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42
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Eva Heiskanen publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eva Heiskanen sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 181 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Eva Heiskanen D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eva Heiskanen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Eva Heiskanen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with an emphasis on sustainability and climate change governance.

The scientist's work spans several interconnected subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, Management of Technology and Innovation, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Economics and Econometrics.

Main topics addressed in their research include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development, Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy, Energy and Environment Impacts, Environmental Education and Sustainability, Smart Cities and Technologies, and Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

Eva Heiskanen has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • "Challenging social norms to recraft practices: A Living Lab approach to reducing household energy use in eight European countries," 2021, Energy Research & Social Science
  • "Reconfigurations in sustainability transitions: a systematic and critical review," 2020, Sustainability Science Practice and Policy
  • "Municipal climate mitigation policy and policy learning - A review," 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "An agenda for future Social Sciences and Humanities research on energy efficiency: 100 priority research questions," 2022, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
  • "The role of practice-based interventions in energy transitions: A framework for identifying types of work to scale up alternative practices," 2021, Energy Research & Social Science

The scientist collaborates frequently with a network of co-authors, such as Kaisa Matschoss, Senja Laakso, Eeva-Lotta Apajalahti, Marlyne Sahakian, and Frances Fahy.

Their research appears frequently in several academic venues, notably Energy Research & Social Science, Alue ja Ympäristö, Sustainability Science Practice and Policy, Journal of Cleaner Production, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Nudging: A promising tool for sustainable consumption behaviour?

    Matthias Lehner;Oksana Mont;Eva Heiskanen

  • Low-carbon communities as a context for individual behavioural change

    Eva Heiskanen;Mikael Johnson;Simon Robinson;Edina Vadovics

  • The institutional logic of life cycle thinking

    Eva Heiskanen

  • Toward Sustainable Consumption: Two New Perspectives

    Eva Heiskanen;Mika Pantzar

  • Narratives of ‘green’ consumers — the antihero, the environmental hero and the anarchist

    Minna Autio;Eva Heiskanen;Visa Heinonen

  • The contribution of local experiments and negotiation processes to field-level learning in emerging (niche) technologies : meta-analysis of 27 new energy projects in Europe

    Rob P. J. M. Raven;Eva Heiskanen;Raimo Lovio;Mike Hodson

  • User involvement in radical innovation: are consumers conservative?

    Eva Heiskanen;Kaarina Hyvönen;Mari Niva;Mika Pantzar

  • Can Services Lead to Radical Eco-Efficiency Improvements? -A Review of the Debate and Evidence

    Eva Heiskanen;Mikko Jalas

  • Challenging social norms to recraft practices: a living lab approach to reducing household energy use in eight european countries

    Marlyne Sahakian;Henrike Rau;Eoin Grealis;Laurence Godin

  • Blowing against the wind—An exploratory application of actor network theory to the analysis of local controversies and participation processes in wind energy

    Eric Jolivet;Eva Heiskanen

  • Understanding the uneven diffusion of building-scale renewable energy systems: A review of household, local and country level factors in diverse European countries

    Eva Heiskanen;Kaisa Johanna Matschoss

  • Developing benchmarks for consumer-oriented life cycle assessment-based environmental information on products, services and consumption patterns

    Ari Nissinen;Juha Grönroos;Eva Heiskanen;Asmo Honkanen

  • Making it experimental in several ways: The work of intermediaries in raising the ambition level in local climate initiatives

    Kaisa Johanna Matschoss;Eva Heiskanen

  • Endorsing Sustainable Food Consumption: Prospects from Public Catering

    Stefan Wahlen;Eva Heiskanen;Kristiina Aalto

  • Modulating societal acceptance in new energy projects: Towards a toolkit methodology for project managers

    Rpjm Rob Raven;RM Ruth Mourik;Cfj Feenstra;E Heiskanen

  • Consumer participation in sustainable technology development

    Eva Heiskanen;Pirkko Kasanen;Päivi Timonen

  • Educating sustainability change agents : The importance of practical skills and experience

    Eva Heiskanen;Åke Thidell;Håkan Rodhe

  • The Performative Nature of Consumer Research: Consumers' Environmental Awareness as an Example

    Eva Heiskanen

  • Dematerialization through services : a review and evaluation of debate

    Eva Heiskanen;Mikko Jalas

  • Everyday experimentation in energy transition: A practice-theoretical view

    Mikko Jalas;Sampsa Hyysalo;Eva Heiskanen;Raimo Lovio

  • The contribution of local experiments and negotiation processes to field-level learning in emerging (niche)

    R. P. J. M. Raven;E. Heiskanen;R. Lovio;M. Hodson

Frequent Co-Authors

Paula Kivimaa
Paula Kivimaa University of Sussex
Rob Raven
Rob Raven Monash University
Minna Halme
Minna Halme Aalto University
Oksana Mont
Oksana Mont Lund University
Kirsti Lonka
Kirsti Lonka University of Helsinki

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