Hanna Mattila
Biographic Data
| ID | 6313696 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hanna Mattila |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hanna |
| FAMILY NAME | Mattila |
| SIGNATURE | MATTILA H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aalto University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1911-7618 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Luontomuisti ekologian ja kulttuuriperinnön arvojen edistäjänä
Mitä yhteistä museon työssä kulttuuriperinnön vaalijana on luontoympäristöjen vaalimisen kanssa? Miten museon toimintatavat tukevat kestävän kehityksen periaatteita? Miten voimme menneisyyttä tarkastelemalla synnyttää halun toimia luonnon hyväksi? Näitä kysymyksiä on selvitetty Lahden kaupungin Luontopositiivinen elämä -hankkeen ja Lahden Historiallisen museon Muistamon yhteisissä keskusteluilloissa. Yhdistäväksi teemaksi valikoitui Lahden, Asikk…
The role of the citizen and participatory data in information model-based planning in Finland
Applying a socio-technical systems approach, this article examines how transitioning to a nationally interoperable land-use planning system affects participatory planning in Finland. We conducted a constructive study, gathering insights from experts in participatory planning, digitalisation specialists, and government representatives through surveys and interviews. Our findings demonstrate that the transformation influences participatory planning…
The outsourced planning of active mobility systems in Caracas
This article discusses the power that consultants wield in the planning of active mobility systems in Caracas, Venezuela. It asks whether the major role that consultants play should be understood as a case of ‘consultocracy’, where reliance on external expertise undermines the legitimacy of public governance. Consultants in Caracas often frame their work in terms of serving the public interest, mediating between antagonistic actors and keeping lo…
Communicative and Agonistic Planning Theories in the Face of Populist Rhetoric
This article discusses populist rhetoric in the context of participatory urban planning. Populist rhetoric builds on emotionally charged expression and juxtapositions between ‘the people’ and ‘the elite’ including planners. In so doing, it poses a challenge to planners who have learned to follow the ideals of communicative planning, highlighting public, rational problem‐solving and orientation toward agreement. Recently, the agonistic theory of p…
On Theories and Practices of Collective Action and Sustained Cooperation
ContentsIntroduction Viewpoints from Law, Economics, Religious Studies, Public Administration, and Everyday Practices of CareAtul Pokharel and John ForesterThe Relational Dimensions of Collective A
The rationalities of strategic planning
Due to the minimal role of statutory city-regional planning in Finland, the Finnish state promotes inter-municipal, integrated planning of land-use, housing and transportation in the biggest city regions by a strategic planning instrument and a contractual policy tool called MAL procedure. MAL procedure includes MAL agreements, where the central government agrees to fund transportation infrastructure, while the municipalities in the city-regions …
Public Planner – A Deliberative Authority
Beyond merely mediating between particular interests, deliberative planners are in need of a firmer agency in shaping attention to common good concerns. However, locating such agency legitimately in the context of deliberative ideals is difficult, and not well supported by theory. A key problem is the weak conceptualization of legitimate forms of power-over, regarding the deliberative planners’ agency. To address this theoretical challenge, the a…
Ethnographic Knowledge in Urban Planning – Bridging the Gap between the Theories of Knowledge-Based and Communicative Planning
‘Knowledge-based’ approaches have recently made a breakthrough in urban planning. How to develop balance in knowledge-based planning between abstract and scientific knowledge, on the one hand, and ‘local knowledge’ on the other hand has been long debated. To this debate, we add a form of knowledge with potential for sustainable urban planning, i.e. ethnographic knowledge that could transmit an understanding of urban dwellers’ daily practices and …
The Challenge of the Digital Public Sphere
In this paper, we examine social media-based participation and public deliberation in land-use planning. We use the Deweyan theory of the public, the Habermasian theory of the public sphere, and the recent theories of the digital public sphere as our framework, asking what should be the relation of public planners to the digital public sphere: should they try to manage self-organising participation, or should public opinion formation be free from…
Soft spaces, soft planning, soft law
This article discusses the concepts of soft spaces and soft planning in the context of city-regional planning, complementing the discussion with an excursion to “soft law”. The point of departure is the current debate on the legitimacy deficits of the often power-laden processes where “soft” planning spaces are enacted or “performed”, and decisions made concerning planning of these spaces. Through legal theory and the concept of soft law, the art…
Multiple Dimensions of Strategic Spatial Planning
This article scrutinises the role of strategic and communicative rationalities in strategic spatial planning. It contributes to the theoretical discussion on strategic spatial planning, where communicative rationality has usually been taken as a normative standpoint, despite the evident role of strategic rationality in guiding planning on the ground. To develop means for equally recognising the two rationalities, the article introduces an analyti…
Subnational and Dynamic Conceptualisations of Planning Culture
This article furthers the unconsolidated theoretical discourse on planning cultures, focusing on the region as a highly dynamic planning scale. The article discusses regional planning cultures, distinguishing two meanings: regional planning cultures in regions, referring to regionally specific approaches visible in planning practice, and cultures of regional planning, referring to a shared, abstract understanding of regional planning. The article…
Habermas revisited
Governing ‘places that don’t matter’
Economic geographer Andrés Rodríguez-Pose argued recently that declining peripheries are increasingly becoming ‘places that don’t matter’ in the formation or implementation of national or European Union (EU) regional policies. In turn, this might result in a triumph of populist anti-establishment movements in peripheries, posing a threat to well-being in both the prospering and the declining regions. We argue that ‘places that don’t matter’ also …
Public participation and legitimacy management in planning
Communicative planning theory has assumed that legitimacy of planning could be enhanced by employing communicative and participatory planning methods. Although this assumption has been inspired by Habermas’s philosophy, communicative planning theorists have studied only some aspects of his theory of legitimacy. They have typically assessed legitimacy in the context of micro-scale communicative interactions, viewing Habermas’s philosophy as a sour…
Can collaborative planning go beyond locally focused notions of the “public interest”? The potential of Habermas’ concept of “generalizable interest” in pluralist and trans-scalar planning discourses
This article approaches the concept of public interest in planning from the point of view of Patsy Healey’s collaborative planning theory on one hand and, on the other, from the perspective of Habermasian philosophy, one of the sources of inspiration for collaborative planning. In its original form, the theory of collaborative planning prioritized the ways in which local communities can communicatively define the interests they share and have an …
Aesthetic justice and urban planning
Can collaborative planning go beyond locally focused notions of the “public interest”? The potential of Habermas’ concept of “generalizable interest” in pluralist and trans-scalar planning discourses
This article approaches the concept of public interest in planning from the point of view of Patsy Healey’s collaborative planning theory on one hand and, on the other, from the perspective of Habermasian philosophy, one of the sources of inspiration for collaborative planning. In its original form, the theory of collaborative planning prioritized the ways in which local communities can communicatively define the interests they share and have an …
Governing ‘places that don’t matter’
Economic geographer Andrés Rodríguez-Pose argued recently that declining peripheries are increasingly becoming ‘places that don’t matter’ in the formation or implementation of national or European Union (EU) regional policies. In turn, this might result in a triumph of populist anti-establishment movements in peripheries, posing a threat to well-being in both the prospering and the declining regions. We argue that ‘places that don’t matter’ also …
Aesthetic justice and urban planning
Public participation and legitimacy management in planning
Communicative planning theory has assumed that legitimacy of planning could be enhanced by employing communicative and participatory planning methods. Although this assumption has been inspired by Habermas’s philosophy, communicative planning theorists have studied only some aspects of his theory of legitimacy. They have typically assessed legitimacy in the context of micro-scale communicative interactions, viewing Habermas’s philosophy as a sour…
Soft spaces, soft planning, soft law
This article discusses the concepts of soft spaces and soft planning in the context of city-regional planning, complementing the discussion with an excursion to “soft law”. The point of departure is the current debate on the legitimacy deficits of the often power-laden processes where “soft” planning spaces are enacted or “performed”, and decisions made concerning planning of these spaces. Through legal theory and the concept of soft law, the art…
Aesthetic justice and urban planning
Can collaborative planning go beyond locally focused notions of the “public interest”? The potential of Habermas’ concept of “generalizable interest” in pluralist and trans-scalar planning discourses
This article approaches the concept of public interest in planning from the point of view of Patsy Healey’s collaborative planning theory on one hand and, on the other, from the perspective of Habermasian philosophy, one of the sources of inspiration for collaborative planning. In its original form, the theory of collaborative planning prioritized the ways in which local communities can communicatively define the interests they share and have an …
Public participation and legitimacy management in planning
Communicative planning theory has assumed that legitimacy of planning could be enhanced by employing communicative and participatory planning methods. Although this assumption has been inspired by Habermas’s philosophy, communicative planning theorists have studied only some aspects of his theory of legitimacy. They have typically assessed legitimacy in the context of micro-scale communicative interactions, viewing Habermas’s philosophy as a sour…
Habermas revisited
Governing ‘places that don’t matter’
Economic geographer Andrés Rodríguez-Pose argued recently that declining peripheries are increasingly becoming ‘places that don’t matter’ in the formation or implementation of national or European Union (EU) regional policies. In turn, this might result in a triumph of populist anti-establishment movements in peripheries, posing a threat to well-being in both the prospering and the declining regions. We argue that ‘places that don’t matter’ also …
Multiple Dimensions of Strategic Spatial Planning
This article scrutinises the role of strategic and communicative rationalities in strategic spatial planning. It contributes to the theoretical discussion on strategic spatial planning, where communicative rationality has usually been taken as a normative standpoint, despite the evident role of strategic rationality in guiding planning on the ground. To develop means for equally recognising the two rationalities, the article introduces an analyti…
Subnational and Dynamic Conceptualisations of Planning Culture
This article furthers the unconsolidated theoretical discourse on planning cultures, focusing on the region as a highly dynamic planning scale. The article discusses regional planning cultures, distinguishing two meanings: regional planning cultures in regions, referring to regionally specific approaches visible in planning practice, and cultures of regional planning, referring to a shared, abstract understanding of regional planning. The article…
Ethnographic Knowledge in Urban Planning – Bridging the Gap between the Theories of Knowledge-Based and Communicative Planning
‘Knowledge-based’ approaches have recently made a breakthrough in urban planning. How to develop balance in knowledge-based planning between abstract and scientific knowledge, on the one hand, and ‘local knowledge’ on the other hand has been long debated. To this debate, we add a form of knowledge with potential for sustainable urban planning, i.e. ethnographic knowledge that could transmit an understanding of urban dwellers’ daily practices and …
The Challenge of the Digital Public Sphere
In this paper, we examine social media-based participation and public deliberation in land-use planning. We use the Deweyan theory of the public, the Habermasian theory of the public sphere, and the recent theories of the digital public sphere as our framework, asking what should be the relation of public planners to the digital public sphere: should they try to manage self-organising participation, or should public opinion formation be free from…
Soft spaces, soft planning, soft law
This article discusses the concepts of soft spaces and soft planning in the context of city-regional planning, complementing the discussion with an excursion to “soft law”. The point of departure is the current debate on the legitimacy deficits of the often power-laden processes where “soft” planning spaces are enacted or “performed”, and decisions made concerning planning of these spaces. Through legal theory and the concept of soft law, the art…
Public Planner – A Deliberative Authority
Beyond merely mediating between particular interests, deliberative planners are in need of a firmer agency in shaping attention to common good concerns. However, locating such agency legitimately in the context of deliberative ideals is difficult, and not well supported by theory. A key problem is the weak conceptualization of legitimate forms of power-over, regarding the deliberative planners’ agency. To address this theoretical challenge, the a…
On Theories and Practices of Collective Action and Sustained Cooperation
ContentsIntroduction Viewpoints from Law, Economics, Religious Studies, Public Administration, and Everyday Practices of CareAtul Pokharel and John ForesterThe Relational Dimensions of Collective A
The rationalities of strategic planning
Due to the minimal role of statutory city-regional planning in Finland, the Finnish state promotes inter-municipal, integrated planning of land-use, housing and transportation in the biggest city regions by a strategic planning instrument and a contractual policy tool called MAL procedure. MAL procedure includes MAL agreements, where the central government agrees to fund transportation infrastructure, while the municipalities in the city-regions …
Luontomuisti ekologian ja kulttuuriperinnön arvojen edistäjänä
Mitä yhteistä museon työssä kulttuuriperinnön vaalijana on luontoympäristöjen vaalimisen kanssa? Miten museon toimintatavat tukevat kestävän kehityksen periaatteita? Miten voimme menneisyyttä tarkastelemalla synnyttää halun toimia luonnon hyväksi? Näitä kysymyksiä on selvitetty Lahden kaupungin Luontopositiivinen elämä -hankkeen ja Lahden Historiallisen museon Muistamon yhteisissä keskusteluilloissa. Yhdistäväksi teemaksi valikoitui Lahden, Asikk…
The role of the citizen and participatory data in information model-based planning in Finland
Applying a socio-technical systems approach, this article examines how transitioning to a nationally interoperable land-use planning system affects participatory planning in Finland. We conducted a constructive study, gathering insights from experts in participatory planning, digitalisation specialists, and government representatives through surveys and interviews. Our findings demonstrate that the transformation influences participatory planning…
The outsourced planning of active mobility systems in Caracas
This article discusses the power that consultants wield in the planning of active mobility systems in Caracas, Venezuela. It asks whether the major role that consultants play should be understood as a case of ‘consultocracy’, where reliance on external expertise undermines the legitimacy of public governance. Consultants in Caracas often frame their work in terms of serving the public interest, mediating between antagonistic actors and keeping lo…
Communicative and Agonistic Planning Theories in the Face of Populist Rhetoric
This article discusses populist rhetoric in the context of participatory urban planning. Populist rhetoric builds on emotionally charged expression and juxtapositions between ‘the people’ and ‘the elite’ including planners. In so doing, it poses a challenge to planners who have learned to follow the ideals of communicative planning, highlighting public, rational problem‐solving and orientation toward agreement. Recently, the agonistic theory of p…
Political science (12 works) · Law (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Environmental planning (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Urban planning (5 works)