Päivi Lujala
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Natural hazards and climate chagne

Climate migration 
Projects 
Creating a political and social climate for climate change (2018-2022)
  • Walelign, Solomon Zena, Susan L. Cutter and Päivi Lujala 2021. Resettlement capacity assessments for climate induced displacements: Evidence from Ethiopia. Climate Risk Management 33: 100347. Open access 
  • Prokkola, Eeva-Kaisa, Saija Niemi, Élise Lépy, Jaana Palander, Outi Kulusjärvi and Päivi Lujala 2021. Climate migration: Towards a better understanding and management. Finland and a Global Perspective. Publications of the Government´s analysis, assessment and research activities 2021:42. Helsinki: Prime Minister’s Office, Finnish Government. Download
  • Lujala, Päivi, Sosina Bezu, Ivar Kolstad, Minhaj Mahmud and Arne Wiig 2020. How do host–migrant proximities shape attitudes toward internal climate migrants? Global Environmental Change 65: 102156. Open access; Replication data
  • Lujala, Päivi 2020. Ilmastosiirtolaisuus on kasvava uhka kehittyvien maiden yhteiskuntarauhalle [Climate migration is a growing threat to social peace in developing countries]. Kaleva October 7. Download

Mitigation
  • Le Billon, Philippe, Päivi Lujala, Devyani Singh, Vance Culbert and Berit Kristoffersen 2021. Fossil Fuels, Climate Change, and the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways for a Just and Green Post-Pandemic Recovery. Climate Policy (in press). Download (journal) 

Climate perceptions
Projects 
Quantitative analysis of community resilience (a sub-project of Climres) (2014-2019)

VulClim: The Geography of Social Vulnerability, Environmental Hazards and Climate Change (2007–2013)

Publications
  • Lujala, Päivi, Sosina Bezu, Ivar Kolstad, Minhaj Mahmud and Arne Wiig 2020. How do host–migrant proximities shape attitudes toward internal climate migrants? Global Environmental Change 65: 102156.. Open access; Replication data
  • Lujala, Päivi and Haakon Lein 2020. The role of personal experiences in Norwegian perceptions of climate change. Norwegian Journal of Geography 74(3): 138-151.  Download (journal); Download (from August 29, 2021); Replication data
  • Lujala, Päivi, Haakon Lein and Jan K. Rød 2015. Climate Change, Natural Hazards, and Risk Perception: The Role of Proximity and Personal Experience. Local Environment 20(4): 489–09. Download
  • Lein, Haakon, Päivi Lujala, Jan K. Rød and Stig Jørgensen 2013. Klima i endring - hjem i fare? Holdninger til klimaendringer og naturfare som trussel mot hus og hjem i Norge. [Climate in change – Home in danger? Attitudes to climate change and natural hazards as threat to house and home in Norway]. In Om hus, hjem og sted [About house, home and place], Gunhild Setten and Cathrine Brun (eds). Trondheim: Akademika Forlag.

Quantification of vulnerability and resilience
Projects 

Quantitative analysis of community resilience (A sub-project of Climres; 2014-2019)
VulClim: The Geography of Social Vulnerability, Environmental Hazards and Climate Change (2007-2013)
NORD-STAR: Nordic Strategic Adaptation Research. Nordic Centre of Excellence (2011-2016)

Publications
  • Opach, Tomasz, Sabrina Scherzer, Päivi Lujala and Jan Rød 2020. Seeking commonalities of community resilience to natural hazards: A cluster analysis approach. Norwegian Journal of Geography 74(3): 81-199. Download (open access)
  • Setten, Gunhild and Päivi Lujala 2020. Climate change and natural hazards – the geography of community resilience. Norwegian Journal of Geography 74(3): 133-134, (Introduction to the special issue). Download (open access)
  • Scherzer, Sabrina, Päivi Lujala and Jan Ketil Rød 2019. A Community Resilience Index for Norway: an Adaptation of the Baseline Resilience Indicators for Communities (BRIC). International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 36: 101107. Download (open access); Replication data
  • Scherzer, Sabrina, Gunhild Setten, Haakon Lein, Päivi Lujala and Jan Ketil Rød 2019. Climate Change and Natural Hazards: The Geography of Community Resilience in Norway. Final Report. Download
  • ​Lujala, Päivi, Haakon Lein and Rita Rosvoldaune 2014. Quantifying Vulnerability to Flooding Induced by Climate Change. The Case of Verdal. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift–Norwegian Journal of Geography 68(1): 34–49. Download
  • Holand, Ivar S. and Päivi Lujala 2013. Replicating and Adapting an Index of Social Vulnerability to a New Context: A Comparison Study for Norway. Professional Geographer 65(2): 312–328. Download
  • Rød, Jan K., Ivar Berthling, Haakon Lein, Päivi Lujala, Geir Vatne and Linda M. Bye 2012. Integrated Vulnerability Mapping for Wards in Mid-Norway. Local Environment 17(6/7): 695–716. Download
  • Holand, Ivar S., Päivi Lujala and Jan K. Rød 2011. Social Vulnerability Assessment for Norway: A Quantitative Approach. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift–Norwegian Journal of Geography 65(1): 1–17. Download
  • Lujala, Päivi, Linda M. Bye, Haakon Lein and Rita Rosvoldaune 2013. Kartlegging av klimarelatert sårbarhet på lokalt nivå. Eksempelet Verdal [Mapping climate-related vulnerability at the local level. The case of Verdal]. In Mot en farligere fremtid? Om klimaendringer, sårbarhet og tilpasning i Norge [Towards a more dangerous future? About climate change, vulnerability and adaptation in Norway], Bye, Linda M., Haakon Lein and Jan K. Rød (eds.). Trondheim: Akademika Forlag. 
  • Lujala, Päivi, Ivar Svare Holand and Jan Ketil Rød 2013. Sosial sårbarhet kartlagt for norske kommuner [Social vulnerability mapped for Norwegian municipalities]. In Mot en farligere fremtid? Om klimaendringer, sårbarhet og tilpasning i Norge.
  • Rød, Jan K., Ivar Berthling, Päivi Lujala, Tomasz Opach and Geir Vatne 2013. Hvordan beregne og kartlegge steders sårbarhet ovenfor flom, skred og storm [How to calculate and map places’ vulnerability to floods, landslides and storm]? In Mot en farligere fremtid? Om klimaendringer, sårbarhet og tilpasning i Norge.
  • Rød, Jan K., Ivar Berthling, Päivi Lujala, Geir Vatne and Haakon Lein ‘Hvor sårbare er vi i Trøndelag for flom og skredhendelser?’ [How vulnerable is Middle-Norway for floods and slides], 2010. In Forskning i Trøndelag 2010 [Research in Middle-Norway 2010]. Mari Nygård og Morten Stene (eds.). Trondheim: Tapir forlag.
  • Bye, Linda M., Jan K. Rød, Haakon Lein and Päivi Lujala 2010. Sårbarheten er både fysisk og sosial [Vulnerability is both physical and social], 2010. Klima 10(4): 28–29. 
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