Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) is a research and expert organisation that builds sustainable future and well-being from renewable natural resources. Through research, we create value and solutions for our customers and society by solving local and global challenges.

Luke’s key figures

Research programmes

650

On-going research projects

€151M

Funding in 2023

1,300

Total staff

Locations across Finland

Research programmes

Luke has four research programmes:
Profitable and responsible primary production, Circular bioeconomy, Climate smart carbon cycle and Adaptive and resilient bioeconomy. With these research programmes, we aim, for example, to

increase the profitability of primary production whilst simultaneously ensuring the mitigation of climate and environmental impacts,
promote smart and sustainable use of renewable natural resources and raw materials, and accelerate the green transition,
beat the global climate crisis and its impact on ecosystems, as well as to stop the deterioration of the state of the aquatic environment,
and support maintaining the ability to operate calls for an understanding of the interactive relationships between ecosystems, production systems and society

Profitability and responsible primary production

Primary production illustration showing farmers, livestock, and machinery

Circular bioeconomy

Climate-Smart Carbon Cycle

Adaptive and Resilient Bioeconomy

Genetics and breeding

Technologies and operational models in primary production

Profitable agriculture and food system

Productive forests

Optimised material cycles

Added value and new products

Transition to circular bioeconomy

Productive soil

Smart land use

Carbon neutral society

Diversity and coexistence

Ecosystem services

Resilient society

Damage agent management

Policy and governance

Solutions from research

In addition to these, Luke has a Statutory and expert services programme which means that we carry out statutory government services such as monitoring natural resources, certifying plant production, inspecting control agents, storing genetic resources, producing data on greenhouse gases, supporting natural resource policies and producing Finland’s official food and natural resource statistics.

From our work, over 70 % is research, around 20 % is statutory and expert services, and the rest is divided between customer and statistical services. In the end of 2023, we had 650 on-going projects out of which 80 were EU projects. From our total 151M€ funding 85M€ is budget funding and 66M€ is external funding.

Working at Luke

Of our employees, around half are researchers and the other half experts. Luke's multidisciplinary, innovative and ambitious research personnel includes research scientists, doctoral researchers, postdocs, senior researchers, principal researchers, associate professors, and research professors. In addition, we have experts working in service groups (e.g., IT, HR, finance), research infrastructure services and as directors.

If you wish to know more about career opportunities and working in Luke, please check our website: https://www.luke.fi/en/about-luke/career-in-luke.
What binds us all together is being open-minded, curious, and having a strong will to make a positive impact in the world. We value our diverse working community consisting of people with different backgrounds and cultures and promote equality.

We work by our values of trust and openness, cooperation and respect, courage and enthusiasm, sustainability and responsibility, and impartiality and impact. On this basis, we are building a cheerful and respectful culture in which everyone’s input is appreciated!

Our 22 locations across Finland are depicted in the map, with our head office being located in Viikki, Helsinki.

In addition, we have multiple research infrastructure sites which enable research and knowledge to solve the challenges of our time. Our diverse research infrastructures have been built up alongside decades of research work and provide suitable frameworks for experimental research on renewable natural resources throughout Finland.

Our research infrastructures

Agriculture

Research on agricultural production and its environmental impacts, smart agriculture, food systems, growth conditions, bioeconomy, and new energy solutions.

Forests

Approximately 18,000 hectares of research forest for long-term forest research and experimentation, as well as shorter experimental studies.

Crop and horticulture production

Open fields, greenhouses, growth tunnels, as well as various research platforms and equipment for studying berries, fruits, vegetables, trees, and plants used in landscaping.

Fish and aquaculture

Research on aquaculture, selective breeding, wild fish populations, fish welfare, and sustainable fishing practices, as well as conservation of endangered valuable fish stocks.

Wild animals

Studying the behavior, physiology, genetics, reproduction, and diet selection of reindeer in natural pastures or under supplementary feeding.

Data services

High-quality data production and information flows from the sources to the end-users of the data, and the Biobank's valuable and diverse sample collection.

Laboratories

Versatile research laboratories, specialized laboratories, and support laboratories for research infrastructure cater to the needs of natural resources research.

Pilot platforms

Pilot platforms for circular economy solutions and food and feed research.

Business Opportunities

Through academic research and product development, we support sustainable businesses in creating new services and added value from renewable natural resources. We anticipate trends in the global natural resources economy and tailor our services to meet our customers’ changing needs. We offer our customers research and development services based on our outstanding biological and technological expertise. We use high-quality experimental research environments and extensive data resources.

Read more about the business opportunities from our website: https://www.luke.fi/en/services/business-opportunities.

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Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

Profitability and responsible primary production

Circular bioeconomy

Climate-Smart Carbon Cycle

Adaptive and Resilient Bioeconomy

Agriculture

Forests

Crop and horticulture production

Fish and aquaculture

Wild animals

Data services

Laboratories

Pilot platforms

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