recognizes th…
Arctic air pollution
The Arctic is a sentinel of global change. This region is influenced by multiple physical and socio-economic drivers and feedbacks, impacting both the natural and human environment. Air pollution is one such driver that impacts Arctic climate change, ecosystems and health but significant uncertainties still surround quantification of these effects. Arctic air pollution includes harmful trace gases (e.g. tropospheric ozone) and particles (e.g. bla…
Energy as Power—Gazprom, Gas Infrastructure, and Geo-governmentality in Putin’s Russia
This study unfolds the normalizing narrative that is constructed via the Gazifikatsiia Rossii promotional video released by Gazprom. The analysis reveals that the practiced geo-governmentality of gazifikatsiia derives its power from geographical imaginaries of Russia. This bipartite energopower and geo-governmentality receives its essence from the positive and negative materialities of hydrocarbons, the ability to do both “good” and “bad”, which …
Russia's Far North
Introduction: Contested Russian Arctic Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen Part 1: Energy and economy Chapter 1. Economic Development of the Arctic Regions of Russia Shinichiro Tabata, Tomoko Tabata Chapter 2. Perspectives of Oil and Gas Development in the Russian Arctic Masumi Motomura Chapter 3. Northern Sea Route (NSR) shipping, current status and its feasibility Natsuhiko Otsuka, Toru Tamura, Masahiko Furuichi Chapter 4. Planning for a Sustainable Arctic: R…
Climate Denial Revisited
In this paper we examine the recent public discourse on climate change in Russia, with a special focus on the arguments denying the anthropogenic climate change. We scrutinize the ways in which denial arguments presented in the public media are tied to the changing Russian political and economic context, especially the steeper authoritarian turn in governance during President Putin’s third term, or Putin 2.0, and discuss the implications that the…
Energy materiality
This jointly authored essay reviews recent scholarship in the social sciences, broadly understood, that focuses on the materiality of energy. Although this work is extraordinarily diverse in its disciplinary and interdisciplinary influences and its theoretical and methodological commitments, we discern four areas of convergence and divergence that we term the locations, uses, relationalities, and analytical roles of energy materiality. We trace t…
Could Russia Embrace an Energy Transition
By examining how power is constructed and maintained in Russia with the help of hydrocarbons—oil and gas—this article shows why this system is detrimental to Russia in the context of global environmental, technological, and geopolitical changes. While promoting a hydrocarbon culture as central to national identity, the Kremlin has failed to adapt to the global transition toward renewable energy. But external actors such as the European Union coul…
The Geopolitics of Renewables in Kazakhstan and Russia
This article examines recent renewable energy initiatives in two hydrocarbon rich states of Eurasia: Kazakhstan and Russia. The global nature of challenges surrounding energy and natural resource use demand that sustainability and “energy transition” policies be understood as geopolitical issues, which are increasingly (re)defining political relations among and within states. Existing research and media coverage of international energy politics i…
Rethinking energy materialities in the shadow of Russia's war on Ukraine
Political science (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies (4 works) · Economy (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Global Energy Security and Policy (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Russia and Soviet political economy (4 works) · Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (3 works)